The Verge's Dieter Bohn and Alex Cranz discuss Verizon switching to Android
Messages as default for RCS, as well as the many gadgets from this week. Verge
policy editor Russell Brandom joins to talk about President Biden's criticism
of Facebook's handling of misinformation on their platform and the nomination
of Google critic Jonathan Kanter to lead the Department of Justice's antitrust
division. The Verge's Liz Lopatto and Joey Roulette talk with Dieter about
Jeff Bezos' space flight this week. Further reading: Biden says platforms like
Facebook are ‘killing people’ with COVID-19 misinformation Facebook pushes
back against Biden remarks on COVID-19 misinformation Joe Biden says Facebook
isn’t ‘killing people,’ but misinformation causes harm The Biden
administration should take the First Amendment as seriously as Facebook
misinformation FTC pledges to fight unlawful right to repair restrictions
Biden to nominate Google critic Jonathan Kanter to lead DOJ antitrust division
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OxygenOS with Oppo's ColorOS Leaked memo confirms OnePlus will become an Oppo
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The Verge's Dieter Bohn and Alex Cranz discuss Verizon switching to Android
Messages as default for RCS, as well as the many gadgets from this week. Verge
policy editor Russell Brandom joins to talk about President Biden's criticism
of Facebook's handling of misinformation on their platform and the nomination
of Google critic Jonathan Kanter to lead the Department of Justice's antitrust
division. The Verge's Liz Lopatto and Joey Roulette talk with Dieter about
Jeff Bezos' space flight this week. Further reading: Biden says platforms like
Facebook are ‘killing people’ with COVID-19 misinformation Facebook pushes
back against Biden remarks on COVID-19 misinformation Joe Biden says Facebook
isn’t ‘killing people,’ but misinformation causes harm The Biden
administration should take the First Amendment as seriously as Facebook
misinformation FTC pledges to fight unlawful right to repair restrictions
Biden to nominate Google critic Jonathan Kanter to lead DOJ antitrust division
The space tourism industry is stuck in its billionaire phase Blue Origin
successfully sends Jeff Bezos and three others to space and back An on-the-
ground look at Blue Origin’s motley crew Jeff Bezos appreciates your efforts
to get Jeff Bezos to space Verizon is also switching to Android Messages as
default for RCS Pegasus spyware used to target phones of journalists and
activists, investigation finds Dish cuts a 10-year, $5 billion deal to make
AT&T the primary service provider for its MVNO The Dish ‘fix’ for the T
-Mobile-Sprint merger seems more shortsighted than ever Playdate hands-on: a
Game Boy from a different dimension Apple AirPods update to arrive later this
year with iPhone SE refresh coming 2022: report Apple releases iOS 14.7 just
as MagSafe Battery Pack appears on shelves The first real photos of Apple’s
MagSafe Battery Pack are here OnePlus Buds Pro announced, coming September 1st
for $150 OnePlus Nord 2 review: focused on the essentials OnePlus is merging
OxygenOS with Oppo's ColorOS Leaked memo confirms OnePlus will become an Oppo
sub-brand Amazon will let devs compete for your Echo Show’s screen and
everything else Alexa just added Alexa finally gets a masculine-sounding voice
option Amazon promises most Echo speakers will get upgraded to Matter Learn
more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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