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  • We've finally finished testing, scoring, and reviewing Apple's new gear for the fall. On this episode we talk through our reviews of the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro, the Apple Watch 10, and the AirPods 4, to see whether they're real upgrades and whether they're worth your money. And then, on the Vergecast Hotline (866-VERGE11), we make the case for the Pixel in 2024.

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  • Peak Evernote was roughly a decade ago. Since then, the product has often felt stagnant (or worse), the company churned through executives and business plans, and it seemed like Evernote was slowly turning into a zombie app. Not gone, not even forgotten, just sort of... there. For the third and final installment in our series about productivity and digital life, we sit down with Federico Simionato, the Evernote product lead at Bending Spoons. We talk about the acquisition process, how he perceives Evernote in today’s landscape, what it took to start shipping new stuff again, why Bending Spoons changed the subscription price, and much more.
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  • Nilay, David, and Alex talk about the new PlayStation 5 Pro — why it's so expensive, why it doesn't have a disc drive, and why it made so many people feel feelings. They also talk about the fallout from this week's iPhone launch, the first days of the Google ad trial, Kamala Harris's earrings, Huawei's triple-folding phone, and much more.
    Further reading:

    PS5 Pro: all the news about Sony’s next console

    Sony’s PS5 Pro has a larger GPU, advanced ray tracing, and AI upscaling

    The $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drive

    Sony’s new PS5 heralds the end of disc drives

    Here are all the games enhanced by PS5 Pro

    PlayStation 5 Pro comparison: What’s different from the regular PS5?

    Sony will sell you a refurbished PS5 if you don’t want to drop $700 on a Pro

    The people want disc drives.

    Microsoft lays off 650 more Xbox employees

    No, Kamala Harris wasn’t wearing these audio earrings

    These are real earrings — and also real earbuds

    Google Pixel Watch 3 review: third time’s the charm

    Huawei’s new tri-fold phone costs more than a 16-inch MacBook Pro

    Here’s a closer look at the Huawei Mate XT triple-screen foldable

    The Meta Quest 3S leaks in Meta’s own PC app

    Google and the DOJ’s ad tech fight is all about control

    Google dominates online ads, says antitrust trial witness, but publishers are feeling ‘stuck’

    WhatsApp will send messages to other apps soon — here’s how it will look

    The US finally takes aim at truck bloat

    Google is using AI to make fake podcasts from your notes

    Facebook and Instagram are making AI labels less prominent on edited content


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  • Apple launched the iPhone 16, Apple Watch Series 10, and AirPods 4 at its annual fall event in Cupertino. The devices come with some big upgrades — a new camera control on the iPhone, a new design on the Watch — but also a lot of promises about AI. Today on the show, we discuss everything that's new, everything that's missing, and all the reasons you might or might not want to upgrade your Apple gear this year.

    Further reading:

    iPhone 16 event live blog: all the news from Apple’s keynote

    iPhone 16 event: all the news from Apple’s keynote

    Apple announces the iPhone 16 with a faster processor and Camera Control button

    Apple announces the iPhone 16 Pro

    iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max hands-on: don't call it a shutter button

    Apple Watch Series 10 announced with bigger screen and thinner design

    The AirPods Pro 2 will soon double as hearing aids

    iOS 18 will launch next week with new ways to customize your homescreen


    Apple announces AirPods 4 with noise cancellation and better sound 

    AirPods 4 hands-on: noise cancellation for people who hate ear tips


    Apple has a faster MagSafe charger to go with the new iPhone 16 phones 

    Apple has a faster MagSafe charger to go with the new iPhone 16s

    It sure looks like FineWoven is dead

    Apple’s Visual Intelligence is a built-in take on Google Lens

    Beats’ new iPhone 16 cases work with the Camera Control button


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  • The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss previews for the Apple event, gadgets at IFA, the latest with Snap, and a whole lot more.
    Further reading:

    Apple’s iPhone 16 launch event is set for September

    Apple’s iPhone 16 event: how to watch and what to expect

    Apple’s rumored Mac Mini redesign may ditch the USB-A port

    Is our long FineWoven nightmare almost over?

