It should, right? Definitely should. But also, no, terrible idea, why would Apple want that headache. Who knows! But on The Vergecast, we tried to make sense of it. We also talked Slack, Zoom, MrBeast, the future of CarPlay, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Like and subscribe!
And at the very least can we make the prices less confusing? We discuss why the numbers keep going up, plus why Apple should and shouldn’t buy Disney. Then we make sense of the backlash to Zoom’s AI policies, dig into Slack’s redesign, and spend a lot of time talking about fart apps. Because to get to the future, you gotta start with fart apps.
This rumor — that Apple might acquire Disney — has been around forever, and there’s nothing in this Hollywood Reporter story that makes me think it’s real this time. But the story does lay out a fascinating case for how it might work:
While it may be very true that Apple doesn’t want to buy a studio, maybe it would want to buy this studio —the one that, despite the challenges of the moment, has a vault full of priceless IP and remains the most valuable brand in entertainment.
[The Hollywood Reporter]
Coming to you today with an episode from Land of The Giants, which this season is all about Tesla. (It’s a very good season, you’re not too far behind, you can catch up wherever you find your fine podcasts!) This one just felt particularly Vergecast-y to us: it’s the story of how Musk took over at Tesla, and reshaped the company in his image. We are the flagship podcast of corporate in-fighting, after all.
Okay fine, the World Cup is cool too. But on ESPN this morning, a bunch of the world’s best Excel users played a pretty epic elimination battle to see who is the best keyboard shortcutter / puzzle solver / knower of sick Excel tricks. That might sound boring! It’s not. Excel Esports is a big and growing thing, and it’s a shockingly great spectator sport.
This episode is for all the samboys out there, y’all. We get into some reader emails (thanks as always for sending, and keep ‘em coming, vergecast@theverge.com or call the hotline at 866-VERGE11), talk about YouTube’s world takeover plans, dissect BeastBurger, and get into the weeds on plow planes. And we barely talk about X at all, for once.
