• Alphabet crushes Q2 earnings estimates as Google Cloud cuts losses, grows 54%
• Sundar Pichai: Fall Pixel line showcases Android 12 & 'deep tech investments,' touts long-term strategy
• Samsung will announce new foldables on August 11
• How Google Cloud plans to kill its 'Killed By Google' reputation
• Why is China smashing its tech industry?
• NYC to Shanghai in 40 minutes: SpaceX's goal for point-to-point space travel
• Galène videoconference server
• Facebook announces Metaverse product group headed by Instagram VP Vishal Shah
• Who will own the metaverse?
• The Metaverse: What It Is, Where to Find it, Who Will Build It, and Fortnite
• Activision Blizzard Employees Are Walking Out in Protest
• State AGs will appeal loss in Facebook case
• Facebook to limit ads children see after revelations Australian alcohol companies can reach teens
• Bezos offers to cover $2 billion in exchange for NASA contract
• Google pushed a one-character typo to production, bricking Chrome OS devices
• Olympics Broadcaster Announces His Computer Password on Live TV
• Elon Musk confirms Tesla will not offer a regular steering wheel on new Model S/X
• Mystery Soda Machine
• Privacy Sandbox Timeline
• Faster and more efficient phishing detection in M92
• Google Drive will let you block other users to stop potential harassment
• Here's what that Google Drive "security update" message means
• Google Assistant rolling out 'Fast checkout' shopping, powered by Duplex on the Web
• 'Backup by Google One' is Android's new unified backup system
• YouTube creators can now apply to test the Stadia Crowd Play Beta
• Android Studio Arctic Fox is now available w/ Wear OS pairing and Jetpack Compose
• Google's vision of Android development is finally realized with Jetpack Compose 1.0
• Twitter 'acqui-hires' the team from a subscription news app, Brief
• Twitter pilots a new shopping section for brands
• Twitter posts fastest revenue growth since 2014 in pandemic rebound
• Twitter reveals a surprisingly low two-factor auth (2FA) adoption rate

Picks:

• Jason - My LIkes playlist in YouTube Music
• Leo - YouTube TV for Olympics in 4K
• Kevin - John Peel sessions
• Kevin - Hyperland by Douglas Adams
• Ant - Nine Nasty Words by John McWhorter
• Ant - Some Disagree and I Get it, But...
• Ant - I can't stop laughing at this

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell

Guest: Kevin Marks

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