This Week in Google 432

Pixel Buds are "like spiders clawing in your ears." Net Neutrality will die on December 14th, no matter what you do to protest. DOJ blocks AT&T/Time Warner merger. Peter Thiel sells most of his Facebook stock, splits with Y Combinator, might buy Gawker.com assets. Google tracks Android locations. Tesla's big new truck. 

• Stacey's Thing: CleverPet
• Jeff's Number: 9 Ways Twitter can punish miscreants, but usually doesn't.
• Leo's Tool: Radio3.io

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Links

• Peter Thiel sells most of remaining Facebook stake
• Google says that the Pixel 2 buzzing noise will be fixed in an upcoming OTA
• [Update: Going live "over the coming weeks"] Lens is now rolling out to Google Assistant
• FCC Plans December Vote to Kill Net Neutrality Rules
• FCC will also order states to scrap plans for their own net neutrality laws
• FCC Relaxes Media Ownership Rules in Contentious Vote
• Peter Thiel May Be Looking To Buy Gawker.com
• Google collects Android users’ locations even when location services are disabled
• YouTube terminates exploitive ‘kids’ channel ToyFreaks, says it’s tightening its child endangerment policies
• YouTube is Back on Amazon Echo Show
• The Education of Mark Zuckerberg
• Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race
• THIS IS THE TESLA SEMI TRUCK
• Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils a surprise new car: A new ridiculously fast Roadster
• Kaspersky: Yes, we obtained NSA secrets. No, we didn’t help steal them
• Tim Wu: Why the Courts Will Have to Save Net Neutrality
• Justice Department is suing to block AT&T-Time Warner merger
• CEO of HQ, the Hottest App Going: If You Run This Profile, We’ll Fire Our Host
• Uber Hid 2016 Breach, Paying Hackers to Delete Stolen Data
• Why is this company tracking where you are on Thanksgiving?
• 'PUBG' will be tweaked to add socialist-friendly messages in China
• AI CAN HELP HUNT DOWN MISSILE SITES IN CHINA
• CleverPet
• 9 ways Twitter can punish miscreants. Fine. Why doesn't it use them?
• Radio3