Next week will be a flurry of tech announcements, including the long-awaited and much-revealed Pixel 6 event. Will Google announce something else alongside the sixth-generation smartphone?

We'll also discuss why Google has decided to stop making its iOS apps look so much like Android. And then, why are so many Waymo self-driving cars in San Francisco getting stuck at the same dead-end street? (Spoiler: We still haven't figured it out.)

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Links and Show Notes:

• Galaxy Unpacked Part 2 – Samsung Global Newsroom
• Qualcomm throws all the shade at Google for the Pixel 6 Tensor chip
• Google says it’s dropping Material Design components on iOS in favor of Apple’s UIKit
• Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused Waymo Cars Trying To Turn Around 'Every 5 Minutes'

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