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The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel and David Pierce 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. Click here to subscribe.

Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery,’ says House antitrust committee chair

“30 percent is unconscionable,” says Congressman David Cicilline

Nilay Patel
Sen. Ed Markey on the politics of technology

A Vergecast interview

Andru Marino
Tinder CEO Elie Seidman on finding love during the pandemic

How the app is adapting to no in-person dates

Nilay Patel and Ashley Carman
The head of HBO Max on launching without Roku, adding 4K HDR, and the Snyder Cut

Tony Goncalves joins The Vergecast

Nilay Patel and Julia Alexander
Sundar Pichai on managing Google through the pandemic

The CEO of Google and Alphabet joins The Vergecast

Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn
What 2020 means for encryption

The battle lines are drawn

Zoë Schiffer