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Tech Brew Ride Home

Thu. 08/05 – Nest Refreshes Everything

Tech Brew Ride Home

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4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Google has refreshed the entire Nest lineup and I guess TPU’s will be a thing going forward. Ethereum’s latest hard fork is live and bringing big changes. There’s a new Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and the government all combatting cyberattacks. And if some companies are seeing a Covid Times hangover, nobody bothered to tell Hopin. Sponsors: WealthFront.com/techmeme Metalab.com Links: Google’s new Nest cameras and doorbell have lower prices and more smarts (The Verge) Ethereum just activated a major change called the ‘London hard fork’ — here’s why it’s a big deal (CNBC) Senators propose exclusion of miners, software developers in infrastructure bill's crypto 'broker' definition (The Block) U.S. Taps Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Others to Help Fight Ransomware, Cyber Threats (WSJ) Nintendo profits decline year-on-year as Switch hits 89 million sold (The Verge) Two-year-old events start-up Hopin boomed in the pandemic. Now it’s a $7.75 billion business (CNBC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Thursday, August 5th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.

0:08.5

Google has refreshed the entire Nest lineup.

0:11.2

Expect TPUs to be a thing going forward.

0:14.0

Etheorium's latest hard fork is live and bringing big changes.

0:18.0

There's a new joint cyber defense collaborative with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and the government all- combating cyber attacks.

0:25.7

And if some companies are seeing a COVID-times hangover, nobody bothered to tell Hopin.

0:31.4

Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

0:36.0

Google has refreshed its entire nest lineup, including its video doorbell and indoor-only camera,

0:44.0

all with a new unified design language

0:47.1

and lower prices across the board.

0:49.5

So come for the new look, stay for the new deal,

0:53.0

The New Deal, quoting the verge.

0:54.4

The new models which include an indoor-only camera, an indoor-sles, outdoor camera, a floodlight

0:59.3

and the video doorbell, replace the older Nest IQ cameras and nest hello doorbell.

1:05.0

The main themes with the new devices are a unified design language and more accessible

1:09.2

pricing.

1:10.2

Each model costs less than the camera it's replacing while adding more capabilities.

1:15.1

The design of the new cameras will be familiar to anyone who's seen other NEST products released

1:19.1

in the past couple of years, such as the latest NEST Thermostat, N Nest Wi-Fi, or the Nest Audio Smart Speaker.

1:26.4

The company has been moving toward softer edges and muted color pallets and the new cameras adhere

1:31.8

to that, with color options that are meant

1:33.8

to blend in not stand out. Google is also adding a bit more intelligence to the

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