Galaxy S21 Ultra review / Apple redesign rumors / Paramount Plus and 2021's streaming services

The Vergecast

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Technology, Tech News, News

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Julia Alexander, and Chaim Gartenberg discuss the Verge review of Samsung's Galaxy S21 Ultra, the numerous rumors about Apple's future products, and ViacomCBS's new rebranded streaming service. Further reading: Amazon offers to help Biden administration with vaccinations CES showed off the COVID-19 mask gimmick arms race Joe Biden halts US withdrawal from World Health Organization Biden appoints Jessica Rosenworcel as acting FCC chair FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on staying connected during a pandemic The US will rejoin the Paris climate agreement, but that was the easy part Joe Biden cancels Keystone XL permit President Biden to use Defense Production Act for masks, vaccines WhiteHouse.gov now has dark mode Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: The Real Deal Apple’s VR and AR headsets detailed in new report Apple is reportedly prototyping foldable iPhone screens Apple reportedly planning big iMac redesign and half-sized Mac Pro 2021 MacBook Pro will ditch the Touch Bar and bring back MagSafe, say reports Netflix had a record year in 2020, thanks in part to the pandemic Paramount Plus, ViacomCBS’s new rebranded version of CBS All Access, launches on March 4th Netflix had a record year in 2020, thanks in part to the pandemic A visit from the Zune squad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on the Verticalist's Time, Gardenberg and Julia Alexander join us.
0:03.2	We talk about the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review, a whole bunch of Apple rumors,
0:07.8	including a VR headset, and the state of streaming in 2021. Let's come up now on the Verticalist.
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1:44.9	Hello, Julie Alexander. Hi. There's a lot going on. Before we start recording, I said it is at once
1:51.6	a very quiet week in our corner of the news ecosystem, but it is also a very dramatic news filled
1:58.7	week. So we're going to try to mash the things together. As always, I will start with a COVID update.
2:05.1	If you're listening to this and you do not know that Joe Biden is the president, I'm very worried
2:10.3	about your news consumption habits. Straight up, I just listen to me. I'm worried about you.
2:16.0	I want you to know that. But Joe Biden is the president, which means the nation's COVID plans are
2:21.1	changing very rapidly. I think as we're talking, he's signing yet more executive orders. That's just
2:26.8	what he's doing on his first two days. So he already has indicated that the United States will not
2:33.1	withdraw from the World Health Organization. He assigned a mask mandate. You have to wear mask in
2:37.9	federal buildings and in federal properties. He's talking about expanding that mask mandate. He has
2:44.7	moved quickly with a plan to deliver 100 million vaccination shots in his first 100 days.
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