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The Vergecast

Gadget news, FCC's final proposal, and Vlad

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Tech News, Technology

4.34.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2017

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Here’s The Vergecast. This week, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul plow through a week of news starting with (no surprise) the FCC’s ongoing mission to destroy net neutrality. This was also a week full of new gadgets — from the new Microsoft Surface Pro, to the Jamboard, to a $9,000 laptop, we walk you through the things we saw and reviewed in the Circuit Breaker world. Also, even though we filled our time, we added a bonus segment in between it all: Vlad Savov, a fan favorite of the show, stops by and quickly breaks down what is on his mind and what gadgets have piqued his interests. There’s a whole bunch of other stuff discussed on the show, (sorry, this show is an hour and a half), so listen through it all for more. 03:27 - Breaking down the FCC’s proposal to destroy net neutrality 32:36 - Inside the mind of Vlad 49:38 - And now, a brief definition of the web 51:03 - Microsoft's new Surface Pro has 13.5 hours of battery life and LTE option 56:22 - Microsoft has created a Surface USB-C dongle for “people who love dongles” 1:00:12 - DJI's $499 Spark is the company's cheapest and tiniest drone yet 1:04:43 - Google made a $5,000 whiteboard — and it’s weirdly fun 1:06:14 - Samsung responds to complaints about HDMI switching, will offer a firmware update 1:10:57 - How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own accessory game 1:11:54 - Acer Predator 21 X review 1:14:14 - Paul’s weekly segment “Vroom Vroom goes the car” 1:17:00 - TV lightning round Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Vurchcast the flagship podcast of the

0:09.3

Vurch.com a multi-channel media experience about technology and emotions.

0:16.0

Can I just admit to everyone that I'm having an emotional week?

0:19.0

You can.

0:20.0

So Paul is here. Hi Paul.

0:22.0

Hello. Deer is here.

0:24.0

I'm also having an emotional week, but it's just the three of us this week.

0:27.0

OG crew.

0:29.0

But yesterday I recorded the last episode of Control Out Delete with Mr. Walt Mossberg.

0:34.0

We put up his last column today.

0:36.0

I have some news to share that is much happier than that, which is that on June 9th,

0:42.0

Deeter will be in town and here in New York City and will be recording the last special

0:50.0

episode of Control Out Delete live.

0:54.0

In New York City, at the School of Visual Arts at 6 p.m.

0:57.0

School of Visual Arts at 6 p.m. New York City ticket stuff is coming soon.

1:00.0

We'll explain how that works.

1:02.0

Yeah, I'll just I'm just gonna just full transparency audience.

1:05.0

I've been waiting all day for the link for someone because I'm not in charge of tick.

1:10.0

I've run a lot of things.

1:11.0

I don't run ticketing systems.

1:12.0

I've been waiting for somebody to give me the link, the buy link, so I can put up the post.

1:16.0

I don't have it yet.

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