The Vergecast

Nilay and Dieter talk with Verge senior reporter Adi Robertson and senior editor Tom Warren about the first week of the Epic Games v Apple trial.

• Why Epic is burning its own cash to cook Apple
• Apple antitrust trial kicks off with Tim Sweeney’s metaverse dreams
• The Epic Games v. Apple trial kicks off with kids screaming ‘free Fortnite’
• Here are Apple’s and Epic’s full slideshows arguing why they should win at trial
• I watched the Epic v. Apple trial on Discord
• Tim Sweeney emailed Tim Cook personally to call for open app sales after WWDC in 2015
• Apple exec suggested cutting App Store commission to 20 percent as early as 2011
• Epic v. Apple turns into Windows v. Xbox 
• Why the bad iPhone web app experience keeps coming up in Epic v. Apple

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Nilay Patel is joined by Verge deputy editor Dan Seifert and news editor Chaim Gartenberg to discuss i0S14.5, Apple's earnings, Epic vs. Apple, chip shortages, and Samsung's new laptops.

Senior reporter Ashley Carman joins the show to talk about the wave of action in the podcast industry this past week.

Further reading:

• People who are vaccinated don’t need to wear masks during many outdoor activities, CDC says
• Social media platforms become triage centers as India struggles with a COVID-19 surge
• The first problem was vaccine supply. Now, it’s demand.
• Officials lift pause on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
• iOS 14.5 is out now with new Face ID mask features and Apple’s App Tracking Transparency
• Why Apple’s new privacy feature is such a big deal
• Apple’s iPhone 12 and Mac sales skyrocket despite ongoing pandemic
• Here’s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week’s trial
• Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013
• Apple fined $12M by Russian regulator over App Store monopoly abuse
• Can Apple get you to pay for podcasts? 
• Spotify launches podcast subscriptions, but you can’t subscribe in-app
• Spotify’s miniplayer for Facebook launches today
• Facebook is building its own in-app podcast player
• Clubhouse is partnering with the NFL for draft week programming
• SiriusXM acquires Roman Mars’ 99% Invisible and a bigger stake in the podcasting world
• Spotify is raising prices for lots of its plans
• Spotify premium subscriber count increases 21 percent to 158 million
• Spotify is okay with Joe Rogan telling 21-year-olds not to get vaccinated
• Samsung’s new Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 are lightweight laptops with OLED screens
• Samsung announces a cheaper entry-level Galaxy Book with no OLED
• Samsung’s Galaxy Book Odyssey introduces Nvidia’s new RTX 3050 Ti
• Elon Musk says Tesla made ‘significant mistakes’ with solar roof project

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Vergecast hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss all the product announcements from Apple's Spring Loaded event this week with Verge news editor Chaim Gartenberg.

Verge politics reporter Makena Kelly details what happened at Wednesday's congressional hearing focusing on competition in Apple's App Store.

Further reading:

• What we’re learning from the rare cases of COVID-19 in vaccinated people
• Alexa can now tell you where to find a COVID-19 vaccine
• Doctors are testing a prescription video game for COVID-19 ‘brain fog’
• Wisconsin amends Foxconn’s contract to reflect radically smaller project
• Apple’s Spring Loaded event: the 8 biggest announcements
• Apple Podcasts launches in-app subscriptions
• Can Apple get you to pay for podcasts?
• Apple AirTag hands-on
• Apple’s AirTags don’t have a built-in keychain loop, and we have some thoughts
• Apple announces new Apple TV 4K
• Apple unveils an improved remote for its Apple TV
• Yes, older Apple TVs can also be calibrated with your iPhone
• Apple announces thinner iMac with M1 chip and bright colors
• New Touch ID Magic Keyboards work with all M1 Macs, not just the iMac
• Apple launches new iPad Pro with M1 processor
• How the M1-powered iPad Pro compares to other iPad models
• Any video conferencing app can use the iPad Pro’s fancy zoom and pan camera
• Big iPad, Mini LED: why Apple’s new iPad Pro display is better and brighter
• Put macOS on the iPad, you cowards
• Congress is diving into the App Store fight
• Lina Kahn on Amazon’s antitrust paradox
• Apple’s $64 billion-a-year app store isn’t catching the most egregious scams
• Sen. Tammy Duckworth on hate crimes, racism, and environmental justice
• Asian Activists are tracking the surge in hate crimes as police reporting falls short
• Inside the glass fibers connecting our wireless world

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Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Chris Welch dive into the tech and gadget news from this week — including theories on what will be announced at Apple's spring event next week, LG quitting the smartphone business, and Sonos' next speakers.

Further reading:

• US recommends pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine use over extremely rare blood clots
• How the Johnson & Johnson pause could move the needle on vaccine fears
• For many, COVID-19 vaccines come with a side of side effects
• How CO2 sensors might help us return to ‘normal’
• Airbnb is trying to preemptively cancel post-pandemic bacchanals
• Celebrate your COVID vaccination with these off-the-wall tchotchkes
• Expedia launches a new tool to check coronavirus travel restrictions
• Apple officially announces Spring Loaded event for April 20th
• New iPad Pro still coming soon but supply could be short, says Bloomberg
• Apple officially starts letting your iPhone help find lost third-party products
• Samsung’s Galaxy SmartTag Plus with UWB to track items with AR is out April 16th
• Logitech officially discontinues its Harmony remotes
• Apple gets its own button on Roku’s latest remotes
• Roku announces Express 4K Plus streaming player and rechargeable Voice Remote Pro
• Roku OS 10 adds instant resume for streaming apps, brings AirPlay 2 to more devices
• Apple reportedly developing an Apple TV with a built-in camera and speaker
• LG is quitting the smartphone business
• LG had a few smartphone hits, but it’ll still be missed
• LG leaves behind more than a flip phone-shaped hole in our hearts 
• Google announces Pixel 5A 5G by denying rumors it’s canceled
• TCL aims to build a better budget phone with the 20 Pro 5G
• TCL’s Fold ‘n Roll concept transforms a 6.87-inch phone into a 10-inch tablet
• Sony announces the Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III with variable telephoto lenses
• US carriers have thankfully abandoned at least one bad plan for RCS
• Apple says iMessage on Android ‘will hurt us more than help us’ 
• Sonos Roam review: portable potential 
• Ikea is working with Sonos on a hidden speaker built into art you hang on the wall
• Spotify’s Car Thing debuts as a limited release for selected US users
• Amazon announces new Echo Buds with more powerful ANC and better comfort
• ONEPLUS WATCH REVIEW: BIG, BASIC, AND BORING
• Microsoft announces Surface Laptop 4 with choice of Intel or AMD processor
• Can Clubhouse keep the party going? 
• Apple trusts Phobio for its trade-ins, but maybe you should think twice
• Google is poisoning its reputation with AI researchers

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Vergecast is on vacation this week, so instead we'll share an episode of Land of the Giants from our friends at Recode.

Land of the Giants is a podcast that explores the five biggest tech companies and their impact on our world, and this season is all about Google.

The episode we're sharing tells the story of how two grad school students with a unique way to search the internet launched a company that would become the gateway to the internet for the entire world.

In the rest of the season, Land of the Giants: The Google Empire will cover issues like Google’s relationship with the government, the origins of their antitrust troubles, and what their future may look like as they face off against Congress and the Biden Administration. 

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Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk with Verge deputy editor Dan Seifert about this week's Apple rumors ahead of WWDC 2021 — from their AR headset to new iPads.

