2017's flagship smartphones are all out, and the dust is starting to settle. In the desert, driverless vehicles are taking to public roads with mixed luck. And Snap works to dig itself out of bad quarterly results.

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Guest Starring:

Florence Ion and Shelly Brisbin

Links and Show Notes:

Samsung Galaxy: Growing Up - YouTube

iPhone X OLED Display Technology Shoot-Out

Google updates Pixel 2 XL with new ‘saturated’ color display option and other bug fixes - The Verge

Waymo makes history testing on public roads with no one at the wheel | Ars Technica

Las Vegas is expanding its self-driving shuttle experiment - The Verge

Las Vegas' self-driving bus crashes in first hour of service

Something is wrong on the internet – James Bridle – Medium

Sarah Frier on Twitter: "This is huge change. Evan Spiegel has built this product on his instincts. https://t.co/IKEiqSMmVE"

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Spectacles write-off: 'I guess we made the wrong decision' | VentureBeat

Snapchat's big redesign planned for December 4: Here's how it will work - Business Insider