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It's official: Microsoft is out of the browser war

Microsoft's Edge retooling is bigger news than we could have imagined, and it sets the stage for an exciting future of web development.


Another Google messaging app bites the dust

Google finally kills two messaging apps, but the void it leaves behind is even more confusing than before.


What is 5G anyway?

Nobody knows exactly what 5G is, and that's a pretty big problem.




086: Cat Poop Smeared Moral Compass

Frederique, Zach and Owen discuss Facebook's terrible year, how the company got here, then how we think it should be dealt with. Oh, and about when your robot vacuum goes terribly wrong.


The SEC and celebrity digital coins

Initial Coin Offerings were all the rage, but now the SEC has made it clear: advertise one without disclosing it and the fines will hurt.


Amazon is making actual self-driving race cars

Machine learning meets the physical world with Amazon's new totally serious self-driving race cars.


A search engine for China... again

Google employees are pushing as hard as possible against the planned debut of 'Dragonfly,' a censored version of the company's search engine destined for China.