Senior reporter Ashley Carman joins the show to discuss social audio platform Clubhouse and the rise of competitors from other companies.

Further reading:

• Real-world evidence shows that the COVID-19 vaccines work
• Biden administration looks to organize ‘vaccine passport’ development
• Apple Maps will show COVID-19 travel guidances so you know what to expect at the airport
• Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine highly effective in adolescents
• Amazon gets FDA authorization for an at-home COVID-19 test kit
• Errors ruin 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
• Apple WWDC 2021 announced as online-only event
• Apple Aiming to Announce Mixed-Reality Headset With In-Person Event in 'Next Several Months'
• Ming-Chi Kuo Says Apple’s AR/VR Headset Will Weigh Less Than 150 Grams
• Apple reportedly plans revamped AirPods for as early as next year
• New iPad Pros reportedly launching as soon as April, and the 12.9-inch model may have a Mini LED screen
• Apple reportedly mulls rugged smartwatch coming as soon as this year
• Casio announces first Wear OS smartwatch in iconic G-Shock lineup
• Google Chrome FLoC: how it replaces cookies and what it means for privacy 
• T-Mobile is betting big on Google’s Android services: RCS, YouTube TV, Pixel, and more
• T-Mobile is already shutting down its live TV service, partners with YouTube TV and Philo
• Google Nest Hub (2nd-Gen) review: sleep on it
• Huawei's Mate X2 foldable adopts Samsung's dual-screen ...
• Xiaomi announces the Mi Mix Fold, its first folding phone
• The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra’s camera bump is no moon; it’s a space station
• Bose Frames Tempo review: the specs to beat
• Spotify is launching its own Clubhouse competitor
• Even LinkedIn is making a Clubhouse clone
• Discord’s new Clubhouse-like feature, Stage Channels, is available now
• Slack is getting Instagram-like stories and push-to-talk audio ...
• Instagram launches its own TikTok Duet feature called Reels Remix
• Facebook shorted video creators thousands of dollars in ad revenue
• Samsung created a whole Hulu series that’s sponcon for the Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G
• Biden plans to connect every American to broadband in new infrastructure package
• NBA on NFT
• We read your phone plan’s fine print so you don’t have to
• The unsettling surveillance of anti-Asian racism

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Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk with Verge reporter Allison Johnson about her review of the One Plus 9 and how it compares with their 9 Pro and other Android flagship phones.

Politics reporter Makena Kelly joins the show the discuss Congress’ first hearing of 2021 with the chief executives of Facebook, Google, and Twitter.

Further reading:

• AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 79 percent effective in US study
• US officials publicly question AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine data
• Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine website builds on a swine flu tool
• OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro announced with Hasselblad-branded cameras
• OnePlus 9 review: cheaper than the Pro and almost as good
• The lower-cost OnePlus 9R is official, and it sounds surprisingly strong
• OnePlus 9 Pro review: the elegant Android alternative
• Here’s how the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro compare to Samsung and Apple’s flagships
• The $159 OnePlus Watch is OnePlus’ first smartwatch
• Angry MacBook owners get class action status for butterfly keyboard suit
• Intel invests $20 billion into new factories, will produce chips for other companies
• Intel Unleashed, Gelsinger on Intel, IDM 2.0 - Stratechery
• The startup trying to augment audio reality in public spaces
• Yes or no: Are these tech hearings doing anything?
• Mark Zuckerberg proposes limited 230 reforms ahead of congressional hearing
• Jack Dorsey is just trolling Congress with Twitter polls now 
• Lina Khan is just the first step toward tougher US tech regulation
• Congress tries to get the FTC in fighting shape
• Microsoft rebrands Xbox Live to Xbox network
• The street prices of Nvidia and AMD GPUs are utterly out of control

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Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk to Verge reporter Julia Alexander about the long-awaited release of "the Snyder cut" of the Justice League film on HBO Max and more updates in the world of streaming services.

Verge senior reporter Andrew Hawkins joins the show to discuss the new electric vehicles that were announced this week, talking to Sen. Chuck Schumer about infrastructure, and the state of e-bikes in America.

Further reading:

• People aren’t missing their second COVID-19 vaccine dose, CDC data says
• Some research has gotten a huge boost during the pandemic
• Biden promises May 1st vaccine eligibility for all adults and a federal vaccine website
• Disneyland will reopen on April 30th, for California residents only
• Tinder is giving away free mail-in COVID-19 tests
• Apple Maps now shows COVID-19 vaccination locations
• Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine website builds on a swine flu tool
• You will watch the Snyder Cut in 4:3 aspect ratio because HBO Max respects cinema
• Zack Snyder’s Justice League remains overshadowed by its social media campaign
• Netflix is trying to crack down on password sharing with new test
• HBO Max will debut its cheaper, ad-supported tier in June
• YouTube Shorts arrives in the US to take on TikTok, but the beta is still half-baked
• Chuck Schumer wants to replace every gas car in America with an electric vehicle
• E-bikes are expensive, but this congressman wants to make ...
• Canoo reveals a bubbly electric pickup truck
• Kia shows off first full images of new EV6 electric car
• Here are the biggest announcements from Volkswagen’s battery event
• Elon Musk crowns himself ‘Technoking’ of Tesla
• Foxconn says it might build EVs at empty Wisconsin site, or in Mexico
• Samsung’s midrange phones now feature fast refresh rate screens, stabilized cameras
• Samsung says it might skip the Galaxy Note this year
• Apple discontinues the HomePod, but the HomePod mini will live on
• New iPad Pros reportedly launching as soon as April, and the …
• Intel puts Apple’s ‘I’m a Mac’ guy into new ads praising PCs
• Biden to tap former Senator Bill Nelson as NASA chief

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Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk to Verge deputy editor Elizabeth Lopatto about the NFT craze from the past few weeks and explains how the transactions work.

Verge deputy editor Dan Seifert joins the show for a gadget roundup — from the Asus ROG phone 5 review to the new Sonos Roam bluetooth speaker.

Further reading:

• COVID-19 took disease tests out of the lab — and may keep them there
• People who are vaccinated can socialize together without masks, CDC says
• COVID-19 vaccine supplies are on the rise in the US
• Single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is popular at vaccination sites
• Artifacts from the first COVID-19 vaccination in the US are headed to the Smithsonian
• Meet Dr. B, the startup connecting people to leftover vaccines
• Beeple sold an NFT for $69 million
• NFTs, explained
• Of course John Legere bought an $888,888.88 NFT from Steve Aoki
• Jack Dorsey’s first tweet may fetch $2.5 million, and he’ll donate the NFTy proceeds to charity
• Sonos Roam officially announced for $169, preorders start now
• Sonos partners with Audi to bring its audio tech to cars
• Asus ROG phone 5 review 
• Leaked OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9 renders leave little to the imagination
• OnePlus’ next phones will come out on March 23rd
• Samsung will host another Unpacked event on March 17th
• Apple reportedly overestimated iPhone 12 mini demand, by a lot
• Insta360’s Go 2 is a $299 action camera with a surprisingly powerful case
• The most powerful Wear OS watches are held back by Wear OS
• Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 review: AMD and Nvidia at their best
• Razer Blade 15 Base review: losing its edge
• Best gaming laptops in 2021

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Last week, The Verge held a virtual event about regulating the internet — from antitrust to privacy to the many proposals for changing Section 230, hosted by Verge senior reporter Adi Robertson.

The event kicked off with a keynote from Sen. Amy Klobuchar, followed by a panel on Section 230 reform with general counsel at Vimeo Michael Cheah, researcher, writer, and strategist Sydette Harry, and general counsel at the Wikimedia Foundation Amanda Keton.