    What Not to Expect at Apple Event on September 9: 'It's Glowtime'

    A new low-end Magic Keyboard may come next year.

    Apple Sports is ready for all kinds of football

    Inside Apple’s theatrical U-turn on Wolfs.

    Ted Lasso could come back for a fourth season

    Beats’ long-awaited Powerbeats Pro 2 earbuds are coming in 2025

    Microsoft and Apple are arguing over cloud gaming apps again

    The Remarkable Paper Pro is as outrageous as it is luxurious

    Honor’s superthin foldable is another cool phone the US won’t get

    TCL’s new Nxtpaper phones have a dedicated button for maximum monochrome

    Our first official look at Huawei’s tri-fold.

    Acer’s first handheld gaming PC is the Nitro Blaze 

    DJI’s $199 Neo selfie drone is going to be everywhere

    Acer’s Project DualPlay concept laptop has a pop-out controller and speakers

    Acer’s 14-inch laptops claim 24 hours of battery life from Intel, Qualcomm, or AMD

    Qualcomm’s new eight-core Snapdragon X Plus makes these Windows laptops cheaper

    IFA 2024: hands-on (and off) with Lenovo’s Auto Twist AI PC concept

    Intel strikes back against Windows on Arm

    Verizon looks to expand Fios with $20 billion purchase of Frontier

    Concord was worse than bad — it was forgettable

    Sony is taking Concord offline on September 6th after disastrous launch

    Snapchat to put ads next to chats with friends


    You’ll soon be able to Sony is taking Concord offline on September 6th after disastrous launch


    Sub.club is here to help the fediverse make money


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  • The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Telegram CEO being charged in a French criminal investigation over content moderation, Yelp suing Google for antitrust violations, a week in AI-generated nonsense, and more.

    Telegram says CEO has ‘nothing to hide’ after being arrested in France 

    French authorities arrest Telegram’s CEO

    Why the Telegram CEO’s arrest is such a big deal

    Telegram CEO charged in French criminal investigation

    Telegram CEO Pavel Durov faces court questioning in France.

    French prosecutors explain why they arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov

    How Pavel Durov, Telegram’s Founder, Went From Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg to Wanted Man

    Can Tech Executives Be Held Responsible for What Happens on Their Platforms?

    How Telegram played itself

    Yelp sues Google for antitrust violations


    TikTok must face a lawsuit for recommending the viral ‘blackout challenge’

    California State Assembly passes sweeping AI safety bill

    Mark Zuckerberg responds to GOP pressure, says Biden pushed to ‘censor’ covid post

    Google Gemini will let you create AI-generated people again

    xAI’s new Grok image generator floods X with controversial AI fakes

    X’s Grok directs to government site after sharing false election info

    Smart home company Brilliant has found a buyer

    ESPN ‘Where to Watch’ feature helps find where to stream sporting events

    Plaud’s NotePin is an AI wearable for summarizing meetings and taking voice notes

    The maker of the Palma has a new cheaper e-reader

    The Dyson Airwrap i.d. is a smarter hair curler

    Snapchat finally launched an iPad app

    Instagram adds what photos have always needed: words

    Apple’s iPhone 16 launch event is set for September


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  • Today on the flagship podcast of the native resonance of your smartphone: 
    02:32 -The Verge’s David Pierce tries to find out if those YouTube videos promising to remove water from your phone with sounds actually work. 
    32:42 - Then, David chats with The Verge’s Alex Heath about some AR glasses that are reportedly set to launch from Snap and Meta this fall.
    59:16 - Later, David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about competition in the AI industry.

