Material 245: Google in the Time of Coronavirus
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English - March 23, 2020 02:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB - ★★★★ - 80 ratingsTechnology News Tech News android google apps chrome chromecast andy ihntako russell ivanovic yasmine Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Flo is back, albeit solo, because the Material podcast and its hosts are practicing social distancing. Flo muses about life as a new parent, then launches into a rant about how it isn't fun hanging out in Hangouts anymore. Then, we talk about Verily's Project Baseline, and why it's a bit unnerving that the US government is relying on private companies to conduct testing for COVID-19. We also mourn the cancellation of Google I/O this year and wonder aloud: if this is the new normal, how will technology conferences exist going forward?
Flo is back, albeit solo, because the Material podcast and its hosts are practicing social distancing. Flo muses about life as a new parent, then launches into a rant about how it isn't fun hanging out in Hangouts anymore. Then, we talk about Verily's Project Baseline, and why it's a bit unnerving that the US government is relying on private companies to conduct testing for COVID-19. We also mourn the cancellation of Google I/O this year and wonder aloud: if this is the new normal, how will technology conferences exist going forward?
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Links and Show Notes:
Google's Teach from Home initiative
Trump announced Google was building a virus screening tool. Then someone had to build it
You Shouldn't Have to Give Google Your Data to Access a COVID-19 Test