You’re not the only one doing some last-minute holiday shopping, Dear Reader. RingCentral just bought conversational AI intelligence startup DeepAffects, which creates voice-prints, recognizes emotion, detects intent, and more. DeepAffects already connects with Zoom, Webex, GoToMeeting, and RingCentral itself, so it might be listening to you at this very moment.

Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation.  The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.