Computex 2022 laptops, Elon vs Twitter bots, and Apple ‘testing’ foldable E Ink display

The Vergecast

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🗓️ 20 May 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the most interesting laptops announced this week at Computex 2022. 33:03 - Senior reporter Liz Lopatto returns to update us on Elon Musk's deal to buy to Twitter. 1:00:30 - Gadget rumors continue in segment three. Stories discussed in this episode: Asus’ ROG Flow X16 is a big, powerful 2-in-1 gaming laptop With new Acer Swift 3, OLED marches toward the mainstream Acer’s new Spin 714 could be 2022’s best Chromebook The new Framework Laptop is another step toward a truly modular gadget HP’s new Spectre x360 16 laptop is all-in on Intel Acer’s new Chromebook Tab 510 puts LTE into a super tough, super bulky tablet Acer’s new Predator Helios 300 supports glasses-free 3D content How an Excel TikToker manifested her way to making six figures a day Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘cannot move forward’ until it proves bot numbers Elon Musk’s latest stunt: calling on the SEC to investigate Twitter’s user numbers Elon Musk’s silence on how he’d moderate the Buffalo shooting livestream is deafening Twitter CEO defends bot estimates that put Elon Musk’s acquisition on hold Twitter shares plummet as Musk raises new doubts about acquisition Twitter (TWTR) Deal Is Proceeding, Not 'On Hold,' Executives Tell Staff - Bloomberg Elon Musk told us he was sending a car to space, then said he totally made it up Apple ‘testing’ foldable with secondary E Ink display, says analyst Apple will bring Live Captions to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac and more gesture control on Apple Watch iOS 15.5 arrives ahead of Apple’s annual developer conference Sony LinkBuds S review: supreme comfort doesn’t come cheap This is the design of Sonos’ upcoming Sub Mini Samsung SmartThings begins testing Matter devices on its platform Pebble founder: it’s your ‘last chance’ to make a small Android phone happen - The Verge Amazon’s new Fire 7 tablet finally has a USB-C port The defunct LG Wing is getting Verizon C-band because 5G in this country is silly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on the Vergecast we'll take you through the highlights of Computex
0:03.4	Liz Lapata rejoins us for this week in Elon and Alex Cran's loses her
0:08.4	mind is eating coming to the iPhone. That's coming up right after this.
0:16.7	Best gift I've ever received has to be a bike when I was younger a pedal bike.
0:21.5	It was a sort of slick little row bike and I remember it was all like it was so it was all wrapped up
0:27.7	but it was so obvious where it was obviously because nothing's shaped like a bike and I had a little ribbon on it and I was so
0:31.8	guys. For that that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now so
0:36.9	for that one change me a little.
0:38.7	Joy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.
0:42.2	What a hell.
0:50.8	But you're joking. I'm a rabbiatissimo. But look at this thing.
0:57.0	But you're joking.
0:59.0	Don't you celebrate Italy not qualifying for the football with spicy Italian flavors.
1:04.2	The ultimate spicy sausage.
1:06.6	Topped with endo. A sausage more fiery than a disappointed Italian fan.
1:13.5	Subject to availability.
1:19.6	Hello, welcome to VirtueCast, the flagship podcast of Free Speech in America.
1:24.2	Are we?
1:25.2	Or a deal's coverage.
1:27.2	The problem with the tech industry right now is like we're going to talk about comics actually we're going to talk about laptops.
1:32.0	Yeah.
1:32.4	But an equal amount of people are interested in the cool new laptops out of confutex is the torture deal
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