Andy tries to plant his own koala in the Christmas tree but to no avail, and the Google Home Max is officially dunzo. We'll tell you why you couldn't read your Gmail this week and how Google plans to breathe new life into expired PCs and Macs. Before we sign off, Andy regales us with a bit of operatic knowledge.

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Links and Show Notes:

• The Verge: Google discontinues the Google Home Max
• The Verge: Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs, and other Google services hit by massive outage
• Google Cloud Status Dashboard
• Ars Technica: Google sees major services outages two days in a row
• Engadget: Google will officially support running Chrome OS on old PCs
• Google Arts and Culture presents: Blob Opera

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