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The Vergecast The Verge
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Hello! This is The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of The Verge... and your life. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn make sense of the week's tech news with help from our wide-ranging staff. And on Tuesdays, Nilay hosts in-depth, one-on-one interviews with major technology leaders. Join us every week for a fun, deeply nerdy, often off-the-rails conversation about what's happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets.
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Trump banned from Twitter, Facebook, and others / Parler banned from app stores
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Parler posts, some with GPS data, have been archived by an independent researcher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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The HDMI Holiday Spec-tacular
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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Two new antitrust lawsuits against Google / AirPods Max review / iOS 14.3 has arrived with ProRAW for iPhone 12 Pro
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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Apple announces AirPods Max / Qualcomm president Cristiano Amon interview
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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The FTC is suing Facebook to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp
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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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 processor for 2021 Android phones / Warner Bros. will release new 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20th
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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Customer Reviews
PLEASE stop with the weeks since Trump ...
Love the show but for Pete’s sake, please stop opening the show with the number of weeks since Trump announced the website. It’s not funny. I know you feel committed to this trope but it’s okay to let it go. Your listeners will appreciate it.
Next please
Just a bunch of extremists. Why does a tech podcast have to be political? And extremely political at that? Unsubscribed
Was good but cry baby liberals too over...
The tech aspects were really good , but the overly sensitive cry babies have took over. They can’t help but interject naive liberal opinions into tech topics.
Nilay on particular can’t help himself, and is so whiny it is annoying. He really tries to be intelligent in areas outside of technology, but fails miserably. I find myself skipping through anytime he talks.