Fri. 09/14 - More Drama Inside Google

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🗓️ 14 September 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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More signs of drama inside Google, how Apple cleared the new Apple Watches through the FDA, how the Weather Channel made that insane flooding video, and the weekend longreads suggestions. Links:Google Employees Are Quitting Over The Company’s Secretive China Search Project (Buzzfeed News)Google’s internal political battles keep spilling out into the public (The Verge)The new heart-monitoring capabilities on the Apple Watch aren’t all that impressive (Quartz)iPhone XS Max and Apple Watch Series 4 shipping dates now slipping into October (9to5Mac)Apple Is Deleting Bought Films From iTunes Accounts - And Don't Expect A Refund (Forbes)Yes, You Can Name A Website “F***nazis.us”HOW THE WEATHER CHANNEL MADE THAT INSANE STORM SURGE ANIMATION (Wired) The Betterment Weekend Longreads:Android 9 Pie, thoroughly reviewed (Ars Technica)Why a Leading Venture Capitalist Is Betting on a Decentralized Internet (Breaker)Olaf Carlson-Wee Rode the Bitcoin Boom to Silicon Valley Riches. Can He Survive the Crash? (WSJ)Memo to the Silicon Valley boys’ club: Arlan Hamilton has no time for your BS (Fast Company)Driverless Hype Collides With Merciless Reality (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Friday, September 14th, 2018. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:09.0	Today. More signs of drama inside of Google,
0:13.0	how Apple cleared the new Apple watches with the FDA,
0:17.0	how the Weather Channel made that insane flooding video
0:21.0	that's been going around,
0:22.0	and, of course the weekend long read
0:24.4	suggestions here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:29.6	We read the tea leaves at Google yesterday with that Larry Page profile we ended with,
0:37.0	but more signs there are significant behind the scenes frictions inside Google. You might be aware
0:45.2	that right-wing outlets are up in arms about a leaked video of a Google
0:49.8	All Hands meeting, the week of the 2016 presidential election.
0:54.0	Seemingly, Crestfallen executives appear in the video to be consoling employees upset
0:59.8	that President Trump won the election.
1:01.6	Quote, most people here are pretty upset. that President Trump won the election.
1:02.8	Most people here are pretty upset and pretty sad,
1:06.1	Google co-founder Sergei Bryn even says in the video,
1:09.5	I find this election deeply offensive,
1:11.5	and I know many of you do too. It's a stressful time and
1:14.3	it conflicts with many of our values end quote. Over at the verge Casey Newton notes
1:19.4	that the video was leaked by someone inside Google and given the James
1:25.2	de Moore Bruhaha last year says this is an indication that some conservatives
1:30.2	inside Google are still agitated and unhappy.
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