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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Facebook's plan to rebrand the company with a new name, the products announced at Apple's Unleashed event, and what happened at Google's Pixel 6 event.

On The Verge is happening October 22nd and 23rd, and you’re invited 

Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name

The 8 biggest announcements from Apple’s Unleashed event

Apple announces 16-inch MacBook Pro with new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors

Apple announces new 14-inch MacBook Pro with a notch

Apple’s new MacBook Pro has a notch

Apple is ready to admit it was wrong about the future of laptops

Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors take its in-house Arm-based chips to new heights

The new MacBook Pros have one big question mark: battery life

PSA: the MacBook Pro 14-inch’s $20 power brick upsell is probably worth it

Apple brings MagSafe 3 to the new MacBook Pro

Apple’s new 140W charger can fast charge a lot more than just your MacBook Pro

macOS Monterey is officially launching on October 25th

Apple’s HomePod Mini gets three new color options

Apple announces third-generation AirPods for $179

Apple quietly added a MagSafe charging case to its AirPods Pro, too

A piece of cloth to clean your Apple devices will cost you $19

Apple Music’s new voice-only plan costs $4.99 per month

The biggest announcements from Google’s Pixel 6 event

Sundar Pichai and Rick Osterloh think the Pixel 6 is Google’s breakout phone

Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro have big screens, big ambitions, and small prices

Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro finally bring new camera hardware in addition to software

The Pixel 6’s Tensor processor promises to put Google’s machine learning smarts in your pocket

Snapchat says the Pixel 6 is ‘the fastest phone to make a Snap’

The Google Store is open again, and Pixel 6 delivery dates are all over the place

Samsung is adding new watchfaces to the Galaxy Watch 4

Samsung will now let you design your own Galaxy Z Flip 3


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Dieter Bohn sits down with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and SVP of Devices and Services at Google Rick Osterloh to discuss the launch of the Pixel 6 — including its tensor processing chip, the Android ecosystem, and what makes this Pixel launch different from the rest.
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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Adi Robertson discuss HTC's new VR headset the Vive Flow.
Also: Apple, Google, and Samsung all have events next week. The crew discuss what to expect.
Further reading:

The $499 HTC Vive Flow is VR for people who don’t like VR

I have a hard time believing your wearable is good if you had to Photoshop it onto a model

Magic Leap somehow raised $500 million to make another AR headset

Facebook execs tease VR prototype hardware with new photos

Apple Watch Series 7 review: time and time again 

Apple announces October 18th event after months of Mac rumors

Apple exploring AirPods that take your temperature and monitor posture: report

Google announced its Pixel 6 event on October 19th

Watch the Pixel 6 Pro get put together and taken apart in leaked videos

Google Pixel 6 leak teases Magic Eraser feature, plus five years of Android security updates

Google says it’s dropping Material Design components on iOS in favor of Apple’s UIKit

‘Pixel Pass’ is Google’s rumored response to Apple One

Samsung announces Unpacked 2 event for Wednesday Oct 20th, right after Apple and Google

Samsung tries to prove its foldable phones are tough in a new test video


VanMoof’s new V e-bike is its fastest ever 


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Dieter Bohn hosts a discussion on reviews for the newest Microsoft products launched this fall — Windows 11, Surface Pro 8, Surface Laptop Studio, and Surface Go 3 — with The Verge's Monica Chin, Dan Seifert, and Tom Warren.
Further reading:

Windows 11 review: a familiar home that’s still being renovated 

Surface Pro 8 review: the best of both worlds

Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio review: back to the drawing board

Microsoft Surface Go 3 review: left behind


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In Land of the Giants: The Apple Revolution, Recode’s Peter Kafka explores the company that changed what a computer is — and then changed what a phone is. From its beginnings as a niche personal computer company, Apple became the preeminent maker of consumer tech products, a cultural trendsetter, and the most valuable company in the world. And along the way, it changed the way we live.
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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Russell Brandom discuss Facebook's bad week: from a 60 Minutes interview, to a 6-hour outage, to a Facebook whistleblower hearing.
The crew also get into Android 12, Pixel 6 rumors, iOS 15.1, and more.
Further reading:

Verge Tech Survey 2021

Facebook encourages hate speech for profit, says whistleblower

Locked out and totally down: Facebook’s scramble to fix a massive outage

Facebook is coming back after a six-hour outage

Facebook is back online after a massive outage that also took down Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus

Facebook explains the backbone shutdown behind its global outage on Monday

What is BGP, and what role did it play in Facebook’s massive outage

Everything you need to know from the Facebook whistleblower hearing

The whistleblower hearing hits Facebook where the company is weakest

The Facebook whistleblower hearing unearthed the danger of engagement algorithms

Facebook’s whistleblower report confirms what researchers have known for years

Facebook runs the coward’s playbook to smear the whistleblower

​What’s good, bad, and missing in the Facebook whistleblower’s testimony

Mark Zuckerberg breaks silence to say the Facebook whistleblower’s claims ‘don’t make any sense

Facebook reportedly slows feature development for ‘reputational reviews’

Google just announced its Pixel 6 event on October 19th

Android 12 review: it’s mostly about the looks

Android 12 will be coming to Pixel phones in the ‘next few weeks’

Pixel 6’s rumored 23W wireless charging stand and more details leak early

iPhone 13 Mini and 13 Pro Max battery life: better, and a beast

The latest iOS 15.1 beta includes iPhone 13 Pro camera features

Halide’s latest update brings the iPhone 13 Pro’s Macro Mode to older iPhones

After Epic v. Apple, a small developer is challenging Apple’s in-app payment system

Apple is making it easier to delete accounts attached to third-party apps

Apple’s healthcare division leaned on misleading data, report alleges

Nintendo Switch OLED review: screentime

Google’s latest Next doorbell and camera are not obvious upgrades

Amazon is reportedly working on a smart fridge

Twitch confirms major data breach after its source code and secrets leak out

Taylor Swift fans are getting caught up in the Virginia gubernatorial race

The Verge is now on your smart TV

Announcing Springboard: The Verge’s documentary on the forgotten history of the Treo


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