Nilay Patel is joined by Verge deputy editor Dan Seifert and news editor Chaim Gartenberg to discuss i0S14.5, Apple's earnings, Epic vs. Apple, chip shortages, and Samsung's new laptops.
Senior reporter Ashley Carman joins the show to talk about the wave of action in the podcast industry this past week.
Further reading:

People who are vaccinated don’t need to wear masks during many outdoor activities, CDC says

Social media platforms become triage centers as India struggles with a COVID-19 surge

The first problem was vaccine supply. Now, it’s demand.

Officials lift pause on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

iOS 14.5 is out now with new Face ID mask features and Apple’s App Tracking Transparency

Why Apple’s new privacy feature is such a big deal

Apple’s iPhone 12 and Mac sales skyrocket despite ongoing pandemic

Here’s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week’s trial

Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013

Apple fined $12M by Russian regulator over App Store monopoly abuse

Can Apple get you to pay for podcasts? 

Spotify launches podcast subscriptions, but you can’t subscribe in-app

Spotify’s miniplayer for Facebook launches today

Facebook is building its own in-app podcast player

Clubhouse is partnering with the NFL for draft week programming

SiriusXM acquires Roman Mars’ 99% Invisible and a bigger stake in the podcasting world

Spotify is raising prices for lots of its plans

Spotify premium subscriber count increases 21 percent to 158 million

Spotify is okay with Joe Rogan telling 21-year-olds not to get vaccinated

Samsung’s new Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 are lightweight laptops with OLED screens

Samsung announces a cheaper entry-level Galaxy Book with no OLED

Samsung’s Galaxy Book Odyssey introduces Nvidia’s new RTX 3050 Ti

Elon Musk says Tesla made ‘significant mistakes’ with solar roof project


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