The Vergecast

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 379: Apple releases 16-inch Macbook Pro, Motorola announces a new Razr, and Disney+ launches


This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul go through the products announced this week including Apple's 16-inch Macbook Pro and Motorola's new Razr foldable phone. Julia Alexander then joins the show to cover the initial launch of Disney+ and the ongoing streaming wars.

Stories this week:

  • The everything town in the middle of nowhere
  • Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro is here, and it has a good keyboard
  • A fully loaded 16-inch MacBook Pro costs $6,099
  • Apple’s new Mac Pro is shipping next month
  • Google’s rollout of RCS chat for all Android users in the US begins today
  • Motorola resurrects the Razr as a foldable Android smartphone
  • John Carmack stepping down as CTO of Oculus to work on AI
  • Disney+ experiencing ‘unable to connect’ errors on launch day
  • The Mandalorian’s first episode shows that Star Wars can work on the small screen
  • Disney+ doesn’t have to sell anyone on streaming
  • How to get a year of free Disney+ from Verizon
  • The Simpsons’ aspect ratio is messed up on Disney+
  • Verizon’s new set-top box is possibly the worst option out there for streaming
  • Apple could bundle news, TV, and music into one subscription as soon as 2020

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 November 15, 2019  1h17m