In this bonus Vergecast, Adi Robertson and Verge policy editor Russell Brandom discuss takeaways from the event and what's next for the future of regulation on the internet.

Further reading:

• What will Section 230 mean for the internet?
• Everything you need to know about Section 230
• Why Congress can’t stop talking about Section 230
• Klobuchar calls on Congress to get serious on tech reform

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Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk to Billboard's Micah Singleton about Jack Dorsey’s Square, Inc. buying a majority stake in Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal.

Verge senior editor Tom Warren joins the show to discuss the announcement of Microsoft's Mesh mixed reality platform and the various updates to Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and more.

Further reading:

• Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine backed by independent FDA committee
• Long COVID patients say they feel better after getting vaccinated 
• Vaccine centers embrace stickers and selfie stations 
• Countries are polluting like it’s 2019 again: Global CO2 emissions came roaring back as pandemic-induced restrictions loosened
• Jack Dorsey’s Square, Inc. is buying a majority stake in Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal
• Square Is Acquiring a Majority Stake in Tidal for $297M
• NFTs, explained
• Microsoft Mesh feels like the virtual future of Microsoft Teams meetings 
• Microsoft Teams will soon let you pretend to be a news reporter during meetings
• Microsoft’s new Intelligent Speakers deliver its promised meeting room of the future
• Microsoft Teams is getting end-to-end encryption support
• Microsoft’s new Outlook calendar board view looks a lot like Trello
• Microsoft Edge gets a speedy startup feature and vertical tabs
• Microsoft’s Windows 10 UI overhaul continues with new system icons
• Google Workspace picks up new features designed for remote work
• Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Plus review: built for business
• A folding iPhone could be coming in 2023
• Apple not switching to USB-C iPhones in the near future, according to Ming-Chi Kuo
• iPhone 13 might finally bring a smaller notch and faster screens
• Arizona advances bill forcing Apple and Google to allow Fortnite-style alternative payment options
• Epic Games is buying Fall Guys creator Mediatonic
• OpenHaystack is a new open-source tool that lets you create DIY AirTags on Apple’s Find My network
• Exclusive: this is the Sonos Roam, coming in April for $169

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Hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk with Verge reporter Allison Johnson about T-Mobile bringing back their unlimited 5G plan with no throttling, the results of the C-band spectrum auction, and the state of 5G in America.

Ashley Carman returns to the show to discuss Spotify's big event this week announcing their plans for podcasters and artists.

Julia Alexander joins to report on the details on Paramount Plus' streaming catalog.

Further reading:

• Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot vaccine is effective, FDA confirms
• One Medical gave COVID-19 vaccines to ineligible people, NPR report says
• Stretched vaccine timelines re-enter the spotlight
• COVID-19 vaccines are starting to work in the US
• MWC insists on holding potential COVID-19 superspreader event in Barcelona
• What is 5G, and why is it kind of bad right now?
• Dish is confident in its plan to offer 5G in its first major cities by end of Q3 2021
• T-Mobile just brought back a true unlimited data plan with 5G and no throttling
• T-Mobile has 5G leverage and isn’t afraid to use it
• Verizon and AT&T spent big in FCC C-band auction for 5G ...
• The Terrible T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Must Be Undone
• Spotify CEO Daniel Ek explains how the company plans to help artists (and itself) make money 
• Spotify HiFi is a lossless streaming tier coming later this year 
• Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets
• Twitter planning a feature to let you auto-block and mute abusive accounts
• Apple Fitness Plus review 
• Everything to know about Paramount Plus, ViacomCBS’s new version of CBS All Access
• Shows based on Italian Job, Fatal Attraction, Flashdance, and more heading to Paramount Plus 
• Frasier revival in development for Paramount Plus 
• Paramount Plus is proof we’ve hit peak streaming 
• Are The Office and Friends bets paying off for Peacock and HBO Max?
• Marvel’s Loki series will premiere on Disney Plus on June 11th

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Nilay Patel talks with Adi Robertson and Casey Newton about what Australia's News Media Bargaining Code means for Google, Facebook, and the open web in Australia.

Chris Welch and Julia Alexander join the show to discuss the new Amazon Fire TV stick, Apple TV on Chromecast, and the state of streaming services in 2021.

Andru Marino and Taylor Lyles discuss the announcements from this week's Nintendo Direct.

Further reading:

• Maps show ZIP codes hit hardest by COVID-19 have low vaccination rates
• Finicky COVID-19 vaccines raise the stakes of power outages
• Vaccine rollout won’t be equitable unless health care reckons with racism
• If you’re vaccinated against COVID-19, you won’t have to quarantine if you’re exposed
• How to score a COVID-19 vaccine appointment
• Texas freeze risks slowing COVID-19 progress
• Facebook will block Australian users and publishers from sharing news links in response to new bill
• Why Google caved to Australia, and Facebook didn’t
• Facebook employee warned it used ‘deeply wrong’ ad metrics to boost revenue
• Facebook’s Australian media ban is taking down official government pages
• Apple won’t have to allow App Store alternatives on iOS after North Dakota bill fails
• Amazon Fire TV Stick (2020) review: just get a 4K model
• Apple TV app now available on the latest Google Chromecast
• YouTube TV offering HBO Max, Showtime, and Starz for $5 less in new entertainment bundle
• Donald Glover’s reported Amazon deal could lead to a more curated Prime Video
• HBO Max is ordering way more kids’ content to compete with Netflix and Disney Plus
• The 20 biggest announcements from today’s Nintendo Direct
• Android 12 developer preview is available now with many under-the-hood updates
• How to easily install the Android 12 developer preview

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Adi Robertson discuss Google's mysterious lack of iOS app updates, the rumors around Apple's potential VR headset, and the rest of this week's gadget headlines.

Further reading:

• AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been confusing from the start
• FDA officials are off on a three-week sprint to review J&J COVID-19 vaccine data
• PSA: Don’t post your coronavirus vaccination card selfie on social media
• Why the FDA is taking 22 days to look over J&J’s data
• PSA: Please wear layers to your vaccine appointment
• Google’s own iOS apps were begging for updates that don’t exist, but the company says it was because of a bug
• Google is weighing an anti-tracking feature for Android, following Apple’s lead
• iOS 14.5 lets you set Spotify and others as Siri’s default music service
• New North Dakota bill would force Apple to allow alternative app stores and payment systems
• An iOS developer wants Apple to know just how bad App Store scams have become
• This may be our first look at Google’s new Android 12 OS
• Apple’s rumored VR headset could cost $3,000, feature 8K displays and over a dozen cameras
• Apple’s former hardware leader reportedly now overseeing AR and VR devices
• Apple reportedly developing next-gen ultra-thin displays for AR devices with TSMC
• Hyundai and Kia downplay Apple car rumors
• Hyundai is getting serious about building a ‘walking car’ with four legs
• Microsoft’s foldable Surface Duo price drops to $999, arrives in Europe next week
• Sonos FCC filing hints it’s coming for the UE Boom and other small Bluetooth speakers
• This laptop has seven times the average number of screens
• Amazon reportedly building an Alexa ‘command center’ that mounts to the wall
• How Sony put 40,000 PlayStation symbols under your fingertips
• Elon Musk’s SpaceX is accepting $99 Starlink deposits amid ‘deep chasm’ of red ink
• Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase clashes with its environmental aspirations
• Miami mayor says Elon Musk will tunnel under the city for just $30 million
• The Biden administration is working to help address global semiconductor chip shortage
• Section 230 is 25 years old, and it’s never been more important

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Sean O'Kane, and Becca Farsace discuss driving Ford's electric Mustang, what's next for Tesla's product line, rumors around Apple's Car endeavors, and Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO.

