• Celebrating Johannes Gutenberg
• Google announces Pixel 5A 5G by denying rumors it's canceled
• Google Pixel Watch Leaks With Dazzling Looks To Challenge Apple - Watch
• Samsung's third Unpacked event of 2021 set for April 28
• Is content moderation a dead end?
• Podcast: LoRaWAN tries to co-opt Amazon Sidewalk
• Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T have pulled the plug on CCMI, their big RCS project
• Project CHIP embraces a timeline and the blockchain
• FCC Permits Hot-car Sensors to Save Children
• Biden Reassures Chip Summit of Bipartisan Support for Funds
• Bridgerton the TikTok musical creators signed by CAA
• Spotify Continues to Remove Joe Rogan Episodes — 42 Shows Deleted
• Zoom zero-day discovery makes calls safer, hackers $200,000 richer
• NSA Uncovers Serious Flaws in Microsoft Exchange Server, Urges Public to Patch
• Amazon's Alabama Union Vote: Here's What Happens Next
• Facebook is testing a video speed-dating app called Sparked
• Google Assistant can now find/ring silenced iPhones as Duplex expands to online food orders
• Android Heads Up! to keep you from walking into a pole
• Google shuts down the shopping app
• Google Play Movies & TV app to shut down in June
• Google I/O 2021 homepage gets a countdown and Breakout easter egg
• Google Pay 'Spring Challenge' offers a $30 reward for using the new app
• Google discontinues 'Oh So Orange' Pixel Buds, sold out at all retailers
• Steak-umm Reignites Twitter Beef With Neil DeGrasse Tyson Over Science: 'Log Off Bro'
• Coinbase opens at $102 billion valuation on the first day of public trading
• TikTok as wellness app: "mental pacifier"

Picks:

• Stacey: You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
• Jeff: Donald Trump Caused The Techlash
• Jeff: Here's how Americans rank the 50 states, per YouGov
• Ant: The Ol' Air Freshener Excuse
• Ant: The Real House Plants of Sonoma County

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