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The Vergecast

The Vergecast is the flagship daily podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And Monday through Thursday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours.

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Samsung shows off Galaxy Note 10, Disney announces streaming bundle, and Apple's Siri recordings controversy Aug 09, 2019

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Stories this week: Samsung Galaxy Note 10: two sizes, new S Pen, and DeX on your …Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Unpacked event: the biggest ... Samsung didn't mention Bixby once during its entire Galaxy Note 10 …Samsung confirms its long-delayed Galaxy Home smart speaker is still in the works Samsung isn’t going it alone in the fight against Apple and Google Samsung's new Galaxy Book S is a Qualcomm-powered laptop with …Pixel 4 will reportedly feature a screen with a 90Hz 'Smooth Display …Google releases final beta for Android Q and changes the back …Android Q’s back gesture controversy, explained Samsung's Galaxy Watch Active 2 brings back the bezel control Disney announces $12.99 bundle for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ Disney has made $8 billion at the box office, but its ambitions are …Disney is drastically changing Fox’s future after a number of flops Juul launches a Bluetooth e-cigarette that tracks how much you vape Apple stops letting contractors listen to Siri voice recordings Deleting your Siri voice recordings from Apple's servers is confusing …Microsoft contractors are listening to select Skype calls and Cortana recordings The Apple Card starts rolling out today

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Being hopeful about the web with Paul Ford Aug 06, 2019

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This week on the interview episode of The Vergecast, editor of cheif of The Verge Nilay Patel sits down with CEO of Postlight Paul Ford.

Paul Ford co-founded Postlight in 2015 and is a writer, product strategist, educator, programmer, and software consultant.

If you read a lot of tech writing, you probably know Paul’s name. In 2015, Ford wrote an entire issue of Bloomberg’s Business Week titled “What is code?” which colorfully explained how programming works on the web for people who don’t do it. Recently, he wrote a piece in Wired about how we should still be hopeful and excited about tech and what it can still do for us.

Theres a lot of negative conversation about tech lately — regulating huge companies, what Facebook and Amazon are doing wrong — but from someone who builds things for the web, Paul brings an optimistic look at how tech can positively and creatively impact our lives in a fun and exciting way.

Paul comes in to talk about his hopefulness, his piece in Wired, the state of building stuff for the web, and how people think about tech today.

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Apple diversifying business, face unlock for Pixel 4, and a bill banning endless scrolling Aug 02, 2019

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Stories this week:The iPhone now makes up less than half of Apple’s business Apple confirms the Apple Card is coming in August Google is asking people on the street to scan their faces for $5 The Google Pixel 4 will unlock using a face scan The less expensive Pixel 3A helped Google sell twice as many smartphones last quarter New bill would ban autoplay videos and endless scrolling The major broadcasters are suing to shut down this app that streams ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC for free T-Mobile CEO on 5G: Verizon is ‘clueless,’ AT&T is ‘lying, confusing’Dish confirms that it will become a major US mobile carrier Verizon says it has a secret 5G plan after T-Mobile CEO calls company ‘clueless’Verizon expands its 5G network to four more cities Verizon’s CEO thinks half of the US will have access to 5G next year Look upon Samsung’s new 3.5mm to USB-C dongle, ye mighty, and despair You can already reserve the Galaxy Note 10 and it will arrive on August 23rd New Nvidia Shield TV box shows up at FCC Mophie’s iPhone XS and XR battery cases are now available for all It’s a keyboard! It’s a trackpad! It’s almost a great iPad mouse You can now run Android on a Nintendo Switch

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Mark Cuban on why AI is the future and Facebook’s Libra isn’t Jul 30, 2019

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Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban stops by to discuss his views on artificial intelligence, net neutrality, breaking up Big Tech, investment opportunities he’s excited about, and why he thinks Facebook’s Libra is dangerous.

