The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours.
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episode 290: DJI Mavic Air, HomePod ships in February, and iOS11.3 preview
This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul call Ben Popper — former business editor at The Verge who now works with DJI — to answer some questions about the new drone the company announced this week, the Mavic Air. There is also a discussion about what’s happening at Apple this week. The HomePod was announced without some key features at launch in a few weeks. There’s also an update to iOS 11 that’s being publicly previewed on their website. There’s a whole lot more in between that — like Paul’s weekly segment “A Kin for your wrist” — so listen to it all, and you’ll get it all. Here are the articles discussed in this week’s episode: 02:45 - Apple previews iOS 11.3 13:37 - Apple will release its $349 HomePod speaker on February 9th 27:54 - DJI Mavic Air with Ben Popper 54:10 - Paul’s weekly segment “A Kin for your wrist” 57:43 - Amazon doesn’t care if you accidentally shoplift from its cashier-less store 1:01:17 - RED says its Hydrogen One smartphone will ship this summer 1:01:42 - Acer announces $349 Chromebook Spin 11 with 360-degree hinge and USB-C 1:03:25 - Samsung teases camera improvements for Galaxy S9 1:04:18 - Trump administration wants to end NASA funding for the International Space Station by 2025 1:05:07 - How the Apple Watch tries to change your behavior
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