Further reading:

• Scientists want to know if vaccinated people can still become COVID-19 long-haulers
• If you’re starting an online class, check to make sure your professor is alive
• Volunteers built a one-stop website to find open NYC vaccine appointments
• Amazon will have a new CEO as Jeff Bezos transitions to executive chair later this year
• Bezos’ Amazon: from bookstore to backbone of the internet
• Meet Andy Jassy, Amazon’s next CEO 
• Amazon’s electric Rivian vans will start making deliveries in 16 cities this year
• Ford Mustang Mach-E
• Kuo adds fuel to Apple-Hyundai electric car rumors 
• Apple and Hyundai-Kia pushing toward deal on Apple Car
• Tesla’s new Model S can go up to 520 miles
• Tesla Roadster production delayed to 2022
• Tesla agrees to recall cars with failing displays
• Tesla’s next car will seamlessly unlock with UWB, FCC leak suggests
• Don’t buy Teslas during a production ramp, Elon Musk says
• Another SpaceX Starship nails clean test flight, but explodes on landing
• Elon Musk’s shot at Amazon flares monthslong fight over billionaires’ orbital real estate
• The Alpha 1 is Sony's new flagship camera with monstrous 
• iOS 14.5 tries to solve Face ID’s mask problem with your Apple Watch
• HP’s Spectre x360 14 review: the best 2-in-1 you can buy
• Rad Power Bikes raises $150 million to grow its electric bike empire

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Elizabeth Lopatto explain how the users of the subreddit r/WallStreetBets sent GameStop, AMC and other stocks rocketing up through the stock market.

• A year into coronavirus, we’re still counting the dead
• Slow certification process keeps some pharmacists from giving COVID-19 vaccines
• Go read this report about the tech systems behind the US’s vaccine distribution
• Testing sidelined as health departments focus on vaccination
• How r/WallStreetBets gamed the stock of GameStop
• Reddit’s GameStop traders turn their attention to AMC stock
• Memes have broken the brokerages
• Robinhood blocks purchase of GameStop, AMC, and BlackBerry stock
• Discord has turned into a virtual trade floor with memes, stocks, and chaos
• r/WallStreetBets went private — and now it’s back with a message
• After buy ban, GameStop hypebeasts are looking for a Robinhood alternative
• Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out from under its traders
• Robinhood will allow ‘limited buys’ of stocks like GameStop starting Friday
• Samsung Galaxy S21 review
• Sony’s creator-focused Xperia Pro arrives in the US priced at $2,499
• Tesla unveils redesigned Model S with new interior and 520-mile range option
• OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei’s next company is literally called Nothing

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Julia Alexander, and Chaim Gartenberg discuss the Verge review of Samsung's Galaxy S21 Ultra, the numerous rumors about Apple's future products, and ViacomCBS's new rebranded streaming service.

Further reading:

• Amazon offers to help Biden administration with vaccinations
• CES showed off the COVID-19 mask gimmick arms race
• Joe Biden halts US withdrawal from World Health Organization
• Biden appoints Jessica Rosenworcel as acting FCC chair
• FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on staying connected during a pandemic
• The US will rejoin the Paris climate agreement, but that was the easy part
• Joe Biden cancels Keystone XL permit
• President Biden to use Defense Production Act for masks, vaccines
• WhiteHouse.gov now has dark mode
• Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: The Real Deal
• Apple’s VR and AR headsets detailed in new report
• Apple is reportedly prototyping foldable iPhone screens
• Apple reportedly planning big iMac redesign and half-sized Mac Pro
• 2021 MacBook Pro will ditch the Touch Bar and bring back MagSafe, say reports
• Netflix had a record year in 2020, thanks in part to the pandemic
• Paramount Plus, ViacomCBS’s new rebranded version of CBS All Access, launches on March 4th
• Netflix had a record year in 2020, thanks in part to the pandemic
• A visit from the Zune squad

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The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Monica Chin, and Chris Welch dive into all of the important announcements from both inside and outside of CES — including Samsung’s new flagship S21 smartphone line, the many new TVs with HDMI 2.1, Mini LED, webOS, and the next laptops with new chips from Intel and AMD.

Further reading:

• Samsung Galaxy S21, S21 Plus, and S21 Ultra first look: polished design (and prices)
• Samsung’s Galaxy S21 phones come with plenty of features — but not a charger
• Samsung’s Galaxy S21 phones don’t include microSD card support
• You’ll never believe it, Samsung made a black phone
• Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro review
• Samsung’s 2021 TVs have dramatically better picture, thanks to Mini LED
• Samsung made a solar-charging Eco Remote for its latest TVs
• LG’s 2021 TV lineup includes its brightest OLED ever
• LG is overhauling its webOS TV software — and maybe ruining it
• LG Display announces its smallest OLED TV panel yet
• Sony announces 2021 TV lineup with 4K gaming at 120Hz and improved picture
• Sony promises streaming quality nearly as good as 4K Blu-ray on Bravia Core movie service
• Intel’s latest 11th Gen H-series chips promise the fastest ultraportable gaming laptops yet
• Intel’s 12th Gen chips look to challenge Arm and Apple’s M1 CPUs later this year
• Intel has to be better than ‘lifestyle company’ Apple at making CPUs, says new CEO
• AMD’s 7nm Ryzen 5000 mobile processors promise 2021’s best gaming notebooks
• AMD says RDNA 2 GPU-powered laptops will arrive in the first half of 2021
• Nvidia announces $329 GeForce RTX 3060, available in February
• Nvidia is bringing its RTX 3080 to laptops on January 26th
• Asus ROG’s 2021 lineup includes its first convertible gaming laptop (ish)
• Asus updates Zephyrus G14 and G15 with latest AMD and Nvidia chips
• Asus’ 2021 laptop line includes two new dual-screen ZenBooks
• MSI’s new GE76 Raider Dragon Edition Tiamat is a tribute to an ancient goddess
• Lenovo’s new Legion gaming laptops go all in on AMD’s latest Ryzen chips
• Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 hands-on: a new direction
• Acer’s new Predator Triton 300 SE is an ultrapowerful, ultralight gaming laptop
• MSI’s new Creator 15 comes with RTX 3000 graphics 
• Razer has created a concept N95 mask with RGB and voice projection
• LG teases its Rollable phone again
• LG’s Rollable phone is real and launching in 2021
• Weird flex: TCL shows off two more of its rollable, extendable display concepts
• Watch this flexible LG gaming TV bend from flat to curved
• Finally you can have ice cream at home thanks to ice cream pods

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Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Adi Robertson, and Casey Newton chronicle the week since the Capitol riot: Trump gets deplatformed and Parler is removed from app stores.

