A look back at the biggest tech stories of 2018.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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• Google takes Manhattan
• Almost 50% of Google's workers are temps, contractors, or vendors.
• Facebook vs New York Times
• Harassment on Twitter
• Jack Dorsey's beard shavings, Azalia Banks, and ISIS
• A very Google holiday season
• RIP Oath • Tesla fart app
• Peter Jackson restores WWI footage

Picks of the Week

• Leo's Tool: NexJack DeX Station
• Jeff's Number: Chartbeat's 2018 Most Engaged Stories

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guest: Mathew Ingram

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• Huawei CFO gets bail in Canada, awaits extradition to US
• China detains Canadian ex-diplomat in retaliation
• Marriott breach blamed on China
• No Chinese spy chips found on Super Micro servers
• Google CEO tells Congress "No plans" for Chinese search engine
• Pichai also explains that Google doesn't make iPhones
• Google's continuing messaging mess
• YouTube Rewind vs Justin Beiber: who do we hate more?

Picks of the Week:

• Jeff's Number: Verizon loses $4.6 billion on Oath
• David's Stuff: OnePlus 6T sells 249% more than OnePlus 6
• Leo's Pick: Google gives duck.com to DuckDuckGo

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guest: David Ruddock

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• When will Google kill Hangouts? Definitely not until after it kills Allo, but (probably) before it kills Android Messages.
• Pixel Slate pros and cons.
• Pixel 3 XL review after a month of use: still buggy.
• Flutter 1.0 will bridge the Android / iOS divide.
• Is Microsoft switching to Chrome?
• Google's censored search Engine for China: employees may strike, many have quit already
• Contractors at Google demand equal treatment.
• Facebook email trove leaked by UK government.
• Qualcomm's newest chipset features 5G and in-screen fingerprint reader.
• Waymo One launches self-driving taxi service.

Picks of the Week

• Kevin's stuff: e Foundation
• Stacey's Thing: Onelink Safe & Sound Smart Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm
• Jeff's Number: Bose's $199 AR audio sunglasses
• Jason's Tip: say "Pretty Please" to Google Assistant

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Jason Howell

Guest: Kevin Tofel

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• At their re:Invent conference, Amazon makes dozens of announcements about AWS, machine learning, the blockchain, ARM chips, and more.
• Big Mouth Billy Bass is now compatible with Alexa.
• Cyber Monday was Amazon's biggest sales day ever, but it still can't hold a candle to Alibaba and Singles Day.
• Google Duplex is coming to a Pixel near you
• Pixel Slate review
• Google Fi now available on most iPhones and Android phones.
• Disney + Google =?
• Possibly the biggest story of the decade: CRISPR babies!

Picks of the Week

• Stacey's Thing: Starbucks Juniper Latte
• Jeff's Number: Taylor Swift is the most influential Tweeter of 2018, plus: how big is the big cow?

Advent Calendar Picks

• Stacey's Pick: Ginvent Advent Calendar
• Jeff's Pick: Beef! Advent Calendar
• Leo's Pick: Advent of Code Calendar

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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• Google News may abandon Europe over link tax
• Alphabet's Verily gives up on glucose-sensing contact lenses
• Alphabet also gives up on bipedal robots
• Is this the Pixel 3 Lite? • Google patents VR shoes
• Facebook admits it knew all about Soros-bashing
• Siri can talk to Google Assistant
• Mapping Thanksgiving

Picks of the Week

• Mathew's Stuff: Airbnb tracks Mongolian nomads with what3words
• Jeff's Number: Wirecutter's Black Friday sales page, Airbag bike helmet
• Leo's Tool: Facebook Portal

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Mathew Ingram

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• Google ends forced arbitration for sexual harassment claims
• The woman behind Google design
• Waymo will launch driverless car service
• Google AI helps New York Times get a handle on its vast photo archive
• Amazon's HQ 2 and HQ 3: NYC and DC
• Google will double its NYC staff
• New Google LA HQ: Spruce Goose hangar
• Controversy over Google's NHS kidney data
• Night Sight comes to all Pixels
• Squoosh your pictures
• Pandora's new podcast recommendations
• The new kilogram

Picks of the Week

• Stacey's Thing: Notify Me skill on Alexa
• Jeff's Numbers: $1 billion of charitable donations on Facebook, $699 Pixelbook at Best Buy on Black Friday
• Leo's Tool: Mozilla Shop Safe This Holiday Season

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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• The Samsung Developers Conference Keynote features a foldable phone, SmartThings IoT, and Bixby innovations.
• Android will support foldable phones.
• Google employees stage a walkout over sexual harassment
• Tim Berners-Lee's Contract for the Web
• How to encourage civility online
• YouTube Content ID
• Facebook and "White Genocide"
• Young people are deleting Facebook in droves
• Facebook's holiday pop-up store
• Everybody gets free Amazon shipping
• Amazon's new HQ2(s)
• 8 new Chromebook features
• Google Home Hub teams up with Sephora
• Ajit Pai's FCC is hopping mad about robocalls

Picks of the Week

• Jeff's Number: Black Friday home tech deals
• Stacey's Thing: Extinct cables, Alexa Christmas Lights

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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• Andy Rubin has a $90M payout!
• Is the culture at Nexflix too cut throat?
• Who is the the No. 3 digital-ad seller in the country? You might be surprised.
• All the journalists from a new media website have been laid off.
• Some crypto news outlets will post paid content and not mark it as sponsored content.
• More from the Change Log.
• Some ads are using kids' apps to target children, and at an alarming rate!
• Using AI to assist people with disabilities.
• Use the Google Gboard to create emojis that look like you!
• Google wants to use iRobot to map your home, are you game?

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Tool: Coach Tony from Better Humans
• Jeff's Number: Google's $25M AI Contest
• Stacey's Things: Halloween Costumes Chosen by AI

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Andrew Higginbotham

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• Google Home Hub First Look Review
• Pixel 3's many nit-picky issues
• Titan M security chip
• Pixel 3 Qi Charger DRM? Not so fast.
• 10 years of Android
• Tim Cook loves privacy, hates Bloomberg

Picks of the Week

• Mathew's Stuff: How the Night King uses Chromebook
• Stacey's Things: Google Assistant's colorful names and Alexa Whisper Mode

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Mathew Ingram

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