Google adds RCS encryption to Messages / Congress gearing up to fight big tech / Windows 11 leaks

The Vergecast

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Tech News, News, Technology

4.3 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk to Verge senior editor Tom Warren about leaks of Microsoft's Windows 11 UI and announcements from E3 2021. Verge politics reporter Makena Kelly explains how Republicans and Democrats are gearing up to fight tech monopolies. Verge managing editor Alex Cranz joins the show to talk about Google's updates to Messages and a bunch of gadget news from this week. Further reading: Amazon’s COVID-19 test is now available to consumers Novavax says its COVID-19 vaccine is 90 percent effective Pharma is winning the big business popularity contest Windows 11 leak reveals new UI, Start menu, and more Microsoft Teams’ new front row layout arrives later this year Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella now doubles as the company’s chairman Microsoft announces Xbox TV app and its own xCloud ... Microsoft is bringing next-gen Xbox games to the Xbox One with xCloud Even the Xbox app has stories now The Xbox Series X mini fridge will be available this holiday season Microsoft Flight Simulator is landing on Xbox Series X / S consoles on July 27th The best trailers of E3 2021 Tech antitrust pioneer Lina Khan will officially lead the FTC How Republicans and Democrats are gearing up to fight tech monopolies House lawmakers introduce five bipartisan bills to unwind tech monopolies Senate bill would make it easier to cancel a subscription online after a free trial Google’s first retail store opens this week Google adds E2E RCS encryption to Messages, emoji mashup suggests, and more for Android Google Workspace and Google Chat are officially available to everybody Honor confirms Google’s apps will return to its phones with new 50 series Beats Studio Buds review: big ambition, imperfect execution Ikea and Sonos announce picture frame speaker, coming July 15th for $199 Watch the debut of Tesla Model S Plaid, the ‘quickest production car ever made’ The Realme GT lays claim to OnePlus’ ‘flagship killer’ mantle Oppo’s rollable concept phone is pure potential lacking polish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on the Vergecast, Tom Warren joins us talk all about the Windows 11 leaks
0:04.3	what happened with Microsoft at E3, then Mechanicala joins, talk about all the antitrust action
0:08.8	going on tech companies right now, then Alex Cranz joins the show, you talk about Google and a
0:13.2	bunch of gadgets that came out. That's coming up on the Vergecast now.
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0:47.2	Hello and welcome to Vergecast, the flagship podcast of the next generation of Windows.
1:00.1	The problem with that is that sounds too much like how Microsoft would do its own branded content.
1:06.5	Anyways, what I got today, I'm Neil I'm your friend, Dieter Bellness here.
1:09.6	I'm the Excel sheet embedded in the Word document embedded in your Microsoft Teams chat.
1:14.2	If you're a fluid Dieter, Tom Warren is here.
1:18.5	Hello, I am here to give you all the latest and greatest on Cortana.
1:22.2	Oh man, it's a real winner of a show from the jump.
1:26.1	Anyway, we've got all-star line-up. Tom's going to talk about Windows and E3 and what's going to
1:31.6	have Xbox with us. Mechanicality is going to join, we're talking about all the antitrust stuff.
1:36.2	It's going on, there's a lot of antitrust stuff this week. And then Alex Cran's is going to join
1:40.9	us for the third segment of the show and maybe go through all the other gadget news that's going on.
1:44.3	So a lot going on in the Vergecast this week. I want to start where we start with
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