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Apple's encryption controversy, Bezos's hacked phone, and Sonos stopping old product updates

Apple's encryption controversy, Bezos's hacked phone, and Sonos stopping old product updates

FromThe Vergecast


Apple's encryption controversy, Bezos's hacked phone, and Sonos stopping old product updates

FromThe Vergecast

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Length:
87 minutes
Released:
Jan 24, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Stories from this week:

Trump demands Apple unlock iPhones: ‘They have the keys to so many criminals and criminal minds’


How to FBI-proof your encrypted iPhone backups 

Can Apple live up to Apple’s privacy ads?

Apple rejects AG Barr’s claim that it didn’t assist with Pensacola shooting probe

The FBI has asked Apple to unlock another shooter’s iPhone

Senator asks Jeff Bezos for more information on Saudi-linked hack

Saudi Arabian prince reportedly hacked Jeff Bezos’ phone with malicious WhatsApp message

PSA: Never open a WhatsApp message from the crown prince of Saudi Arabia

Here’s a first look at Android on Microsoft’s dual-screen Surface Duo

Microsoft’s software plan for the Duo Android phone is surprisingly realistic

Introduction to dual-screen devices

Motorola’s foldable Razr will launch on February 6th after delay

Cruise driverless taxi: no steering wheel, no pedals

Sonos will stop providing software updates for its oldest products in May

Comcast plans price hikes for cable customers as it looks ahead to streaming Peacock launch

Google’s ads just look like search results now


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Released:
Jan 24, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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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.