Bytes: Week in Review — Google cookies, Waymo vandalism and Kamala Harris memes
On the show today: The ascent of Vice President Kamala Harris to the top of the Democratic Party ticket has stirred the KHive. We’ll look at what the Harris memes mean, in case you just fell out of a coconut tree. Plus, why Waymo is suing alleged vandals of its vehicles in San Francisco. We ask, why now?
But first, cookies are here to stay — for a while, anyway. Google is backtracking on its plan, announced in 2020, to do away with the files that advertisers use to track us online. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired magazine, about why.
More on everything we talked about
“Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony: All you need to know” from official Olympics site
“Google gives up trying to eliminate cookies” from Axios
“Waymo Is Suing People Who Allegedly Smashed and Slashed Its Robotaxis” from Wired
“A 14-year-old is charged in fire that destroyed a driverless Waymo vehicle” from The Verge
“When driverless cars are attacked, who’s the target?” from Marketplace
“Alphabet to invest $5 billion in self-driving car unit Waymo” from CNBC
“Kamala Harris memes are all over the internet. Will tweets and TikToks turn into votes?” from The Guardian
“The Triumphant Comeback of the Kamala Harris Meme” from The New York Times
“The KHive Has Some Unlikely New Members: Bernie Stans” from Politico
“Kamala Harris is using Beyoncé’s ‘Freedom’ as her campaign song: What to know about the anthem” from The Associated Press
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