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Zoom's privacy concerns, Apple buys Dark Sky, and Sprint is dead

Zoom's privacy concerns, Apple buys Dark Sky, and Sprint is dead

FromThe Vergecast


Zoom's privacy concerns, Apple buys Dark Sky, and Sprint is dead

FromThe Vergecast

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Length:
84 minutes
Released:
Apr 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Nilay, Dieter, and Paul talk to Tom Warren about Zoom's privacy and security concerns.
The crew also looks back at the history of Sprint after it finally merged with T-Mobile.
Paul's weekly segment "If I were a rich man" updates the keyboard-in-the-front club.
The show ends with some chat about Apple buying the weather app Dark Sky and allowing in-app rentals on their mobile devices.
Stories discussed in this episode:

After walkouts, Amazon pledges temperature checks and masks in all warehouses

Jeff Bezos’ space company is pressuring employees to launch a tourist rocket during the pandemic

Zoom is leaking some user information because of an issue with how the app groups contacts

Zoom faces a privacy and security backlash as it surges in ...

Zoom announces 90-day feature freeze to fix privacy and ...

Zoom isn't actually end-to-end encrypted 

Zoom quickly fixes 'malware-like' macOS installer with new ...

Microsoft aims to win back consumers with new Microsoft 365 subscriptions

T-Mobile completes merger with Sprint, John Legere steps down as CEO

Sprint is dead. Long live Sprint

What’s next for Sprint customers now that the T-Mobile merger has gone through?

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 review: AMD has rewritten the rules

Apple now lets some video streaming apps bypass the App Store cut

Amazon Prime Video now allows in-app rentals and purchases on the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV

Apple acquires popular weather app Dark Sky and will shut down the Android version


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Released:
Apr 3, 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.