The Vergecast

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss week two of Elon Musk as CEO of Twitter and Meta announcing job cuts.

Later in the show: What's next for Binance and FTX, a stretchable screen by LG Display, and the Surface Pro 9 review.

Further reading:

• Elon Musk tells Twitter staff to prepare for ‘difficult times ahead’ and ends remote work
• Read Elon Musk’s first email to Twitter employees
• Elon Musk offloads another $3.9 billion in Tesla shares
• Elon is putting Twitter at risk for billions in fines, says internal letter
• Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue with verification is now live
• Elon Musk's response to fake verified Elon Twitter accounts: a new permanent ban policy for impersonation
• Everyone knows you paid to be verified on Twitter
• Mario flipped off Twitter for nearly two hours with the blessing of Musk's 'verification'
• Twitter rolls back gray ‘official’ checks that popped up on high-profile accounts
• Twitter’s new double-check verification disappears, Elon Musk says he ‘killed it’
• Meta announces huge job cuts affecting 11,000 employees
• Binance won't bail out FTX, cites reports of 'mishandled customer funds'
• ‘I fucked up,’ says FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in public apology
• Microsoft Surface Pro 9 (Intel) review: this is the one to buy
• LG Display's 'stretchable' prototype display could attach to skin, clothing, and furniture
• HP Pavilion Plus 14 review: a powerful, confusing OLED machine
• The Pixel Watch calorie bug is a reminder of why 'accuracy' isn't everything
• Razer made a customizable PS5 controller that — you guessed it — is very expensive

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Verge editor-in-chief talks with Wired senior editor Andy Greenberg, author of Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers.

Greenberg's book is all about a group of hackers inside the Russian government called Sandworm, who were responsible for damaging cyber warfare attacks in various countries over the past few years.

Andy and Nilay discuss the origins of Sandworm, the intricacies of their attacks, and how they escalated what we think of as "cyber war."

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The Verge's Alex Cranz, Richard Lawler, and Dan Seifert discuss the numerous Apple rumors we heard about this week, a Samsung Unpacked preview, and the latest gadget news.

Further reading:

• Apple might finally make a touchscreen Mac
• Apple is reportedly making an all-in-one cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth chip
• iPhone 16 Pro models could feature under-display Face ID
• Apple's next custom hardware trick might be its own Micro LED screens
• Apple’s MicroLED dream: what it means for the Apple Watch and beyond
• $99 AirPods could ship as early as next year alongside next-gen AirPods Max
• Official Samsung Galaxy S23 images leak early
• Samsung confirms February 1st Unpacked, its first in-person event in three years
• Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 Pro can now record lifelike 3D audio
• HBO Max’s first price hike raises the monthly rate by $1
• John Deere commits to letting farmers repair their own tractors (kind of)
• At CES one company was showing off...an E-Ink headset?
• The Pinecil is the best soldering iron for most people
• Six smart home finds from CES 2023 you may have missed

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For a special Vergecast holiday episode, The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Chris Welch talk to three industry experts about the new HDMI 2.1 standard: Polygon's front page editor Samit Sarkar, Vizio CTO Bill Baxter, and HDMI Forum president David Glen.

The Vergecast crew discuss what to look for when buying a new TV, how serious the TV manufacturers are on supporting 2.1, and how the new standard is being implemented throughout the industry.

Happy holidays!

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Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss the new iPad Pro and Macbook Air that Apple announced this week, the confusion around Google's coronavirus testing website, and the specs revealed for the PS5.

Stories discussed this week:

• Comcast modestly raises slow internet speeds for low-income users because of coronavirus
• AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus
• AT&T, Comcast, Verizon and others agree not to overcharge customers during coronavirus
• Verily’s coronavirus screening website launches with very limited access
• Trump’s Google testing announcement mixed up several real projects
• The White House still can’t explain what’s going on with the coronavirus screening website
• Coronavirus testing shouldn’t be this complicated
• Apple announces online-only WWDC 2020 due to coronavirus spread
• Apple announces new iPad Pro with trackpad support and a wild keyboard cover
• iPadOS 13.4 adds full mouse and trackpad support
• The iPad Pro is ready to supplant the Mac just as the MacBook Air is great again
• Logitech’s iPad keyboard case with trackpad costs half as much as Apple’s
• The new iPad Pro’s LIDAR sensor is an AR hardware solution in search of software
• The new iPad Pro’s LIDAR scanner can turn a living room into an AR game of Hot Lava
• You can try the iPad’s new trackpad and mouse support right now with Apple’s public beta
• Apple announces new MacBook Air with improved keyboard, faster performance, and more storage
• Moog and Korg are offering synth apps for free while we’re all stuck at home
• PS5 vs. Xbox Series X: a complicated battle of SSD and GPU speeds
• Sony says the PlayStation 5’s SSD will completely change next-gen level design
• The Xbox Series X specs look impressive, but that’s not enough
• Here’s how Xbox Series X removable storage will work

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