This Week in Google 622: Rocket to Hawaii

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 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 Sponsor: wealthfront.com/twig