Turmoil, staff exodus and mud-slinging at Nest. Promising robotics unit Boston Dynamics reportedly up for sale, while the rest of the initiative is seemingly on notice. Reports of unrest at Verily Life Sciences. The other bets of Alphabet seem to be making quite a bit of news of late, and not in a good way. 

Ars Technica's Ron Amadeo joins me to discuss all of this news, our feelings on what this might mean for future Alphabet bets, as well as rumors of Google's competitor to the Amazon Echo.

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Follow me on Twitter: @chrismlacy.

Links:

• The Information: Inside Tony Fadell’s Struggle to Build Nest.
• Dropcam founder Greg Duffy responds to Tony Fadell's statements.
• Bloomberg: Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat.
• Stat: Google Life Sciences Exodus.