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  • You can learn a lot about somebody just by learning about how they get things done. Are they the sort of person who might have a perfectly color-coded email inbox, a flawlessly organized to-do list, and what’s that, they just sent you a calendar invite for happy hour next week? Or are they more likely to have a giant pile of sticky notes they never look at, a computer desktop with so many files you can’t even see the wallpaper, and today’s main tasks written on their arm? Neither is wrong, but they’re very different.
    On this episode of The Vergecast, the second in our three-part miniseries about work and productivity and how to get more done in a digital world, we decide to get to know our colleagues in a new way: by asking them to share their own productivity systems. We didn’t give them much specific instruction or homework, other than to come ready to answer a question: how do you get stuff done? Eight Verge staffers showed up, with eight very different ideas about what being productive means and how best to pull it off. Along the way, we found some ideas to steal, a few new apps and tools to try, and a lot of new thoughts about our co-workers.
    If you want to know more about the things we discuss in this episode, here are a few links to get you started:

    A Googler’s guide to getting things done

    TickTick

    Upnote

    Notion

    Google Keep

    Google Calendar

    The Rhodia #16 spiral notepad

    Papier’s productivity planners


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  • The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, Allison Johnson, and Richard Lawler discuss the Google Pixel 9 review and its controversial reimagine AI feature, a Chick-fil-A streaming service, Sonos app updates, and more.
    Further reading:

    Google Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL review: AI all over the place


    Google’s AI tool helped us add disasters and corpses to our photos 

    This system can sort real pictures from AI fakes — why aren’t platforms using it? 

    The AI photo editing era is here

    Donald Trump posts a fake AI-generated Taylor Swift endorsement

    From Digital Trends:I tried Google's new Pixel Studio app, and it's a mess


    OpenAI exec says California’s AI safety bill might slow progress

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    A new $6 billion bid to take over Paramount could undo plans to merge with Skydance.

    I hope the next CEO of Disney is just Bob Iger with a fun mustache.

    Paramount Plus plans are 50 percent off ahead of the 2024 NFL season 

    The 2024 Olympics were a big win for TV of all kinds

    The Acolyte has been canceled

    Chick-fil-A is reportedly launching a streaming service for some reason

    Apple Podcasts now has a web app

    Spotify star Alex Cooper is jumping to a new podcast network

    JBL made its charging case touchscreen more useful with a size boost 


    Meta and Snap are about to show off their new AR glasses 

    Amazon cancels the Echo Show 8 Photos Edition’s main feature — focusing on photos


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  • Today on the flagship podcast of hydrogen futures: 

    The Verge’s William Poor, Andrew Marino, and Alex Parkin head to California to figure out why hydrogen fuel cell technology, once a super-promising successor to gasoline, lost out to battery electric cars. They also put the embattled tech to the test with a road trip across California’s “hydrogen highway.”

    Further reading: 
    Check out the interactive map of our trip here, and the video version of the story here.


    Read Andrew Hawkins’ story about the future of hydrogen fuel cell tech here.


    Read Justine Calma’s coverage of federal green hydrogen programs here.

    Go deep into California zero emission transportation policy here.

    Credits:
    Fact Check by Jasmine Arielle Ting

    Thanks to:
    Bill Elrick, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Partnership
    Michael McCurdy, California State Library

