Why the DOJ desires Google to promote Chrome

Nicely, the rumors had been true: this week the DOJ argued that Google should sell off Chrome to make up for its monopolistic search practices. On high of that, the US authorities additionally recommended a possible sale of Android if it could possibly’t cease prioritizing its personal search on Android smartphones. On this episode, Devindra and Producer Ben talk about why neither consequence appears possible beneath the upcoming Trump 2.0 administration, which is able to possible concentrate on defanging any type of regulation.

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Matters

• U.S. regulators need Google to promote its Chrome division (and why that most likely received’t occur) – 1:05

• Comcast spins off Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango, and a handful of cable networks into their very own firm – 22:23

• Sony is in talks to purchase Kadokawa, Japanese writer behind FromSoft video games and Kill la Kill – 24:38

• German authorities suspect Baltic Sea information cables between Lithuania and Sweden had been sabotaged – 26:21

• Pokémon Go devs Niantic reveal plans to create a Giant Geospatial Mannequin to energy future AR and robots – 32:26

• Engaged on – 45:49

• Popular culture picks – 51:38

Credit

Hosts: Devindra Hardawar and Ben Ellman
Producer: Ben Ellman
Music: Dale North and Terrence O’Brien

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