What's Google up to this week? The company faces a standoff Down Under and refuses to validate conspiracy theories through its employee-contributed PAC. We also bid adieu to Google's Project Loon and its VR painting app, Tilt Brush.

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Links and Show Notes:

• The Verge: Google threatens to remove its search engine from Australia if new law goes into effect
• Axios: Google won't donate to members of Congress who voted against election results
• Loon's final flight. Loon's time as an Other Bet is coming…
• The Verge: Google’s VR painting app is getting the axe, but it will live on as an open-source project

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