Would you wear Meta’s new smart glasses to a wedding? Well, Victoria Song would, and she brings us the tale of her many adventures in New York City as an indoor sunglasses-wearer.
Then, iFixit’s Kyle Wiens tells us what to expect from the CA right-to-repair law, and why the fight’s not over yet. All that and more, on the flagship podcast of Glassholes.
The NBA is looking for a giant raise in its next media deal. But the networks just don’t have the spending cash anymore. So which side gives? Or does tech come in and blow it all up?
This WSJ story is a good rundown of the possibilities, and why it’s very possible nobody’s going to get exactly what they want out of this deal. Including fans.
Sheeran says in this GQ Essentials video that he stopped using a phone in 2015 (which you can basically only do when you’re a celebrity with many employees who do have phones), and is all-in on his iPad Mini ever since. It’s even where he writes all his songs!
He also has smart thoughts on email vs. text messaging. Ed gets it, y’all.
Also discussed this week: Nilay’s ideal commute, our CSS hopes and dreams, and all the reasons T-Pain is the absolute ideal Vergecast guest. Plus, you know, Sonos and Google and antitrust and Pixels and the Meta Quest 3 and everything else happening in tech this week. But especially T-Pain.
Adam Mosseri has a lot of thoughts about Threads’ role in the news business. We have a lot of thoughts about his thoughts. We also have thoughts about the intense about-face in the Sonos v. Google speaker fight, the Apple Search Engine that wasn’t, and much more. We also have some CSS news.
Search is the biggest business in the business. And for anyone wanting to make it big in search, the fastest way to win is in Safari.
Pixel 8 reviews are live! So is the Pixel Watch 2 review! AI and cameras and Fitbit everywhere you look. We talked through them both, and then tried to figure out what to make of the new Chromebook Plus designation. Google gadgets: still here, and getting kind of good. Emphasis on kind of.
