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    #29: Mosquito to a Light

    November 9th, 2017 · 53 minutes

    2017's flagship smartphones are all out, and the dust is starting to settle. In the desert, driverless vehicles are taking to public roads with mixed luck. And Snap works to dig itself out of bad quarterly results.

    Guest Starring: Florence Ion and Shelly Brisbin

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    Links and Show Notes

    Samsung Galaxy: Growing Up - YouTube
    iPhone X OLED Display Technology Shoot-Out
    Google updates Pixel 2 XL with new ‘saturated’ color display option and other bug fixes - The Verge
    Waymo makes history testing on public roads with no one at the wheel | Ars Technica
    Las Vegas is expanding its self-driving shuttle experiment - The Verge
    Las Vegas' self-driving bus crashes in first hour of service
    Something is wrong on the internet – James Bridle – Medium
    Sarah Frier on Twitter: "This is huge change. Evan Spiegel has built this product on his instincts. https://t.co/IKEiqSMmVE"
    Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Spectacles write-off: 'I guess we made the wrong decision' | VentureBeat
    Snapchat's big redesign planned for December 4: Here's how it will work - Business Insider