January 30th, 2020 · 79 minutes
Flo and Andy report on why Google backtracked its search engine redesign before diving into the viability of the company's "Going Green" initiative. We'll then squee about Google I/O and encourage you to try out the latest digital wellbeing experiments.
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~ 25:15: Kate Brandt, Google's Sustainability Officer pledges that the company will become "carbon negative"
Congress urges Google to act against "dangerous climate misinformation" on YouTube
Google is trying to poach Amazon's climate-protesting employees
~ 43:30: Google I/O dates for 2020: May 12-14 at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View
Google Research introduced "Meena," a human-like chatbot "that can chat about anything"