• 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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