Why the DOJ wants Google to sell Chrome

Nicely, the rumors have been true: this week the DOJ argued that Google should sell off Chrome to make up for its monopolistic search practices. On prime of that, the US authorities additionally urged a possible sale of Android if it may possibly’t cease prioritizing its personal search on Android smartphones. On this episode, Devindra and Producer Ben focus on why neither final result appears seemingly underneath the upcoming Trump 2.0 administration, which is able to seemingly deal with 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 gained’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 have 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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