I wrote about mmhmm, a video chat app that also feels like a better future for the metaverse
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Talked to Signal president about competing with iMessage, RCS, and facing down government pressure to break encryption. Oh, and what it's like to hire a new CEO. A really good episode of Decoder -> theverge.com/23409716/signa
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NEW: Sources tell me Parler's parent-company, Parlement Technologies, has been trying to offload the social media platform long before the Ye deal.
A prospective buyer described the asking price as wildly inflated, was stunned by the site's low DAUs.
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I’m 99.99% sure the base iPad is now the best iPad and the one almost everyone should buy
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So let me get this straight:
The base model iPad gets a landscape camera (yes) and a brand new Magic Keyboard Folio (yes!) with a detachable keyboard, kickstand (yes!!), and function keys (yes!!!), but the iPad *Pro* gets...none of this?
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nothing about this bezel is "all screen" words have meanings people
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Now here's a CAPTCHA I don't mind doing a few times
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I reviewed this thing! It's a cool device that, unsurprisingly, relies a lot on Wi-Fi. But it relies on it too much, leaving you with a pretty limp gaming experience when you're out of pocket.
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The console of the future exists somewhere in the middle of the Switch, Steam Deck and this Logitech G Cloud Gaming Handheld — I am very much looking forward to somebody eventually figuring it out
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Trying to figure out whether or not to buy something on the Internet, in one image:
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A few weeks ago I went to see , and got a crash course in what it really takes to make nice things - even simple ones
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Well @reckless just brutally and honestly took down ‘VR For Enterprise’ as an entire concept, in under a minute here on @verge Cast
overcast.fm/+QN1oDURtE/15:
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new: i wrote about the "tech girlies" of tiktok and youtube who share glossy videos of their jobs in tech that essentially serve as free promo/recruitment for companies.
they toe the line of what's allowed — and some have gotten fired for it.
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Pixel reviews!
here’s on the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro: theverge.com/23399315/googl
And on the Pixel Watch: theverge.com/23400779/googl
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An official ranking of reasons to tune into this Vergecast:
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4. me, talking about VR games
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here's my hands-on video of everything Surface. If I seem a little sniffly / dead, it's because I had COVID 😑
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Finn’s daily search for sunbeams sometimes requires settling in unusual locations (like on my caps lock key)
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If Microsoft actually made a Surface Pro that has 5G AND good performance AND great battery AND actually runs all your apps, that's a huge huge deal
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Tired: PCs
Wired: FCs
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I'm really trying to make the term "FACE COMPUTER" happen.
Please stop using the words " virtual reality headset" and say it with me... face computer.
wsj.com/articles/meta-
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No more emails. If you want something from me you must approach me slowly and calmly with a piece of apple or carrot in your palm with your fingers flat and extended so I do not bite them
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Last week, I visited Meta HQ to interview Mark Zuckerberg about the company’s new Quest Pro headset, why he is still all in on the metaverse, competing with TikTok and Apple, why he enjoys “being doubted,” and more.
Full podcast + video here:
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The Quest Pro sounds like a legitimately excellent VR headset, but is still way more science project than consumer product
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Loved this piece from about a very cool major figure in computer history. Not every major figure built computers or coded their way into the history books.
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Google: Kills the Pixelbook laptop
Also Google: Kills the Stadia cloud gaming service
Also also Google: Goes all in on Chromebooks for cloud gaming
Sure sure sure cool cool cool makes total sense
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I've had an iPhone 14 Pro for two days, and I... hate the always-on display. I hit the power button to turn it off like 300 times a day, only to discover it's already "off." Do you get used to this or am I just gonna turn it off?
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Some personal news: I finally convinced Apple to take all my money and give me an iPhone 14 Pro
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Meta’s flagship metaverse app Horizon is too buggy and barely used by the employees building it, per leaked internal memos from last month I obtained
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We’re live-blogging all of Google’s announcements today, and , and I will also be shouting “BEZEL” at every bezel we see
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Been traveling with this thing all day and it is *just now* down to 60%. It is seriously good
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I love that the judge in the Elon / Twitter trial was like, yeah that letter didn't mean anything
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New Vergecast! On the future of the Kindle, why you hate your printer, how the new AirPods Pro stack up, and my impossible quest to buy an iPhone 14 Pro
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The Life-Changing Magic of Finally Just Rebooting Your Computer
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I always figured Musk would end up owning Twitter, but buying it for full price after all this is like hilariously bad business
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I saw the perfect smart home controller at CEDIA 2022, and now I want someone to make one for the rest of us. theverge.com/2022/10/3/2338
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Stadia developers were just as shocked as the rest of us about Stadia's shutdown. However, it seems as if Google is looking into reimbursing them some way, based on what two developers told me.
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Guess it's been A Week for everybody
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I’ve started scheduling “fart around the internet” for at least an hour every workday, and honestly it’s the most productive thing I do most days
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