RCS Gets E2EE, Pulling Back on AMP, AWS Outage

• The effects of a massive AWS outage.
• TikTok and the creation of Ratatoullie the Musical.
• RCS is finally getting end-to-end encryption.
• AMP preferential treatment is about to go away.
• Google is opening up Chromium Project to the community.
• Google Stadia is one year old but is it any good?
• Tree Canopy Lab aims to map trees into cities.
• Project Guideline enables the blind to run in marathons.
• French publishers will be paid by Google for search and news results.
• Comparing social media companies against each other.
• Stories vs. Fleets.
• Buzzfeed buys Huffington Post.
• Assistant and Fi get some new family-focused features.
• Google Meet attendance reports rolling out for some.
• Google Hangouts say goodbye to group video calling.
• Google Pay now carries a 1.5% fee on instant transfers.
• Chrome updates will bring tab search and Chrome Actions.
• Just do a search for Happy Thanksgiving.

Picks of the Week

• Ant: I love seeing a creator's professional GROWTH
• Jeff: Robotaxi's can now charge for rides in California.
• Stacey: Nanoleaf Essentials bulbs.
• Jason: Pet portraits for the holidays at Crown & Paw.

Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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