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Facebook debuts Ray-Ban smart glasses / Apple’s iPhone 13 event will take place on September 14th / Amazon announces its first-ever lineup of smart TVs

Facebook debuts Ray-Ban smart glasses / Apple’s iPhone 13 event will take place on September 14th / Amazon announces its first-ever lineup of smart TV…

FromThe Vergecast


Facebook debuts Ray-Ban smart glasses / Apple’s iPhone 13 event will take place on September 14th / Amazon announces its first-ever lineup of smart TV…

FromThe Vergecast

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Length:
90 minutes
Released:
Sep 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Facebook's newest endeavor into sunglasses with cameras on them, preditions for next week's Apple event, and of course some new gadgets announced this week.
Further reading:

Activists push to delay most high-profile climate summit since Paris agreement

Microsoft gives up predicting when its US offices will fully reopen

Facebook on your face

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


Apple’s rumored AR/VR headset might rely on a nearby iPhone or Mac for processing 

Whoop’s new fitness tracker is better thanks to a battery breakthrough

Apple’s iPhone 13 event will take place on September 14th

New Apple MagSafe charger spotted in FCC alongside four new phones

Apple’s car chief is heading to Ford

Apple Watch exec takes over secretive car project

Apple delays controversial child protection features after privacy outcry

Amazon announces its first-ever lineup of smart TVs

Amazon announces Fire TV Stick 4K Max — and yes that’s really the name

Amazon Luna is expanding to Fire tablets and Chromebooks, and retro games are on the way

Twitter takes on Facebook Groups with invite-only Communities

How Twitter’s communities could bring context back

The Gmail app takes calls now, too, because Google wants it to do everything

The Series One Desk 27 is a $2,000 Google Meet machine that doubles as a laptop monitor

Microsoft Start is a personalized news feed designed for Windows 11, mobile, and more

Theranos’ greatest invention was Elizabeth Holmes 


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Released:
Sep 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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.