Further reading:

• It’s 2021, and the pandemic is still here 
• FDA tells US health providers not to modify COVID-19 vaccine dose schedule
• Florida counties use Eventbrite to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments
• Twitter permanently bans Trump
• Twitter is deleting Trump’s attempts to circumvent ban
• Twitter bans QAnon supporters, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn
• Twitter pulls Trump video that it said posed a ‘risk of violence’
• Facebook bans Trump ‘indefinitely’
• YouTube says it will punish Trump and other channels that continue to spread election lies
• YouTube removes Trump video addressing Capitol attack
• Platforms take action against Trump after Capitol mob attack
• Reddit bans r/donaldtrump forum for inciting violence
• Twitch disables Trump’s account indefinitely
• Big Tech pauses political spending after Capitol riot: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Airbnb are pausing spending
• Shopify takes down Trump’s campaign store
• Google pulls Parler from Play Store for fostering calls to violence
• Apple removes Parler from the App Store
• Parler CEO says even his lawyers are abandoning him
• Parler is gone for now as Amazon terminates hosting
• Parler posts, some with GPS data, have been archived by an independent researcher
• Parler sues Amazon for kicking it off the internet
• Why the post-Capitol deplatforming was necessary
• Trump’s ban from Twitter creates the ultimate case of link rot in posts across the internet

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For a special Vergecast holiday episode, The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Chris Welch talk to three industry experts about the new HDMI 2.1 standard: Polygon's front page editor Samit Sarkar, Vizio CTO Bill Baxter, and HDMI Forum president David Glen.

The Vergecast crew discuss what to look for when buying a new TV, how serious the TV manufacturers are on supporting 2.1, and how the new standard is being implemented throughout the industry.

Happy holidays!

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The Verge's Dieter Bohn, Nilay Patel, and Adi Robertson discuss the two antitrust lawsuits against Google announced this week. Chris Welch joins to discuss his review of Apple's AirPods Max.

Further reading:

• FDA authorizes first COVID-19 vaccine in US
• Health care workers in US start receiving COVID-19 vaccines
• Texas attorney general announces ad tech antitrust probe against Google
• Google accused of search manipulation in third major antitrust lawsuit
• Prosecutors say Google accessed private WhatsApp messages — but the evidence is thin
• Apple launches new App Store privacy labels so you can see how iOS apps use your data
• Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS privacy changes with full-page newspaper ads
• Facebook hits back at Apple with second critical newspaper ad
• Apple defends upcoming privacy changes as ‘standing up for our users’
• Epic Games Store now offers Spotify, signaling app store ambitions beyond just games
• Judge orders Tim Cook and Craig Federighi to testify in Epic’s Fortnite case
• Apple AirPods Max review: superb headphones, awful case
• Apple Fitness Plus is now available
• iOS 14.3 has arrived with ProRAW for iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max
• Halide: Understanding ProRAW
• Samsung confirms stylus support is coming to Galaxy phones like the S21
• Samsung’s Galaxy Note series will reportedly still continue next year
• Here’s the best look yet at Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Pro wireless earbuds
• OnePlus 9 leak shows off the upcoming 2021 flagship in photos

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Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Chris Welch discuss Apple's announcement of their AirPods Max noise-canceling headphones and give their first impressions.

Second half of the show, Nilay and Dieter talk with Qualcomm president Cristiano Amon about Qualcomm's new flagship processor the Snapdragon 888, the potential of 5G, and what he thinks about Apple's new M1 processor.

• COVID-19 vaccine starts working within two weeks after first shot
• Apple and Google’s COVID contact tracing tech is finally coming to their home state of California
• COVID-19 vaccine monitoring program may be at risk of false reports
• With guns drawn, police raid home and seize computers of COVID-19 data whistleblower
• Florida’s justification for raiding COVID data whistleblower Rebekah Jones is looking a little shaky
• The pandemic turned the volume down on ocean noise pollution
• Uber asks governors to give drivers early access to COVID-19 vaccines
• Apple announces $549 AirPods Max noise-canceling headphones, coming December 15th
• AirPods Max first look

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In a bonus episode of The Vergecast, Nilay Patel talks with Verge policy editor Russell Brandom, senior reporter Adi Robertson, and contributing editor Casey Newton about the FTC suing Facebook to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.

Further reading:

• The FTC is suing Facebook to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp
• The good and the bad in the government’s case against Facebook
• Facebook calls antitrust lawsuits ‘revisionist history’
• Instagram would be better off without Facebook

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Verge reporter Julia Alexander joins Nilay and Dieter to discuss WarnerMedia's decision to release all of its new 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max. News editor Chaim Gartenberg explains Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 888 processor for upcoming Android phones in 2021.

Stories from this week:

• Facebook will remove COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
• The people saving our lives should get vaccinated first, experts say
• Moderna to ask FDA for COVID-19 vaccine authorization
• Wonder Woman 1984 will be released on HBO Max the same day it’s in theaters for no extra cost 
• Warner Bros. will release all of its new 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max
• Discovery, home of Shark Week, HGTV, and Food Network, enters the streaming wars with Discovery Plus 
• FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20th
• Trump’s bias hawk FCC nominee is one step closer to confirmation
• Trump calls for last-minute 230 repeal as part of defense spending bill
• Comcast to impose home internet data cap of 1.2TB in more than a dozen US states next year
• Comcast to raise internet and TV prices nationwide next year
• Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 888 processor will power the Android flagships of 2021
• Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 888 promises faster speeds, better cameras, and more powerful AI
• Samsung begins wider rollout of Android 11 and One UI 3.0 to latest phones
• Verizon’s Galaxy S20 models are the first to get Android 11 and One UI 3.0
• Samsung rumored to discontinue Galaxy Note line, add stylus support to 2021 Galaxy S and Z Fold
• Leaked Galaxy Buds Pro image reveals new rounded design

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On this episode of Decoder, Nilay talks with Shelli Taylor, the CEO of Alamo Drafthouse. Shelli stepped into her new role as CEO during the pandemic.

In the conversation, Nilay and Shelli discuss the steps she had to take to get her company back on solid ground — including justifying high fixed costs of expensive lightbulbs — and how the government has failed to manage the pandemic effectively for business owners. They also talk about what it will take to safely reopen theaters and what the future looks like, especially in the streaming age.

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On this week’s episode of Decoder Nilay Patel talks to Phil Spencer, the guy in charge of Xbox at Microsoft. They discuss not only the next-generation Xbox and PS5 just arriving in stores now, but how gaming itself has become part of mainstream culture, a trend that has definitely accelerated during the pandemic. We’ve also reached an inflection point for game streaming: Google, Amazon, and Microsoft all have services that allow consumers to play games on any device by streaming them over the internet, kind of like Netflix for games. Is that the future?

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Walt Mossberg joins the show to discuss his experience with Apple's Macbooks with the new M1 chip. Nilay, Dieter, Chris, and Dan discuss The Verge's reviews of the computers.

Stories from this week:

• Trump’s post-election tantrum is holding up federal vaccine planning
• Virus surges complicate the distribution of scarce COVID-19 treatments
• CDC says people should not travel for Thanksgiving due to COVID-19 surges
• The COVID-19 pandemic hits new highs and new lows 
• Apple Macbook Air with M1 review: new chip, no problem
• Apple Macbook Pro with M1 review: flexing Arm
• Apple Mac Mini with M1 review: over-performer
• macOS Big Sur review
• Here’s how to run any iOS app you own on Apple’s new M1 Macs
• Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15 percent for most developers starting January 1st
• Apple’s biggest App Store critics are not impressed with its new fee cut for small developers
• Google Stadia is coming to iOS officially as a web app
• Google Pay's massive relaunch makes it an all-encompassing ...
• Google is rolling out end-to-end encryption for RCS in Android ..
• Google’s latest Chrome update delivers ‘largest performance gain in years’

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For the next few Tuesday's, we'll be sharing Nilay Patel's new podcast Decoder, an interview show that puts a spotlight on how innovators and policymakers at the frontiers of business and technology are navigating an ever-changing landscape.

