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OnlyFans' back and forth on adult content ban / Tim Cook’s Apple, ten years later

OnlyFans' back and forth on adult content ban / Tim Cook’s Apple, ten years later

FromThe Vergecast


OnlyFans' back and forth on adult content ban / Tim Cook’s Apple, ten years later

FromThe Vergecast

ratings:
Length:
92 minutes
Released:
Aug 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex, Cranz, and Adi Robertson discuss why OnlyFans planned to prohibit sexually explicit content on their platform and why it reversed its position days later.
Second half of the show, the crew discuss Tim Cook's ten years as Apple CEO, iPhone 13 rumors, and the whole bunch of tech news you may have missed.
Further reading:

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine gets full FDA approval

US COVID-19 data has never been good enough

VidCon cancels its 2021 event, says next one will be in June 2022

The Pfizer vaccine will be officially called Comirnaty, for some reason

OnlyFans to prohibit sexually explicit content beginning

Sex workers made OnlyFans valuable — then it sold them out

OnlyFans pushes SFW app on iOS and Android as it tries

OnlyFans' inexplicable ban on porn might be explained

OnlyFans CEO on why it banned adult content

OnlyFans says never mind, it actually won’t ban porn on October 1st

Joe Biden reportedly hosting cybersecurity meeting with Tim Cook, Satya Nadella, and Andy Jassy attending

Google and Microsoft promise billions to help bolster US cybersecurity

Facebook is reportedly forming an election commission that it will announce in the fall

Tim Cook’s Apple, ten years later

Apple will take a smaller cut of publishers’ sales if they join Apple News

S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple …,

Higher-end Mac Mini reportedly landing ‘in the next several months’

'iPhone 13' Name Emerges on Alleged Packaging Stickers

Apple Watch Series 7: Leaked images show 41mm and 45mm bands

TSMC is raising chip prices as supply shortages continue

Apple to Release iOS 15 iCloud Private Relay as a Public Beta

iCloud+'s New Custom Email Domain Feature Now Available in Beta

Kanye West’s new Donda Stem Player will apparently let you ‘customize any song’

Snapchat’s new AR features can identify the world around you

The manual for Facebook’s Project Aria AR glasses shows what it’s like to wear them

Fitbit’s new Charge 5 has a rounded design and a color screen


Microsoft’s Panos Panay now directly advises CEO Satya Nadella 

Microsoft announces $549 Halo-themed Xbox Series X console

Xbox consoles are getting xCloud this holiday so you can stream before you download

Elon Musk says Tesla is working on humanoid robots

Don’t overthink it: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot is a joke

Alaska Airlines evacuated a plane after a phone burst into flame

Samsung will let you unlock your Z Fold 3’s bootloader, but at the cost of your cameras

Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence 

Making it work 2021


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Released:
Aug 27, 2021
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.