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The government’s plan to break up Google
On The Vergecast: Who wants to buy Chrome? Anybody? ANYBODY?
The Verge ’s Lauren Feiner joins the show to talk through the recently filed proposal, which includes selling Chrome, possibly selling Android, and requiring Google to give vast quantities of its search tech and data to anyone wanting to compete. Amazon’s fancy new Alexa doesn’t appear to be going well, but the company does seem to have a plan to at least make some things work a little better — without needing much AI at all. Finally, in the lightning round, we talk SpinCo, Brendan Carr, Strava, Musk vs. OpenAI, and what’s new with Bluesky and Threads.
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