On this week’s episode of Decoder, Nilay Patel talks with Sal Khan, the co-founder and CEO of Khan Academy, a nonprofit online learning platform for students in kindergarten through high school. Khan Academy is an organization that exists because of technology. What started with Sal tutoring his niece in math over video using off the shelf cameras and software, has grown into an organization with nearly 20 million users per month, available in 46 languages and used in more than 190 countries. And online learning has gotten even more vital with the pandemic.

In this conversation, Nilay and Sal discuss the future of learning, what online education is good at and where it struggles, how Khan Academy is growing, and how Sal’s thinking about handling trickier subjects like history and social studies.

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Nilay, Dieter, Dan, and Chaim discuss the new computers Apple announced at their "One More Thing" hardware event, as well as their reviews of the iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro Max, and HomePod mini.

Stories from this week:

• US sees two days with over 100,000 reported COVID-19 cases
• COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective, manufacturers report
• iPhone 12 mini review: fit to size
• iPhone 12 Pro Max review: the best smartphone camera
• The 5 biggest announcements from Apple’s ‘One More Thing’ hardware event
• Mac users couldn’t launch apps this afternoon after Apple verification server issue
• Apple announces MacBook Air with Apple’s Arm-based M1 processor
• Apple says new Arm-based M1 chip offers the ‘longest battery life ever in a Mac’
• All the apps and games Apple promises for Arm-based Macs
• Apple announces new Arm-based Mac mini with M1 chip, starting at $699
• Apple’s first Arm-based 13-inch MacBook Pro is here with an M1 chip
• Apple’s new M1 computers top out at 16GB of RAM
• The biggest difference between the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro is a fan
• Apple’s M1 Mac design emphasizes continuity over complexity
• HomePod mini review
• macOS Big Sur is now available to download
• Google will end its free unlimited Photos storage on June 1, 2021
• Microsoft: ‘please do not blow vape smoke into your Xbox Series X’

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This is the first episode of Nilay Patel's new podcast Decoder, an interview show that will put a spotlight on how innovators and policymakers at the frontiers of business and technology are navigating an ever-changing landscape.

On the first episode of Decoder, Nilay interviews Mark Cuban. Mark is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, he’s a tech investor, and is on the hit show, Shark Tank. The conversation, recorded as last week’s election results rolled in, covers how interwoven business, technology, and policy are, whether its 5G, or the NBA bubble, or AI, or his investments into healthcare -- if you want to understand the landscape of the future, you have to understand tech, you have to understand business, and you have to understand policy.

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Tom Warren discuss reviews of the new game consoles — Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S, and Sony's PS5.

Oh yeah one more thing, there's an Apple event next week.

Additional reading:

• Xbox Series X review
• Xbox Series S review
• Astro’s Playroom is the perfect showcase for the PS5’s wild DualSense controller
• The PS5’s new controller is amazing — here’s how it works
• Sony confirms the PS5 won’t support SSD storage expansion at launch
• Best Buy says next-gen Xbox and PS5 consoles will only be sold online for entire holiday season
• Sony strongly urges gamers not to line up at stores on PS5 release date
• Sony shows how much easier logging into the PS5 can be, among other tutorials
• The different strategies of Microsoft and Sony’s next-generation consoles
• Switch sales are so good that Nintendo is raising forecasts
• Apple announces 'One More Thing' event for November 10th …
• Apple to Launch MacBooks With Own Chips Next Week
• Making macOS run well on ARM processors isn’t the hard part
• Microsoft’s rougher ride in a similar transition could provide some lessons for Apple
• Fortnite will reportedly be playable on iOS again through Nvidia’s GeForce Now
• Sizing up the iPhone 12 mini and 12 Pro Max
• DJI’s palm-sized Mini 2 drone flies further and shoots 4K for $449

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While the counting for the 2020 presidential election still goes on, The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Adi Robertson discuss what steps social media platforms have taken to limit misinformation.

Additional reading:

• Watch the great people of Philadelphia count ballots live
• Facebook, Twitter take steps to limit the president’s false election claims
• Twitter restricts Trump campaign official’s tweet alleging Philadelphia voter fraud
• Before the votes are fully counted, Trump falsely claims victory
• Twitter restricts yet another Trump tweet for making up election rules
• People are mistaking a Baltimore Orioles meme for an election misinformation botnet
• Facebook shuts down huge ‘Stop the Steal’ group
• YouTube says video claiming Trump won does not violate its election misinformation policies
• Democrats call on Twitter to suspend Trump as election results file in
• Massachusetts passes ‘right to repair’ law to open up car data
• California poised to establish a new privacy regulator with ballot measure win
• Uber, Lyft drivers aren’t employees after all, California voters say
• Portland, Maine has voted to ban facial recognition

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The Verge's Dieter Bohn talks with iFixit's Kyle Weins and Kay-Kay Clapp about their teardown reviews, the right to repair, and how to fix the Phone 12.

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Nilay, Dieter, and Adi discuss the latest Section 230 congressional hearing featuring the CEOs of big tech. Ashley Carman stops by to talk about how gadget makers are turning to shopping channels to market their products.

Stories from this week:

• San Francisco and Oakland phase out Verily COVID-19 testing sites
• White House officials considered Elon Musk for coronavirus ad campaign
• We need to rebuild America’s pandemic-fighting agencies
• Streaming was part of the future — now it’s the only future 
• Lime’s CEO on the future of scooters: ‘COVID has turned from a headwind into a tailwind’
• Mark Zuckerberg just told Congress to upend the internet
• The latest Section 230 hearing showed that Republicans want to make the internet smaller
• The Right’s Regulator in Chief
• Gadget makers’ biggest risk could be a huge reward
• Influencers’ next frontier: their own live shopping channels
• Everyone on Instagram will soon be able to go live for four hours
• Facebook will test shopping from Reels later this year
• Motorola Razr 2020 review: 5G folding flip phone feels fine
• LG Wing review: learning to fly, failing to soar 
• Verizon’s Yahoo zombie appears again as a purple phone
• First iPhone 12 mini hands-on video shows just how tiny it is
• Mophie’s new wirelessly charging battery pack clips onto the back of your phone
• T-Mobile expands its faster midband 5G network, nearly doubling its coverage
• Microsoft Surface Pro X (2020) review: ARM gets more muscle
• Amazon Echo Dot (2020) review: have a ball
• T-Mobile expands into live internet TV with new TVision streaming service
• PS5 in photos: our first look at Sony’s next-gen console
• PS5 vs. Xbox Series X: the next-gen consoles in photos
• Astro’s Playroom is the perfect showcase for the PS5’s wild DualSense controller
• Control is coming to the Nintendo Switch today, but you can only stream it from the cloud
• Vizio and LG’s next-gen-ready OLED TVs are up to $500 off at Best Buy
• Meet the 24-year-old who’s tracking every broken McDonald’s ice-cream machine in the US

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Every Tuesday this month, Vergecast co-host Dieter Bohn is hosting a series of discussions diving deep into tech review season, each focusing on a specific product.

This week, Dieter brings back Vergecast co-host Nilay Patel and senior personal technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal Joanna Stern to discuss their reviews of the latest iteration of the iPhone.

Dieter reviewed the iPhone 12, Nilay reviewed the iPhone 12 Pro, and Joanna reviewed them both side by side. The trio discusses what they focused on in their reviews — like 5G, Dolby Vison, and MagSafe — and how significant the upgrades are for this year’s devices.

