This Week in Google 674

• Alphabet misses on earnings and revenue for second quarter.
• Google earnings signal company weathering slowdown better than expected.
• Mark Zuckerberg braces Meta employees for ‘intense period’.
• Instagram Admits It’s ‘Not Good’ After Kardashians Beg It to Stop Copying TikTok.
• Introducing Home and Feeds on Facebook.
• Zuck Turns Up the Heat.
• Sunset of the social network.
• @elonmusk: The media is a click-seeking machine dressed up as a truth-seeking machine.
• Inside TikTok's Attempts to ‘Downplay the China Association’.
• Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient.
• Google, like Amazon, will let police see your video without a warrant.
• TikTok’s Pink Sauce chef defends her viral condiment.
• Today's TikTok culinary horror: pizza sacrilege.
• Why Does the Prison-Life Content on TikTok Feel So Familiar?
• A Fond Farewell to the Chaotic Italian Sandwich Man of TikTok.
• Google is adding Flyover-like aerial views to Maps.
• Google Photos website starts showing the backup quality of every image.
• Google Play gets a new logo for its 10-year anniversary.
• Hangouts on Air is back as Google Meet brings YouTube livestreaming to free Gmail.
• Pixel’s At a Glance widget starts showing Air Quality (AQI) alerts.
• Google Drive, Docs, and other Workspace apps getting optimized for Android tablets.
• Chromecast with Google TV finally supports streaming live video from new Nest Cams, Doorbell.
• Chromebooks are getting a new, more advanced Google Photos movie editor.
• Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us.
• Coding Mistake Made Intel GPUs 100X Slower in Ray Tracing.
• The drive to save Choco Taco.
• Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of a seven-year-old opponent.
• Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024.
• Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet.
• How to Use BeReal, the 'Unfiltered' Social Media App.
• Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports.
• Why Amazon is buying a little-known medical provider for $3.9 billion.
• Frankfurt airport boss blames travel chaos on black suitcases.

Picks:

• Stacey - @secengineer on TikTok.
• Jeff - @jeffjarvis: Well, damn, now I'm crying all over again. Newport put up two high-quality and complete videos from @jonimitchell's set.
• Ant - Mac Arnold's 80th birthday celebrated with blues jam.

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Links

• Alphabet earnings
• Google earnings signal company weathering slowdown better than expected
• Mark Zuckerberg braces Meta employees for ‘intense period’ - The Verge
• Instagram Admits It’s ‘Not Good’ After Kardashians Beg It to Stop Copying TikTok
• Facebook announcement
• As Mark Zuckerberg says “there are probably a bunch of people at the company who shouldn't be here” during a weekly Meta Q&A, a
• At the same time, Scott Rosenberg declares the sunset of the social network
• Inside TikTok's Attempts to ‘Downplay the China Association’
• Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient
• Google, like Amazon, will let police see your video without a warrant - The Verge
• TikTok’s Pink Sauce chef defends her viral condiment
• Today's TikTok culinary horror: pizza sacrilege
• Why Does the Prison-Life Content on TikTok Feel So Familiar?
• A Fond Farewell to the Chaotic Italian Sandwich Man of TikTok
• Google is adding Flyover-like aerial views to Maps
• Google Photos website starts showing the backup quality of every image
• Google Play gets a new logo for its 10-year anniversary
• Hangouts on Air is back as Google Meet brings YouTube livestreaming to free Gmail
• Pixel’s At a Glance widget starts showing Air Quality (AQI) alerts
• Google Drive, Docs, and other Workspace apps getting optimized for Android tablets
• Chromecast with Google TV finally supports streaming live video from new Nest Cams, Doorbell
• Chromebooks are getting a new, more advanced Google Photos movie editor
• Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us | Ars Technica
• Coding Mistake Made Intel GPUs 100X Slower in Ray Tracing | Tom's Hardware
• The drive to save Choco Taco
• Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent | Chess | The Guardian
• Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024 | AP News
• Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet - CNET
• How to Use BeReal, the 'Unfiltered' Social Media App | WIRED
• Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports - The New York Times
• Why Amazon is buying a little-known medical provider for $3.9 billion
• Frankfurt airport boss blames travel chaos on black suitcases
• @secengineer on TikTok
• Crying
• Happy Birthday, Uncle Mac