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Apple's Intel acquisition, the Galaxy Fold starts its comeback, and a $5 billion fine for Facebook Jul 26, 2019

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Stories discussed this week: Apple buys Intel’s smartphone modem business Samsung says it has fixed the Galaxy Fold and will release it in September T-Mobile won’t sell the Galaxy Fold when it is rereleased Sony’s latest RX100 camera finally gets a mic jack The first speakers from Ikea and Sonos are inexpensive and sound great FTC hits Facebook with $5 billion fine and new privacy checks Facebook will have to monitor its own privacy rules — and that’s likely not enough FTC sues Cambridge Analytica and restricts former CEO’s business activity Facebook confirms new FTC antitrust investigation after posting strong earnings Why wasn't the FTC harder on Facebook?Facebook design flaw let thousands of kids join chats with unauthorized users Justice Department announces broad antitrust review of Big Tech Amazon ‘destroyed the retail industry across the US’ says Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Trump keeps losing tech policy fights Dish reportedly reaches deal with T-Mobile and Sprint to become the new fourth major US carrier Origin PC’s Big O gaming PC has a built-in PS4 Pro, Xbox One X, and Nintendo Switch Anker CEO Steven Yang is all in on USB-C Apple iPhone 11 rumors: Lightning port, new Taptic Engine, upgraded …This year's iPhone should be the last with LightningYou can subscribe to Land of the Giants: The Rise of Amazon here

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Why everyone hates Big Tech with Matt Yglesias of The Weeds Jul 22, 2019

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Vox Senior Correspondent and host of The Weeds Matt Yglesias joins Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel in this special crossover episode to explain what Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which allows platforms to circumnavigate liability for user content, really means. They also discuss Elizabeth Warren’s proposal to break up big tech platforms, and how it may or may not fix anything.

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Big tech at Capitol Hill, Elon Musk's brain machine interface, and Macbook 2019 reviews Jul 19, 2019

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Nilay Patel invites a cavalry of experts from The Verge (Makena Kelly, Adi Robertson, Liz Lopatto, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller) to discuss the Big Tech hearings that took over Capitol Hill, Elon Musk's Neuralink brain machine interface, and the new Macbook reviews.

Stories this week: Facebook reportedly reaches $5 billion settlement with the Federal …Facebook tells Congress how it thinks Libra should be regulated House Democrats are considering a bill to ban Facebook from the …Senators aren’t sold on Facebook’s Libra project EU opens Amazon antitrust investigation The unpredictable legal implications of Trump’s Twitter-blocking defeat Elon Musk unveils Neuralink's plans for brain-reading 'threads'Boston Dynamics' robots are preparing to leave the lab — is the world ready? Apple is silently updating Macs again to remove insecure ... Apple MacBook Air (2019) review: the new normal Apple MacBook Pro 13 2019 Two USB ports review: considered ...

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Everything is too hard to use, with Asurion CEO Tony Detter Jul 16, 2019

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Everything is too complicated. Asurion CEO Tony Detter joins Verge editor-in-chief, Nilay Patel to discuss simplifying our experience with tech products, the problems with closed eco-systems and why an insurance company like Asurion got involved with tech support.

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Nintendo announces Switch Lite, Apple updates Macbooks, and a wild email from Foxconn Jul 12, 2019

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Nintendo announced a new Switch! Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss what's different with the new model and what's being updated with the original one. But first, continuing coverage of Foxconn's factory in Wisconsin — this time with a cryptic email.Next: new Macbooks! Kind of. Apple updated the Macbook Pro and Air and got rid of the 12-inch Macbook and its butterfly keyboard for future models. There's a whole lot more like a Zoom security flaw, a new streaming service, and of course some FCC talk.

🎶This week's theme song 🎶Foxconn will only create 1,500 jobs, says Wisconsin governor Nintendo Switch Lite is a smaller, cheaper Switch built exclusively for handheld play Nintendo is updating the original Switch with a new CPU and storage Apple is reportedly giving up on its controversial MacBook keyboard …Apple discontinues 12-inch MacBook Apple is silently removing Zoom’s web server software from Macs Apple Watch eavesdropping vulnerability forces Apple to disable Walkie-Talkie I’m Jad Abumrad, and This Is How I Work A small notebook for a system administrator WarnerMedia confirms its Netflix rival will be called HBO Max AT&T says it will automatically block robocalls ‘in the coming months

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Net neutrality was repealed a year ago. Gigi Sohn explains what’s happened since Jul 09, 2019

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It's been a year since net neutrality was repealed. Gigi Sohn, a distinguished fellow at Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law and Policy, chats with Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel about what's happened since by explaining the ripple effect of harmful policy decisions and more.

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