TWiG 611: A Self Described Grim Countenance - Project CHIP's new name, Tile's Sidewalk deal, RIP Type 1 fonts

Project CHIP gets a new name and so does the Zigbee Alliance With Tile deal Amazon's Sidewalk network just became more interesting US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack Google Plans to Double AI Ethics Research Staff YouTube will pay $100 million to people who make popular videos for its TikTok competitor Tech giants have all become creator companies Cory Doctorow: How copyright filters lead to wage-theft Apple robbed the mob's bank Army of fake fans boosts China's messaging on Twitter Why does every advert look the same? Blame Corporate Memphis Adobe is dropping PostScript Type 1 font support. Be prepared for the change Google Pay US users can now send money to users in India and Singapore Google Fiber finally has a logo over a decade after launch Google brings Gboard to Wear OS for first major app launch in years, more teased for 2021 Google Assistant Family Broadcasts from Smart Displays can now appear on phones Alexa, who are you? New book identifies Amazon's secret voiceover artist The people who want to keep masking: 'It's like an invisibility cloak' Anti-Maskers Ready to Start Masking—to Protect Themselves From the Vaccinated Private-equity firm revives zombie fossil-fuel power plant to mine bitcoin Elon Musk says Tesla will stop accepting bitcoin for car purchases, citing environmental concerns Study Finds No Link Between Time Teens' Spend On Tech Devices And Mental Health Problems Ebay has officially opened its platform to NFT sales Picks: Stacey - M5Stack Core2 ESP32 IoT Development Kit for AWS IoT EduKit Jeff - Amazon's $300 million tax bill rejected by EU judges Leo - Stumbled - The greatest Sites of the Internet Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: untuckit.com and use code TWIT udacity.com/TWiT offer code TWIT75

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