Episode 446

446: Meet The Bot

Google started the week off strong at CES 2024 with the launch of new features and its new mascot, then nosedived after reports that another wave of layoffs was forthcoming.

Material · Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion

January 12, 20241h 13m

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Google started the week off strong at CES 2024 with the launch of new features and its new mascot, then nosedived after reports that another wave of layoffs was forthcoming.

Links and Show Notes:

Android's 3D bugdroid mascot is called 'The Bot'
Google at CES 2024: New Android features and updates
What's new with Android for cars at CES
Google cuts hundreds of jobs across engineering, hardware teams
Google mass layoffs: This is how many Bay Area tech workers lost jobs
Changes we’re making to Google Assistant

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