• 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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• Leo's Pixel 3 has arrived and he takes us through a quick overview.
• YouTube went down - oh no!
• Google Home Hub vs. the Lenovo Smart Display.
• Facebook Portal - How can Leo cancel his order?
• Google vs. EU • Morgan on Twitter has some thoughts on G+, you don't want to miss this!
• Waymo's self-driving car got into an accident, and it wasn't very reported.
• Facebook's hack wasn't as widespread as it was originally reported.
• Facebook might have an idea who was behind the breach, but the FBI says don't talk!
• Amazon has some new APIs for Echo devices.

Picks of the Week:

• Kevin's Stuff: Outline
• Stacey's Things: The Helm

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Kevin Tofel

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• Kevin Tofel has the Pixel 3 XL, and gives us his first impressions. #1: Best. Photos. Ever.
• Pixel Slate: should you dump your laptop and get this?
• Google Home Hub: simplifying the smart home.
• Facebook Portal: now Facebook has a camera that can follow your every move.
• Everything we now know about Bloomberg's Chinese spy chip story
• Google+ is dead. Could anything have saved it?
• Amazon kills bonuses, discriminates against women.
• Essential's next act: a phone that send AI-written texts for you.
• Netflix buys its own studio.
• The heroes archiving the internet.

Picks of the Week:

• Jeff's Number: The illegal food economy on Facebook
• Kevin's Stuff: Anki Vector Robot
• Stacey's Things: Suggestic precision eating app and Party Down on Starz

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Kevin Tofel

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• 20 Years of Google
• Google Assistant gets a makeover
• Instagram "reality"
• Assassin's Creed streaming in Chrome
• So, so many leaks
• US DOJ vs CA on Net Neutrality
• "AI written" ads

Picks of the Week

• Leo's Pick: Won't You Be My Neighbor
• Mike's Thing: Lite Apps List
• Mathew's Stuff: Tim Berners-Lee's new company

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Mike Elgan and Mathew Ingram

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• A sneak peek at the Nocturne Pixelbook tablet
• Chrome 69's "forced login" will be optional in Chrome 70
• Tech giants want federal privacy laws
• Splitting the Internet between China and the US
• Instagram and WhatsApp founders on why they left Facebook
• Big changes to Google search, Messages, and Maps
• What is a "Minimal Turing Test," and how can you beat it?
• Oculus Quest brings wire-free VR to your face for $399
• Amazon is taking over the Internet of Things

Picks of the Week

• Kevin's Stuff: Pi Hole and free Back in the USSR demo
• Stacey's Things: The Constant Consumer and Find My Android

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Kevin Tofel

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• Pixel 3: Black, white, mint, and pink?
• Google Home Hub leaks
• October is going to be a huge month for new phones: Google, Samsung, LG, OnePlus, and more
• Google remotely changes setting on Pie phones
• Google Smart Reply wants to spread the love
• Android is coming to a car near you
• Google and T-Mobile team up to solve 911 location tracking
• New Mexico sues Google for collecting data on kids
• Google employees quit over China plans
• Path is shutting down

Picks of the Week

• Ant's Stuff: Hurricane Florence relief
• Jeff's Number: half of all calls will be spam by 2019
• Jason's Tool: Bouncer

Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis

Guest: Ant Pruitt

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Sponsors:

• Inbox is out.
• Google's October 9th event is official.
• Pixel rumors: is there a 3rd, let-to-be-leaked phone?
• What does "reasonable IoT security" mean to California lawmakers?
• Alphabet's Loon floating internet takes flight in a new test.
• Breitbart vs Google
• Is Qualcomm's new Android Wear chip too little, too late?
• USB-C headphone dongles are still awful, now a bit more expensive.

Tips and Picks:

• Kevin's Tip: Use a security key with your Chromebook with every log-in
• Stacey's Thing: Brilliant Switch
• Jason's Tip: How to activate multilingual support in Google Assistant

Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Kevin Tofel

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• Big Government takes on Big Tech; Google sits it out
• Pixel 3 hits the FCC, and the back of a taxi
• Hoping for a Pixel Watch? I have some bad news...
• Google vs the URL
• Amazon: the Buzz Aldrin of Trillion dollar companies
• 20 years of Google

Picks of the Week

• Stacey's Thing: Lumos Sleep Mask
• Mathew's Stuff: Twitter becoming more "conversational"
• Jason's Tool: Google Titan security key

Hosts: Stacey Higginbotham and Jason Howell

Guest: Mathew Ingram

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• Trump says Google is unfair, warns that tech companies "better be careful"
• FCC can legally redefine competitive broadband markets to include services you can't actually get
• Google France Surrenders its Google+ Page
• Want to Buy a Black Market Ukranian Pixel 3 XL?
• Fortnite Creator Angry that Google Blabbed About Security Flaw
• IGTV Struggles to Grow
• CHANGELOG: Doodle 4 Google winner, helping vets find jobs, Google Go can read text out loud, Mini stickers for Gboard

Picks of the Week

• Stacey's Thing: Smart Olive Bottle
• Leo's Tool: Dumb Squeeze Bottles
• Jeff's Number: LTE for Pixelbook 2

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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