The Vergecast22 Jul 2022

Netflix wants linear TV to die, Thread border routers are Matter-ready, and Tesla sold most of its Bitcoin

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz run discuss Tesla earnings, Netflix's next move, and an upgrade to smart home standard Thread. Further reading: Tesla’s run of record quarterly deliveries comes to an end thanks to China’s COVID shutdowns Elon Musk now says Tesla could start Cybertruck deliveries in mid-2023 Tesla sold 75 percent of its Bitcoin BMW starts selling heated seat subscriptions for $18 a month The First-Ever Blazer EV: Electric SUV | Chevrolet BMW Wants to Charge for Heated Seats. These Grey Market Hackers Will Fix That. 75 Percent of Car Buyers Don't Want Features Locked Behind Subscriptions Netflix’s CEO is ready for TV to die Netflix subscriber count in the US and Canada dropped by 1.3 million over the last three months Netflix's ad-supported tier won't have everything at launch Netflix is partnering with Microsoft for its new ad-supported tier Netflix's latest anti-password sharing test lets users 'buy' additional homes Amazon is giving Prime Video its biggest redesign in years Eve’s new motion sensor is the first with Thread Amazon says Matter will make Alexa smarter If you have one of these Thread border routers, your smart home will be Matter-ready Samsung’s August 10th Unpacked will definitely feature at least one foldable Samsung confirms August 10th Unpacked event date with ‘cryptic’ puzzle Google Pixel 6A review: midrange parts, Tensor smarts Google’s prototype augmented reality glasses are going outside Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover trial set to start in October Apple will settle butterfly keyboard lawsuit for $50 million Internal documents show Facebook and Google discussing platform strategies The new Google Wallet is now available to all users Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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