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 389: Apple's encryption controversy, Bezos's hacked phone, and Sonos stopping old product updates
Stories from this week:
- Trump demands Apple unlock iPhones: ‘They have the keys to so many criminals and criminal minds’
- How to FBI-proof your encrypted iPhone backups
- Can Apple live up to Apple’s privacy ads?
- Apple rejects AG Barr’s claim that it didn’t assist with Pensacola shooting probe
- The FBI has asked Apple to unlock another shooter’s iPhone
- Senator asks Jeff Bezos for more information on Saudi-linked hack
- Saudi Arabian prince reportedly hacked Jeff Bezos’ phone with malicious WhatsApp message
- PSA: Never open a WhatsApp message from the crown prince of Saudi Arabia
- Here’s a first look at Android on Microsoft’s dual-screen Surface Duo
- Microsoft’s software plan for the Duo Android phone is surprisingly realistic
- Introduction to dual-screen devices
- Motorola’s foldable Razr will launch on February 6th after delay
- Cruise driverless taxi: no steering wheel, no pedals
- Sonos will stop providing software updates for its oldest products in May
- Comcast plans price hikes for cable customers as it looks ahead to streaming Peacock launch
- Google’s ads just look like search results now
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