• SaltHank.com is live!
• Year in search 2021.
• Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the app will offer a chronological feed option early next year.
• Right-wing activists are openly 'weaponizing' Twitter's new private media policy.
• Ex-Googler Timnit Gebru Starts Her Own AI Research Center.
• The morning in the Estonian capital began with a traffic jam of... robot couriers! Because of the snowfall, they stalled and could not move.
• The macaques of Bali have learned to steal valuables from tourists to trade these back against food.
• Rep. Devin Nunes to leave Congress to become Trump media company CEO.
• Politico slammed for 'inventing a disease' to criticize Kamala Harris for not using Bluetooth.
• Roku, Google settle messy battle over YouTube distribution.
• Seeking a common language for self-driving cars.
• YouTube copyright transparency report: 2.2 million bogus reports.
• Here's everything new in Android 12L Beta 1.
• Pixel December security patch: Google fixes nearly 100 Android 12, Pixel 6, & other issues with December update.
• December Pixel Feature Drop: Hands-on with all the new additions.
• Fix for the Android Auto/Pixel 6 problem.
• Jessica Rosenworcel confirmed by Senate to lead the FCC.
• TikTok Just Unveiled Its Most Viral Trends of 2021.
• How TikTok Reads Your Mind.
• The CIA Is Deep Into Cryptocurrency, Director Reveals.
• Google temporarily disrupts a botnet that infected 1 million PCs.
• Better.com CEO fires 900 employees over Zoom.
• An Australian man who claimed to have invented bitcoin wins US court battle for fortune worth billions.
• Oh no... According to Newsmax, the Pope is dying! I'll have to let him know the next time he comes over.
• Nirit Weiss-Blatt: Her expensive book, Techlash, is now an inexpensive audiobook.
• Where the Earth is flat and 9/11 is an inside job: A comparative algorithm audit of conspiratorial information in web search results.
• Rohingya refugees sue Facebook over Myanmar hate speech.
• Today, Amazon launches Alexa Together.
• Amazon, can we have our name back?
• Three Steps to the Future - Benedict Evans.
• BuzzFeed Stock Turns Lower in Its Nasdaq Trading Debut.
• China's Yutu 2 rover spots a cube-shaped 'mystery hut' on the far side of the moon.
• Pantone unveils Color of the Year for 2022.

Picks:

• Stacey - AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future.
• Ant - Support Chester's BBQ Sauce.
• Ant - Words of Wisdom.
• Jeff - Laughing fox.
• Jeff - How Elon Musk sold 10 million Tesla shares and increased his Tesla holdings.

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