    Archival footage courtesy of Global ImageWorks, LLC

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  • Laura Mae Martin is a big believer in the settings menu. Martin is Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor, and spends much of her time working with other Googlers on improving their productivity and communication systems — and one of the things she often recommends is taking a few minutes to poke through the options. “With your phone, with your email, your Slack, all these things, the features are there but we don’t take the time to dive into them,” she says. She even thinks you should maybe have to look at settings before you can use the app. “Like, you can’t get into the app unless you spend 10 minutes figuring out what it can do.”
    On this episode of The Vergecast, the first in our three-part miniseries about all things productivity and work, we talk to Martin about how she sees things changing. Four years after the pandemic forced us all to work from home, are we finally figuring out remote and hybrid work? Are managers realizing that butts-in-seats isn’t, and maybe was never, a good metric for productivity? And is the era of the hard-charging hustle bro finally giving way to a healthier, more holistic way of thinking about being productive? Martin sees all these things from so many perspectives, and has lots of thoughts on everything from communication styles to energy flows.
    We also talk about the rise in digital productivity tools like Notion and Slack, and why email is still so important — and still so terrible. One of Martin’s jobs at Google is to consult with the teams building Workspace apps like Docs and Gmail, and she has lots of thoughts on how those product works and how they could be better. We also talk about whether AI stands to change the way we get things done, and whether it’ll help us do more or just give us more to do.
    Along the way, Martin offers us lots of practical tips on how to manage our digital lives a little better. Charging your phone outside the bedroom, no-tech Tuesdays, and a couple of prettier email labels might actually go a long way. And if you have too many notes in too many places, it’s time to get a Main List going.
    If you want to know more on everything we talk about in this episode, here are a few links to get you started:

    Laura Mae Martin’s website

    Her book, Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing’


    The Google Workspace guide to productivity and wellbeing

    The Verge’s favorite tools to stay organized

    The best note-taking apps for collecting your thoughts and data

    All I want is one productivity app that can handle everything


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  • The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss AI tools announced at this weeks Pixel 9 event, Nilay's TV competition, tech regulatory news, and more.
    Further reading:

    AI overshadowed Pixel at the Pixel event


    All the AI features coming to Google's Pixel 9 series 

    Google debuts Pixel Studio AI image-making app

    Google makes your Pixel screenshots searchable with Recall-like AI feature

    Every time Google dinged Apple during its Pixel 9 launch event

    Google Gemini’s voice chat mode is here

    Using Gemini Live was faster than Google, but also more awkward

    Google Pixel 9 launch event: all the announcements and products 


    Google's Pixel 9 lineup is a Pro show 

    The Pixel 9 Pro XL showed me the future of AI photography


    Google’s Zoom Enhance camera trick is finally available 

    Inside the competition that named the Sony A95L the best TV of 2024

    Patreon adds Apple tax to avoid getting kicked out of the App Store 

    Apple is finally going to open up iPhone tap-to-pay

    Apple relents and approves Spotify app with EU pricing 

    AltStore PAL drops its annual subscription thanks to a grant from Epic

    Epic judge says he’ll ‘tear the barriers down’ on Google’s app store monopoly

    The FTC’s fake review crackdown begins this fall

    Ex-Google CEO: AI startups can steal IP, hire lawyers to “clean up the mess”

    Flipboard is going to let you follow fediverse accounts right inside the app

    Halide’s Process Zero feature captures photos with no AI processing

    Realme’s 320W fast charging can fully charge a smartphone in four and a half minutes


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  • Today on the flagship podcast of the correct height-to-width ratio of a foldable phone: 
    The Verge’s David Pierce, Allison Johnson, Victoria Song, and Chris Welch discuss all the new gadget announcements from Google’s Pixel event — including the Pixel 9, the Pixel Watch 3, the Pixel buds, and more.
    Further reading:

    Google Pixel 9 launch event live coverage: all the news

    Google’s Pixel 9 lineup is a Pro show

    Google’s new Pixel Buds Pro 2 seem better in every way that matters

    The Pixel 9 Pro XL showed me the future of AI photography

    Google Pixel Watch 3 hands-on: a big leap forward

    The Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting for

    Why Google decided now’s the time to move on from Chromecast

    The Nest Learning Thermostat gets its biggest upgrade in over a decade

    Google’s Pixel Fold one year later: I can’t wait for the sequel


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  • The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, Alex Heath, and Lauren Feiner discuss a federal judge ruling that Google violated US antitrust law, X suing a group of major advertisers over an “illegal boycott”, and the rest of this week's wild tech news.
    Further reading:

    Judge rules that Google ‘is a monopolist’ in US antitrust case

    All the spiciest parts of the Google antitrust ruling


    X files antitrust lawsuit against advertisers over ‘illegal boycott’ 

