On this week's episode, Google makes a (few) appearances prior to its October 4th event. Also, Chris has a new addition to announce!
This week's Five Favorites:
1. Nest’s home security system costs $499 and comes with magnetic door sensors [The Verge]
2. Meet The Really Cheap Google Home Mini and the really expensive Chromebook Pixel 3 [ARS Technica]
3. Bose adds Google Assistant to top noise-canceling headphone [CNet]
4. Apple Watch Series 3 has LTE problems: How to cancel your preorder [VentureBeat]
5. Hot Topic: Why Google is spending $1.1 billion to ‘acqhire’ 2,000 HTC engineers [Recode]
Honorable Mention(s)
Netflix Sent the Best Cease-and-Desist Letter to This Unauthorized Stranger Things Bar
DISHonorable Mention(s)
Facebook’s reliance on software algorithms keeps getting the company into trouble
Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week
@HamillHimself Suggested by Martin LiebermanUse the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).
