Show notes
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Dan Seifert discuss the tech headlines from this site this week — including Google's deal with Spotify over app fees, Nothing's first smartphone, and the struggle with TV projectors.
- Google will test letting Android developers use their own billing systems, starting with Spotify
- Nothing’s first smartphone is aimed at Apple, not OnePlus
- OnePlus 10 Pro gets its global launch on March 31st
- Dell’s XPS 15 and XPS 17 get 12th Gen chips
- Intel looks on track to fix its core problems
- Asus’ ROG flow Z13 is a Surface Pro that’s got game
- Apple has resolved the outage affecting iMessage, Apple Music, the App Store, and other services
- Apple’s Studio Display has 64GB of storage in addition to its iPhone 11-caliber processor
- The Mac Studio’s removable SSD is reportedly blocked by Apple on a software level
- Apple service centers can reportedly replace the Studio Display’s ‘built-in’ stands
- How Microsoft built its smart Surface camera
- iFixit teardown offers a detailed look inside the Mac Studio and Studio Display
- Apple will reportedly sell the iPhone as a subscription service
- Google won’t give old Pixels the best 5G, even though it admits it could
- Eero’s new Wi-Fi 6E mesh router supports over gigabit speeds and costs under $500
- Matter’s delays mean fewer new smart home products today
- Google tidies up its smart home app
- Apple TV app on Android TV no longer allows rentals, purchases, or subscriptions
- YouTube is taking on over-the-air TV with nearly 4,000 free episodes of TV
- Sonos might make your next TV streaming OS
- Yes, Netflix just got even more expensive
- HBO Max adds a shuffle button to help you find something to watch
- Google won’t let you buy movies and TV shows from the Play app starting in May
- Samsung’s Freestyle Projector doesn’t live up to it’s $900 price
- Spider-Man: No Way Home’s VFX wizards couldn’t see the Doc Ock memes coming
- How SiriusXM bought and bungled a beloved podcast network
- Inside the fight to save video game history
- How Robinhood’s Aparna Chennapragada is building the future of investing
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