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Dieter Bohn and Nilay Patel talk to Julia Alexander about Quibi shutting down, Adi Robertson about the US government filing antitrust charges against Google, and Josh Dzieza about his report on Wisconsin's empty Foxconn factory.

Stories from this week:

• The ambitious effort to piece together America’s fragmented health data 
• Microsoft wants to cut down pollution from its business travel  
• Is Quibi done for?
• Quibi is shutting down
• 11 reasons why Quibi crashed and burned in less than a year
• Quibi’s top executives are ready to blame themselves, not just the pandemic, for Quibi failing
• Watch AOC play Among Us live on Twitch with HasanAbi and Pokimane
• The US government has filed antitrust charges against Google
• Who is Google’s market power hurting?
• Senate committee approves subpoenas for Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey
• How to retweet using Twitter’s new temporary format
• Republican lawmakers are furious after Twitter asks users to read stories before retweeting
• Facebook’s independent oversight board is now accepting cases
• The 8th Wonder of the World
• Exclusive: Wisconsin report confirms Foxconn’s so-called LCD factory isn’t real
• Apple iPad Air (2020) review: take it from the Pro
• Amazon Echo (2020) review: music of the sphere
• Beats Flex review: wireless earbud basics done right

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Every Tuesday this month, Vergecast co-host Dieter Bohn hosts a series of discussions diving deep into tech review season, each focusing on a specific product.

This week, Dieter talks with managing editor of Android Central Daniel Bader and Android Police editor-in-chief David Ruddock about the Google’s Pixel 5.

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Stories from this week:

• Apple’s iPhone 12 event: the 7 biggest announcements
• Apple announces iPhone 12 with OLED screen and 5G speeds
• iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max announced with larger displays, updated design, and 5G
• Apple announces iPhone 12 mini, the ‘smallest and lightest 5G phone in the world’
• Apple’s new iPhone 12 line-up comes with a ceramic-hardened display
• Apple’s new iPhones won’t ship with earbuds or wall chargers
• Apple cuts EarPods and iPhone charger prices by $10 after it stops bundling them
• Apple’s iPhone 12 can wirelessly charge twice as fast, but only with a MagSafe charger
• Apple’s revived MagSafe charging standard opens the door for a portless iPhone
• The iPhone 12 Pro Max could be Apple’s biggest camera jump in years
• Breaking down Apple’s three new iPhone 12 camera systems
• Here’s how you’ll know when you’re on Verizon’s fast or slow 5G on an iPhone 12
• The iPhone 12’s mysterious groove is a 5G mmWave antenna window — and it’s exclusive to the US
• Apple’s iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini cost $30 extra for anyone who’s not an AT&T or Verizon customer
• Apple announces smaller HomePod mini for $99
• Apple’s HomePod will soon support Dolby Atmos with the Apple TV 4K
• Beats announces $50 Beats Flex earbuds with USB-C and 12-hour battery life

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Every Tuesday this month, Vergecast co-host Dieter Bohn hosts a series of discussions diving deep into tech review season, each focusing on a specific product.

This week, Dieter talks with MKBHD aka Marques Brownlee about the various phones released by Samsung this year, from the S20 Ultra to the Z Fold 2 5G. The two also discuss the process of reviewing different tiers of phones and how it's changing the smartphone market.

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Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn bring in Russell Brandom and Adi Robertson to discuss congressional report about whether Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Google are violating antitrust law.

Dan Seifert stops by to discuss Apple's upcoming iPhone event on October 13th.

Links:

• Global TV shipments hit record high last quarter, report says
• America’s internet wasn’t prepared for online school
• I regularly forget that I have New York’s COVID-19 exposure notification app
• Congress releases blockbuster tech antitrust report
• What Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook have at stake in the antitrust fight
• Apple made ProtonMail add in-app purchases, even though it had been free for years
• Oracle and Google’s Supreme Court showdown was a battle of metaphors
• Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear — only Apple audio remains
• The Supreme Court is taking on Google and Oracle one last time
• Apple’s next iPhone will be announced on October 13th
• Apple Watch SE review: pay a lot less to give up only a little
• Why Apple needed the FDA to sign off on its EKG but not its blood oxygen monitor
• The Apple Watch heart monitor sends too many people to the doctor
• YouTube 4K has come to Apple TV, but we’re waiting on HDR, 60fps, and iPhone/iPad playback
• Disney movies are now available in 4K on Apple’s iTunes store
• Apple sues recycling partner for reselling more than 100,000 iPhones, iPads, and Watches it was hired to dismantle 
• Samsung Galaxy S20 FE review: the right price for the right stuff
• Samsung Galaxy Note 20 review: stylus tax
• Google Nest Audio review: the sweet spot
• Google Fi now directly sells Samsung phones and adds a new 5G map
• G Suite is now Google Workspace in a bid to merge Gmail, Chat, and Docs
• Gmail has a new logo that’s a lot more Google
• More early Prime Day 2020 deals have kicked off on Amazon
• Meet Ricky Desktop, the most viral beatmaker on TikTok
• SPACs, explained

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Every Tuesday this month, Vergecast co-host Dieter Bohn hosts a series of discussions diving deep into tech review season, each focusing on a specific product.

This week, Dieter talks with YouTube's UrAvgConsumer about how the recently announced Google Pixel 5 shares some common ground with Google's 2013 smartphone project the Nexus 5.

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Nilay, Dieter, Dan, and Chris discuss all the announcements from Google's fall hardware event from this week, as well as Sonos suing Google for infringing five more wireless audio patents.

Links:

• If you’re sick this fall, you’ll probably get two virus tests
• The coronavirus pandemic by the numbers
• Google announces the Pixel 5 for $699
• Google announces Pixel 4A 5G with larger 6.2-inch display for $499
• Verizon has an exclusive Pixel 4A 5G that’s $100 more expensive
• Google says the Pixel’s Soli radar and Motion Sense will return
• Can the Pixel 5 camera still compete using the same old aging sensor?
• The Pixel 5 and 4A 5G play it safe
• Google Chromecast (2020) review: reinvented — and now with a remote
• Google announces new Chromecast with the new Google TV interface
• The new Chromecast with Google TV won’t officially support Stadia at launch
• Google Play Movies & TV is now Google TV but it’s not the same Google TV that runs on Android TV on the new Chromecast, it’s an app
• New Chromecast works as a cheap but unsupported xCloud streamer
• The Home Depot is selling a new Google Chromecast that hasn’t been announced
• Sonos sues Google for infringing five more wireless audio patents
• The new Roku Ultra has Dolby Vision and improved Wi-Fi performance
• Roku is adding support for Apple’s AirPlay 2 and HomeKit later this year
• Roku’s Streambar is a compact soundbar with built-in streaming smarts
• Google’s new Nest Audio smart speaker is official, costs $99.99
• A week with the Xbox Series X: load times, game performance, and more
• Microsoft’s new $549 Surface Laptop Go aims to compete with Chromebooks
• Microsoft’s updated Surface Pro X has a faster processor and new platinum color option
• Apple Watch Series 6 review: minute improvements
• The Apple Watch heart monitor sends too many people to the doctor

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Every Tuesday this month, Vergecast co-host Dieter Bohn hosts a series of discussions diving deep into tech review season, each focusing on a specific product.

This week, Dieter talks with senior personal technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal and Verge alum Joanna Stern about Apple's Watch Series 6.

Dieter and Joanna also discuss the process of reviewing gadgets on video and the complications of reviewing a product that has this many variants.

