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is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade.
This year’s IFA seems to be all about putting one piece of tech inside another piece of tech. Motion sensing inside of light bulbs. Projectors inside of party speakers. And my personal favorite: a robot that’s built to ferry another robot.
This week on The Vergecast, we’re talking about our favorite tech (so far!) from the huge trade show that’s going on right now in Berlin. Jen joins Vee and I to discuss some of the biggest trends, starting with the wild ways that robot vacuums are learnings to climb stairs. Then we take a deep dive into the major upgrades to the Philips Hue lineup, where a decade’s worth of light bulbs are getting upgraded with motion sensing abilities, as long as you buy a new hub to power it all.
Then Lauren joins us to talk about the outcome of the Google antitrust trial. The judge handed down his remedies this week, and everyone except for Google seems to be unhappy about it. Lauren helps us break down exactly what the judge is calling for, why critics are so frustrated, and what comes next. The judge sees this ruling as a way to crack open the search market, but there’s likely to be a few more twists and turns before that happens.
Finally, the Thunder Round is back and better than ever. We talk about Garmin’s very expensive new smartwatch, Amazon cutting back its Prime perks, how the Pixel 10 Pro’s AI zoom feature totally botched the moon, why Instagram finally came to the iPad, and the wild journey that the FTC’s lone Democratic commissioner has been on.
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