    The Global Alliance for Responsible Media is 'discontinuing' after Elon Musk's X filed an antitrust lawsuit against it

    Disney’s password-sharing crackdown starts ‘in earnest’ this September

    Disney’s streaming business turned a profit for the first time

    The price of Disney Plus is about to go up

    Logitech’s ‘forever’ mouse isn’t happening

    Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

    The Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting for


    Humane’s daily returns are outpacing sales 


    Samsung’s Frame TV is finally getting the knockoffs it deserves 

    Microsoft says Delta ignored Satya Nadella’s offer of CrowdStrike help

    Hands-on with Google’s new Nest Learning Thermostat

    OpenAI won’t watermark ChatGPT text because its users could get caught


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  • Today on the flagship podcast of what the future of Kindle turns out to be: 
    We’re once again trying out a couple of our favorite new show formats. 
    In Version History, we talk through the whole story of Quibi, from its early days as NewTV to its extremely ill-timed launch to its ultimate demise. 

    From Variety: Quibi Has Raised $1.75B After Closing $750M Round to Fund Launch


    From Variety: Jeffrey Katzenberg’s NewTV Closes $1B, Major Studios Among Investors


    Quibi’s CES 2020 launch

    Quibi app review: short-form streaming in a shifting landscape

    Steven Spielberg is writing a horror series you’ll only be able to at night

    Quibi’s Super Bowl 2020 commercial

    From The Wall Street Journal: Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman Struggle With Their Startup—and Each Other


    How Quibi imploded less than six months after launch

    11 reasons why Quibi crashed and burned in less than a year


    Next, we try out our as-yet-untitled debate show. The Verge’s Kevin Nguyen and Alex Cranz take on a surprisingly contentious topic: is the future of books print or digital? 

    The Boox Palma is an amazing gadget I didn’t even know I wanted

    Kobo’s great color e-readers are held back by lock-in

    From The Wall Street Journal: How the Kindle Became a Must-Have Accessory (Again)


    The Playdate makes a surprisingly good e-reader


    Later, producer Andru Marino answers a question from The Vergecast Hotline about a very unusual shopping situation for MP3 players. 


    NW-E394 Walkman Digital Music Player 

    Mighty’s ‘iPod shuffle for Spotify’ gets upgraded battery and Bluetooth


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  • The Verge's Nilay Patel, Allison Johnson, and Victoria Song discuss Apple iOS 18.1 beta. upcoming Pixel 9 rumors, Olympics coverage, AI deepfake regulation, and more.
    Further reading:

    The best way to watch the Olympics is on TikTok

    Apple releases iOS 18.1 developer beta with the first ‘Apple Intelligence’ iPhone features 

    Apple’s iOS 18.1 developer beta adds AI call recording and transcription

    A first look at Apple Intelligence and its (slightly) smarter Siri

    Apple’s new AI features will reportedly miss the iOS 18 launch and wait for iOS 18.1. 

    Google Pixel 9 event: rumors and what to expect 


    Pixel 9’s ‘Add Me’ feature puts you in a group photo even when you’re not there  

    Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra review: if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em 

    Samsung hypes the Galaxy Z Flip as a great police bodycam

    Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber wants your next mouse to last forever

    Microsoft wants Congress to outlaw AI-generated deepfake fraud

    Google tweaks Search to help hide explicit deepfakes

    Lawmakers want to carve out intimate AI deepfakes from Section 230 immunity 

    Elon Musk posts deepfake of Kamala Harris that violates X policy


    The Copyright Office calls for a new federal law regulating deepfakes. 

    Senators will introduce the No Fakes Act to keep AI ...


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  • Today on the flagship podcast of dedicated streaming hardware: 
    We try out a couple of show formats we’ve been planning for a while. 
    In Version History, we tell the story of the Roku Netflix Player, debate its legacy, and try to decide whether this thing belongs in the Version History Hall of Fame. 

