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The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Adi Robertson discuss Meta's new Quest 3 VR headset that was announced ahead of Apple's WWDC event, which is widely believed to showcase an Apple headset.
Deputy editor Dan Seifert joins the show to discuss the rest of the WWDC rumors and theories.
Further reading:

Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $499.99 


The biggest announcements from Meta's Quest Gaming Showcase 

Apple’s mixed reality headset: all the reports about the rumored AR / VR headset

Apple’s VR headset might run tweaked versions of iPad apps

WWDC 2023: what to expect at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference

Apple might announce ‘several’ Macs at WWDC 


The Motorola Razr Plus' new cover screen is a big deal 

Amazon Echo Pop review: Alexa for less

Hot foldable summer is here, and there are good reasons to get excited

Range Rover’s next luxury add-on: A car seat that vibrates to music


The ultimate “what is a photo?” gadget.  


Lisa's Final Act: how Apple invented its future by burying its past 

Kid Cop Returns (Again and Again)


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Today on the flagship podcast of third-party operating systems: 
The Verge's David Pierce chats with Laine Nooney, author of The Apple II Age: How The Computer Became Personal.

Later, lead video producer Will Poor chats with David about The Verge's new documentary Lisa’s Final Act: How Apple invented its future by burying its past.

To end the show: a hotline question.
How to transfer playlists from Spotify to Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, or Tidal

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Tom Warren discuss the biggest announcements from Microsoft Build 2023.
Later, the crew discuss the launch of Warner Bros. Discovery’s combined streaming service Max.
Further reading:

Elon Musk fails to launch Ron DeSantis in disastrous Twitter Space

Microsoft Build 2023: The 5 biggest announcements

Microsoft’s Copilot and Bing AI plug-ins will be interoperable with ChatGPT

Bing is now the default search for ChatGPT

Microsoft 365 Copilot is getting plug-ins

Microsoft’s Edge browser is getting the 365 Copilot AI assistant

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott thinks Sydney might make a comeback

Microsoft announces Windows Copilot, an AI ‘personal assistant’ for Windows 11

Max has arrived, and it’ll feel very familiar to HBO Max customers

Max will stream over 1,000 movies and TV episodes in 4K at launch

Warner Bros. Discovery apologizes for crediting writers and directors as ‘creators’ on Max

HBO Max remote button killed in Max rebrand — 9to5Mac

HBO Max now Max: lacks native video player features; 'Up Next' support bugs - 9to5Mac

Sony’s new Q handheld is official: 8-inch screen, streams PS5 games


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Today on the flagship podcast of the Purah Pad:
02:19 - Senator Ed Markey chats with Nilay Patel about the importance of keeping AM radio in cars after many EV manufacturers have started to remove it from new models.

Cars would be required to keep AM radio under new bipartisan bill

The shift to EVs is slowly killing off AM radio — and that’s bad for emergency broadcasts


22:09 - Alex Cranz and Sean Hollister talk with SVP of networking at Nvidia Kevin Deierling live at the Computer History Museum for the 50th anniversary of ethernet about the future of connectivity.

Wired: 50 years of ethernet

CHM Live | Ethernet@50


52:51 - David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Ash Parrish discuss why The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom works so well and what the rest of the gaming world should do about it.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom review: new powers, new places, but less wonder

A conversation with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s creative leads

Tears of the Kingdom’s dungeons were designed with seamlessness in mind

Tips and tricks to get you through Tears of the Kingdom

Zelda players turned Tears of the Kingdom into a Korok torture chamber

The wildest Tears of the Kingdom builds we’ve seen

Tears of the Kingdom’s puzzle designers are fantastic trolls

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom walkthrough and guides - Polygon


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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Adi Robertson discuss Montana being the first state to ban TikTok, the Supreme Court ruling against reexamining Section 230, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifying before the Senate.
Then, David interviews vlogger Hank Green about the TikTok ban in Montana.
Later, Verge senior news editor Richard Lawler joins the show to discuss this week in gadgets, from the free Telly TV to the Beats Studio Buds Plus.


TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to know

Montana bans Telegram, WeChat, and Temu from government devices

Full Hank Green interview here

TikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform

Supreme Court puts off showdown over Texas and Florida social media laws

Supreme Court rules against reexamining Section 230

Congress hates Big Tech — but it still seems optimistic about AI

This free TV comes with two screens

The free TV company briefly wasn’t sure what it should do with data from kids

Amazon’s latest Echo Buds have an all-new design and much cheaper price

Amazon’s new Echo Pop is a $40 smart speaker

Beats Studio Buds Plus review: it’s cool to be clear


CueCat 

YouTube is bringing unskippable 30-second ads to TV 

Max promises shorter ad breaks than other streamers when it launches May 23rd

Netflix’s ad tier has attracted almost 5 million users

Apparently, they were all losers in the race to 5G.

Tesla’s humanoid robot can pick things up and put them down


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Today we're sharing an episode of Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders
AI is making fake Drake/The Weeknd songs, weird images, and there’s a worry that TV and movie scripts could be written by ChatGPT. But it’s also about to dramatically change the way we consume, share, and obsess over pop culture. Nilay Patel, Editor-in-Chief of The Verge, explains to Sam how pretty much everything we search on the internet is mediated by Google… and how AI is about to disrupt it all.
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