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episode 596: Squeezing the Shorts - Gamestop stock and Reddit, $60 Ring doorbell, Goodbye Loon, Nextdoor
- Put Bernie Anywhere!
- Online trading platforms see a surge in usage as Redditors take on Wall Street
- Google announces plan to tackle privacy issues in online advertising
- Google says it may have found a privacy-friendly substitute to cookies
- Nextdoor Is Quietly Replacing the Small-Town Paper
- Ring launches $60 entry doorbell
- Google's puritanical algo censors .ass
- Alphabet Pops Loon's Balloons—but Won't Call It a Failure
- Google will turn some of its offices into COVID-19 vaccination sites
- Letter from Susan: Our 2021 Priorities
- Referring Former President Trump's Suspension From Facebook to the Oversight Board
- YouTube extends Trump's suspension for a second time
- Facebook says it will dial down politics
- Dept. of Unintended Consequences: Ad bans hurting campaigns
- Latest Twitter acquisition: newsletter platform Revue
- Twitter opening up archive to researchers for free
- Twitter establishes Birdwatch: crowdsourced flagging and checking of tweets
- @jack's @bluesky releases ecosystem status report
- Google 'My Activity' page gets rare web dark theme on mobile and desktop
- Google redesigns mobile Search on Android and iOS to be easier to read
- Chrome now hides notification content when screen sharing to keep alerts private
- Chrome OS 88 rolling out Smart Display-like screen saver with Google Photos, weather
- YouTube.com is now available to install as a Progressive Web App
- Google Lens for Android rolling out offline translate capability
- Google Photos for Android gets tablet-optimized interface
- Stacey's forebears: Westinghouse Total Electric Home
- Sony announces the Xperia Pro smartphone with a dedicated HDMI input for $2,499.99
- Google Maps on Android Automotive gets better at planning EV charging stops
Picks:
- Stacey: Hilda on Netflix
- Jeff: Fall of Silicon Valley
- Ant: The GizFiz
- Leo: Model 100 Portable Computer Kit by READY! Computer Corporation
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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