Russell buys a phone he feels is essential. Andy takes things up a notch. Flo advises us to stay in our lanes. We talk about the Pixel 2 announcement, the iPhone Flat Tyre X, and how Google needs to sort things out with yet another equality lawsuit on their hands.

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Google Buying HTC?!

Google ‘Segregates’ Women Into Lower-Paying Jobs

Google Lens Coming Soon?