    From Fast Company: Inside Netflix’s Project Griffin: The Forgotten History Of Roku Under Reed Hastings


    From CNBC: How Roku used the Netflix playbook to rule streaming video


    From CNN: Netflix Player offers PC-free movie watching


    From Wired: Review: Roku Netflix Set Top Box Is Just Shy of Totally Amazing


    From The New York Times: Why the Roku Netflix Player Is the First Shot of the Revolution



    After that, it’s time for debates. Nilay Patel and David Pierce yell at each other about who should own the screens in your car. Are CarPlay and Android Auto the answer, the solution to universally crappy automaker software?

    Car companies haven’t figured out if they’ll let Apple CarPlay take over all the screens

    The rest of the auto industry still loves CarPlay and Android Auto

    Everybody hates GM’s decision to kill Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its EVs

    Rivian CEO says CarPlay isn’t going to happen

    Apple’s fancy new CarPlay will only work wirelessly


    Later, David answers a question from The Vergecast Hotline about political spam texts.

    From The Washington Post: How to stop receiving spam texts


    From PCMag: Stop Robotexts: How to Block Smishing and Spam Text Messages



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  • On this episode of The Vergecast, we look at why TV and movie recommendations are so complicated, and whether AI might be able to make them better. If Spotify can build infinite playlists of music you’ll like, and YouTube and TikTok always seem to have the perfect thing ready to go, why can’t Netflix or Hulu or Max seem to get it right?
    If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are a few links to get you started:

    Movievanders

    Reelgood

    The internet is a constant recommendations machine — but it needs you to make it work

    Netflix’s Greg Peters on a new culture memo and where ads, AI, and games fit in

    From Scientific America: How Recommendation Algorithms Work—And Why They May Miss the Mark


    From Google: Multimodal prompting with a 44-minute movie



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  • The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Jake Kastrenakes discuss OpenAI's new SearchGPT product, Amazon's plan to launch a paid version of Alexa, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold review, and whole lot more.
    Further reading:

    OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine

    Bing’s AI redesign shoves the usual list of search results to the side

    Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay

    Google had a massive quarter thanks to Search and AI

    Amazon’s paid Alexa is coming to fill a $25 billion hole dug by Echo devices

    The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 is a great phone that’s out of ideas

    Asus ROG Ally X review: the best Windows gaming handheld by a mile

    Samsung Galaxy Ring review: keeping you in Samsung’s orbit

    Apple’s first foldable iPhone could arrive in 2026

    Apple Maps launches on the web to take on Google

    The Disney Plus, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle is now available

    Rivian CEO says CarPlay isn’t going to happen

    The NBA’s new TV deals put a lot of games on Amazon’s Prime Video starting in 2025

    Reddit’s NFL, NBA deals bring more sports highlights — and ads

    Spotify CEO confirms a ‘deluxe’ version with hi-fi audio is coming soon

    Sonos CEO apologizes for disastrous rollout of new app


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  • Today on the flagship podcast of configuration changes:
    The Verge's Tom Warren joins the show to to talk about the story and legacy of the CrowdStrike crash. 

    CrowdStrike and Microsoft: all the latest news on the global IT outage

    Major Windows BSOD issue hits banks, airlines, and TV broadcasters

    What is CrowdStrike, and what happened?

    CrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoft

    CrowdStrike outage: Photos, videos, and tales of IT workers fixing BSODs


    Then we talk with The Verge's Victoria Song and Zombies, Run creator Adrian Hon about making exercising fun without making it competitive and awful.

    Zombies, Run

    Adrian Hon’s Substack

    Finally, the Apple Watch will let you rest

    This walking app let me whack my co-workers with a baseball bat

    Ignore your fitness tracker and walk to Mordor instead


    Finally, we answer a hotline question about handheld gadgets for new parents — because there's a lot of time to kill when there's a baby around.

    Backbone One review: the best mobile gaming controller yet

    Handheld consoles are the future of gaming

    Holedown


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