81: Nutty Bananas

Russell fixes the Internet. Yasmine uses the power of machine learning to find a banana. Andy dreams of ham. That's right buckeroo's! It's CES, CES, CES and more CES. And just for something different a smattering of CES and a story that's not about CES. We make you wait until the end for that though. We're mean like that.

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Samsung will source Galaxy S8 batteries from the same supplier it dumped after Galaxy Note 7 fires - SamMobile

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Huawei's Mate 9 will be the first phone with Alexa preinstalled - The Verge

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NVIDIA Spot peripheral extends the Shield Android TV's Google Assistant throughout the home | Android Central

Sundar Pichai on making Maggi and breaking windows - Times of India

sundarpichai on Twitter: "Spent this past week in India: so proud of our many initiatives to bring digital skills training, tools and wifi to everyone in the country https://t.co/Thytf8V795"

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Google's Self-Driving Car Company Has Been Quietly Building Its Own Hardware - BuzzFeed News

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