• Google: Goodbye FLOC, hello Topics.
• German publishers raise new opposition to Google's third-party cookie plans.
• Google proposes a new way to track people around the Web. Again.
• Why Amazon is ramping up its push for legalizing marijuana.
• FLoC is dead. But Topics won't fix Google's ad targeting problems.
• IRS Will Require Facial Recognition Scans to Access Your Taxes.
• IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access.
• End Of The Line For Google Cloud's G Suite Legacy Free Edition.
• G suite migration.
• We Studied 81,000 Page Titles - Google Rewrote 61% Of Them.
• British law groups recommend immunity for drivers of self-driving cars.
• The self-driving car industry is abandoning the term 'self-driving' and leaving it to Tesla.
• Halo.car - The electric car that drives to you.
• Chicago Public Media to acquire the Sun-Times.
• Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over 'False Information About Vaccines'
• Missing: the shows from these big Spotify announcements.
• Samsung officially announces February 9 launch event for Galaxy S22.
• N.Korean internet downed by suspected cyberattacks -researchers.
• Hacktivists say they hacked the Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup.
• Manufacturers have less than five days' supply of some computer chips, Commerce Department says.
• You no longer have to say 'Hey Google' to get the Assistant to shut up.
• Pixel's big At a Glance upgrade starts rolling out with more Google Clock & fitness integrations.
• Google Chat adds rich text formatting on the web, rolling out now.
• YouTube Music will soon work for supervised kid accounts enrolled with Family Link.
• Oh, please, can we have a TWiG mini-musical? By brandonethridgemusic on TikTok.
• Mark Cuban's latest business venture is a cash-only pharmacy that takes aim at crushing drug prices.
• Meta ad for Horizon.

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