Big tech at Capitol Hill, Elon Musk's brain machine interface, and Macbook 2019 reviews
The Vergecast19 Jul 2019

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

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 regulatedHouse Democrats are considering a bill to ban Facebook from the …Senators aren’t sold on Facebook’s Libra projectEU opens Amazon antitrust investigationThe unpredictable legal implications of Trump’s Twitter-blocking defeatElon 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 normalApple MacBook Pro 13 2019 Two USB ports review: considered ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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

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It's been a year since net neutrality was repealed.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 wh...

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Mourning a robot with Ashley Carman and Kaitlyn Tiffany of 'Why'd You Push That Button?'

Mourning a robot with Ashley Carman and Kaitlyn Tiffany of 'Why'd You Push That Button?'

What happens when your robot friend dies? Ashley Carman and Kaitlyn Tiffany of Why'd You Push That Button? explore the grieving community surrounding the short-lived social robot Jibo. Learn more abou...

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Why big companies will never get content management right, with UCLA’s Sarah T Roberts

Why big companies will never get content management right, with UCLA’s Sarah T Roberts

Behind the screen: content moderation in the shadows of social media author Sarah T Roberts joins Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel to discuss the business and dark side of content moderation while po...

2 Jul 201939min

Jony Ive leaving Apple, iPadOS public beta, and Bill Gates’ greatest mistake

Jony Ive leaving Apple, iPadOS public beta, and Bill Gates’ greatest mistake

Public betas for iPadOS, iOS 13, and macOS Catalina are available now so Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller discuss the updates from using the software themselves. Also, It was announced during...

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Kara Swisher on Silicon Valley’s lack of competition

Kara Swisher on Silicon Valley’s lack of competition

Recode editor-at-large Kara Swisher joins Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel to discuss the possibilities of breaking up big tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon. Kara also explains ...

25 Jun 201943min

Facebook announces Libra, Section 230 threatened, and RCS in the hands of Google

Facebook announces Libra, Section 230 threatened, and RCS in the hands of Google

Paul Miller explains Facebook new cryptocurrency Libra, Adi Robertson explains Senator Josh Hawley's move to amend Section 230, and Dieter explains how Google is taking charge of RCS.  Stories discuss...

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