This Week's Stories

• Google, Apple, Amazon, Zigbee, and others join to make universal IoT standard
• Motherboard has it out for Ring
• Google wants to beat Microsoft and Amazon in the cloud by 2023
• "Hey Google, that wasn't for you" deletes what you just said
• California AB5 will kill the gig economy in 2020
• Facebook says it already complies with California's new consumer privacy law
• Facebook funding independent content oversight board with $130m
• USDA drops Wakanda as a free trade partner
• New Orleans narrowly avoids ransomware nightmare
• Never cross Greta. She wins vs. German rail company
• The US swipes Snowden's book profits
• Top 10 apps of 2019
• ICANN may block the sale of .org to Ethos Capital
• The Far Side is coming back

Picks of the Week

• Jeff's Thing: Beddr SleepTuner
• Ant's Thing: Be mindful of your holiday lights
• Stacey's Thing: SmartDry wireless laundry sensor

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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