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episode 641: Don't Touch My Fun Noodle! - Year in search, chronological Instagram, YouTube transparency report
- SaltHank.com is live!
- Year in search 2021.
- Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the app will offer a chronological feed option early next year.
- Right-wing activists are openly 'weaponizing' Twitter's new private media policy.
- Ex-Googler Timnit Gebru Starts Her Own AI Research Center.
- The morning in the Estonian capital began with a traffic jam of... robot couriers! Because of the snowfall, they stalled and could not move.
- The macaques of Bali have learned to steal valuables from tourists to trade these back against food.
- Rep. Devin Nunes to leave Congress to become Trump media company CEO.
- Politico slammed for 'inventing a disease' to criticize Kamala Harris for not using Bluetooth.
- Roku, Google settle messy battle over YouTube distribution.
- Seeking a common language for self-driving cars.
- YouTube copyright transparency report: 2.2 million bogus reports.
- Here's everything new in Android 12L Beta 1.
- Pixel December security patch: Google fixes nearly 100 Android 12, Pixel 6, & other issues with December update.
- December Pixel Feature Drop: Hands-on with all the new additions.
- Fix for the Android Auto/Pixel 6 problem.
- Jessica Rosenworcel confirmed by Senate to lead the FCC.
- TikTok Just Unveiled Its Most Viral Trends of 2021.
- How TikTok Reads Your Mind.
- The CIA Is Deep Into Cryptocurrency, Director Reveals.
- Google temporarily disrupts a botnet that infected 1 million PCs.
- Better.com CEO fires 900 employees over Zoom.
- An Australian man who claimed to have invented bitcoin wins US court battle for fortune worth billions.
- Oh no... According to Newsmax, the Pope is dying! I'll have to let him know the next time he comes over.
- Nirit Weiss-Blatt: Her expensive book, Techlash, is now an inexpensive audiobook.
- Where the Earth is flat and 9/11 is an inside job: A comparative algorithm audit of conspiratorial information in web search results.
- Rohingya refugees sue Facebook over Myanmar hate speech.
- Today, Amazon launches Alexa Together.
- Amazon, can we have our name back?
- Three Steps to the Future - Benedict Evans.
- BuzzFeed Stock Turns Lower in Its Nasdaq Trading Debut.
- China's Yutu 2 rover spots a cube-shaped 'mystery hut' on the far side of the moon.
- Pantone unveils Color of the Year for 2022.
Picks:
- Stacey - AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future.
- Ant - Support Chester's BBQ Sauce.
- Ant - Words of Wisdom.
- Jeff - Laughing fox.
- Jeff - How Elon Musk sold 10 million Tesla shares and increased his Tesla holdings.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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