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Nilay, Dieter, and Dan discuss all the important announcements from Amazon's fall hardware event this week, from a security drone for your home to a new cloud gaming service.

Stories discussed this week:

• CDC removes guidance about airborne spread of the coronavirus
• Averting a COVID-19 vaccination crisis will take careful communication
• Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house
• Ring announces new line of security cameras for cars
• Amazon will launch a new location-tracking mesh network system later this year
• Amazon’s fall hardware event: the 13 biggest announcements
• Amazon redesigns the Echo with a new spherical design and a custom machine learning processor
• Amazon’s new Echo show 10 moves to look at you 
• Amazon’s Echo Show smart displays will soon stream Netflix video
• Amazon’s AZ1 Neural Edge processor will make Alexa voice commands even faster
• Alexa’s latest upgrades help it listen to multiple people and ask clarifying questions
• Amazon unveils new Guard Plus subscription for $4.99 per month
• Amazon announces new cloud gaming service called Luna
• Amazon’s Luna game streaming service is powered by Windows and Nvidia GPUs
• Amazon announces $29.99 Fire TV Stick Lite and upgraded Fire TV Stick
• The latest Eero mesh Wi-Fi routers support Wi-Fi 6
• iPad 2020 review
• iOS 14 and iPadOS review: iPhone revolution, iPad evolution
• iOS 14 basics: how to add widgets to your iPhone’s home screen
• Fitbit Sense review: enough bugs to raise your heart rate 

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Every Tuesday this month, Vergecast co-host Dieter Bohn hosts a series of discussions diving deep into tech review season, each focusing on a specific product.

This week, Dieter and Verge deputy editor Dan Seifert talks with Engadget's Cherlynn Low about Microsoft's Surface Duo.

The trio discuss how the process of reviewing this device differs from others in the past, where it stands in the phone and tablet market, and other notable points from Dieter and Cherlynn's time with the Duo that didn't make it into the review.

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Nilay, Dieter, Chaim, and Nicole discuss Apple's newly announced products including the Apple Watch Series 6 and the new iPad Air. Also discussed: the PS5 announced pricing, Oculus has a new headset, and TikTok acquisition news continues to brew.

More stories from this episode:

• Apple Watch’s blood oxygen monitor is for ‘wellness,’ not medicine
• Apple is creating a fitness subscription service called Fitness Plus
• The new Apple Watch Series 6 has blood oxygen monitoring
• The Apple Watch Series 6: first impressions of a very good smartwatch
• The Apple Watch SE is a new lower-cost Watch
• New Apple Watches won’t have a USB power adapter in the box
• Family Setup lets you manage multiple Apple Watches from one iPhone
• There’s a new iPad Air that looks a lot like an iPad Pro
• The updated eighth-generation iPad has a familiar design but a new processor
• New Apple One subscription bundles pack multiple services together
• Nvidia is acquiring Arm for $40 billion 
• The PS5 will launch on November 12th for $499.99
• PS5 Digital Edition launches November 12th for $399.99
• Connect 7: All the news from Facebook and Oculus’ big VR / AR event
• Oculus Quest 2 review: better, cheaper VR
• Oculus’ new Quest 2 VR headset starts at $299 and ships October 13th
• Mark Zuckerberg on why he doesn’t want to ‘put an Apple Watch on your face’
• Google to launch Pixel 5, new Chromecast, and smart speaker on September 30th
• Oracle reportedly wins deal for TikTok’s US operations as ‘trusted tech partner’
• Trump to decide on TikTok Oracle deal with Walmart as an …

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There’s a lot of information coming and going about the coronavirus, and the next steps for vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 — The Verge even has a newsletter dedicated to it.

But how do we asses all this information in a logical way, to prevent confusion, chaos, or something worse? The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Mary Beth Griggs and Nicole Wetsman talked to Dr. Natalie Dean, assistant professor of biostatistics at the University of Florida, about what we know so far about the timeline of a COVID-19 vaccine, and the best way to evaluate the flood of information coming in every day.

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Nilay, Dieter, and Tom discuss reviews of Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 2, Microsoft's Surface Duo, and Android 11. Also, previews of the Xbox Series X and Series S.

Stories from this week:

• White House reportedly moves to eliminate COVID-19 security theater at airports
• Trump’s latest attack on Section 230 is really about censoring speech
• Microsoft Surface Duo review: double troubles
• How Microsoft built its folding Android phone 
• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 review: an extravagant success 
• Android 11 review: features by the dozen
• Welcome to the next generation of gaming
• Microsoft’s new Xbox Series S is surprisingly small in size and price
• A first look at Microsoft’s new Xbox Series X console
• Microsoft confirms $299 Xbox Series S console
• Microsoft reveals Xbox Series S specs, promises four times the processing power of Xbox One
• Xbox Series X launches on November 10th for $499
• Your move, PS5
• Xbox Game Pass is adding EA’s Play subscription service at no extra cost
• Xbox Game Pass for PC is doubling its price next week
• A closer look at Nvidia’s new RTX 3080
• Apple announces ‘Time Flies’ event for September 15th
• Apple Music for Android contains mentions of rumored ‘Apple One’ services bundle
• iPhone 12: everything we think we know about Apple’s 2020 5G iPhones

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The Verge's Nilay Patel talks with former Google engineer Marc Levoy about his move to Adobe, the state of the smartphone camera, and the future of computational photography.

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Nilay, Dieter, Chaim, and Chris dive deep into all the gadget news that dominated this week, including all the announcements at IFA 2020's virtual event showcase.

Stories discussed this week:

• Apple and Google announce new automatic app system to track COVID exposures 
• Apple releases iOS 13.7 with support for new automatic COVID-19 notification system
• The CDC’s testing guidance will make the pandemic worse
• Emergency COVID-19 vaccines will have to convince a skeptical public
• Robert Pattinson reportedly has COVID-19, and The Batman has halted production
• Super Mario 3D World and other classic Mario games are coming to the Switch
• Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is a Switch racer that uses RC cars
• Nintendo is releasing a 35th anniversary Super Mario Bros. Game and Watch
• Intel announces its new 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPUs, available ...
• Intel debuts a new logo alongside its 11th Gen chips
• Asus’ latest ZenBook laptops feature Intel’s 11th Gen CPUs and Thunderbolt 4 ports
• Acer’s new Swift laptops include Intel’s 11th Gen processors
• Toshiba laptops are no more, but here are Dynabook’s new notebooks with Intel’s 11th Gen parts
• Samsung launches Galaxy Book Flex 5G, the first 5G Intel Evo laptop
• Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080: launching September 17th for …
• Nvidia's new RTX 3090 is a $1,499 monster GPU designed for ...
• Qualcomm's next budget Snapdragon 4-series chips could ...
• Qualcomm’s 8cx Gen 2 5G processor promises a new wave of better ARM-based laptops
• Qualcomm hopes to topple AirPods Pro with ‘adaptive’ noise cancellation for true wireless earbuds
• Sonos patent gives possible first look at unannounced headphones
• Bang & Olufsen’s $800 noise-canceling headphones copy the best part of Microsoft’s Surface Headphones
• Samsung announces The Premiere, a luxury ultra-short throw 4K laser projector
• The new Philips Hue lightstrip mounts to your TV and syncs with what’s on-screen
• Lenovo Smart Clock 
• 8BitDo made a mod-friendly, wireless arcade stick for the Nintendo Switch and
• Asus Zenfone 7 Pro review: fun flipping cameras with a bulky phone attached
• Samsung announces its cheapest 5G phone and new Trio …

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