Summary: <p>This Week's Stories</p><ul> <li> Google, Apple, Amazon, Zigbee, and others join to make universal IoT standard</li> <li> Motherboard has it out for Ring</li> <li> Google wants to beat Microsoft and Amazon in the cloud by 2023</li> <li> "Hey Google, that wasn't for you" deletes what you just said</li> <li> California AB5 will kill the gig economy in 2020</li> <li> Facebook says it already complies with California's new consumer privacy law</li> <li> Facebook funding independent content oversight board with $130m</li> <li> USDA drops Wakanda as a free trade partner</li> <li> New Orleans narrowly avoids ransomware nightmare</li> <li> Never cross Greta. She wins vs. German rail company</li> <li> The US swipes Snowden's book profits</li> <li> Top 10 apps of 2019</li> <li> ICANN may block the sale of .org to Ethos Capital</li> <li> The Far Side is coming back</li> </ul><p><br>Picks of the Week</p><ul> <li> Jeff's Thing: Beddr SleepTuner</li> <li> Ant's Thing: Be mindful of your holiday lights</li> <li> Stacey's Thing: SmartDry wireless laundry sensor</li> </ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/jeff-jarvis">Jeff Jarvis</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/stacey-higginbotham">Stacey Higginbotham</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/ant-pruitt">Ant Pruitt</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google</a>.</p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://metallic.io/twig">metallic.io/twig</a></li> <li><a href="http://brave.com/twit">brave.com/TWIT</a></li> </ul>
