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 376: Reviewing the Pixel 4, the calm before the streaming war, and a Foxconn Wisconsin update
Stories discussed this week:
- Foxconn finally admits its empty Wisconsin ‘innovation centers’ aren’t being developed
- Foxconn’s giant glass dome in Wisconsin is back, baby
- Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL review: more than the sum of its sensors
- Google to update Pixel 4 face unlock with eye detection ‘in the coming months`
- The Pixel 4 is more like an iPhone than any other Android phone
- Google promises another Pixel 4 software update, this time for the screen’s refresh rate
- Google’s older Pixels won’t get the Pixel 4’s dual exposure and Live HDR+ features
- Google’s Pixel 4 was $100 off on Amazon for a second time
- Microsoft Surface Pro 7 review: I wish this looked like a Surface Pro X
- Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15-inch review: it’s a bigger Surface Laptop
- Apple TV app launches on Amazon Fire TV devices
- Comcast’s ‘free’ streaming box actually requires an additional $13 / month fee
- Disney CEO says Scorsese and Coppola can ‘bitch about movies’ if they want
- Verizon is offering a free year of Disney+ to unlimited data and Fios customers
- There’s a new Banana Phone, and it can play ‘Bananaphone’
- Twitch megastar Shroud is joining Ninja on Mixer as an exclusive streamer
- Caffeine hopes celebrities and entertainment can help it beat Twitch
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