• Google employees move toward unionizing.
• Facebook and Twitter remove President Trump's speech.
• Google Nest has new security cameras coming in 2021.
• Nest Hub will likely have Soli radar functionality.
• Amazon is prepping a sleep apnea device using millimeter-wave radar.
• Leo is getting the Bose Sleepbuds II.
• Twitter buys social audio app Breaker.
• Ratatouille the Musical earns $1 million.
• Twitter is relaunching its verification system.
• Reverse engineering the COVID vaccine source code.
• 2020 was a good year for publishing.
• Google Docs gets Smart Compose.
• Wear OS will support third-party Tiles.
• Google Podcasts on the web adds subscription feeds.
• January Pixel phone update improves auto-brightness.
• Chrome OS Camera will support QR code scanning.
• Samsung announces its Galaxy S21 event for this month.
• Julian Assange's extradition to the US is blocked.
• Bean Dad and his apology.
• Why is Jack Ma lying low?
• AI is getting really good at drawing things from words.
• Jeff's post-Section 230 dystopia.

Picks of the week:

• Stacey: Aquanta water heater controller
• Jeff: 2020 2as the unhappiest year on Twitter in 12 years.
• Ant: Take a look at this awesome Snowflake photography!

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

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