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The Vergecast

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News, Tech News, Technology

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🗓️ 11 May 2018

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

So much happened this week in the world of The Verge. Both Google and Microsoft hosted their annual developer conferences and announced a whole bunch of stuff, so Nilay, Paul, Natt, and Dieter gather to break it down and give you the highlights. And this wouldn’t be an episode of The Vergecast without the segment Paul does every week, “Kick flip the kickstand script.” It’s a big one, so listen to the whole episode to get everything you need for this massive week in tech news. 01:28 - 10 Biggest announcements from Google I/O 03:45 - The selfishness of Google Duplex 21:09 - Android P 26:41 - At I/O Google showed its willingness to change and shape our lives 34:33 - JBL’s Android-powered soundbar does a lot of things right 38:43 - Volvo’s native Google integration is the next level for Android Auto 44:06 - Six new Google Assistant voices, including John Legend 47:49 - Nadella’s Microsoft 56:51 - What is edge computing? 1:08:16 - Paul’s weekly segment “Kick flip the kickstand script” 1:10:38 - Net neutrality, mergers, AT&T, and Michael Cohen: what we know so far Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of Redcast is brought to you by IBM.
0:02.6	By 2050, the world population will reach nearly 10 billion,
0:05.7	and food production will need to grow by 70%.
0:08.0	What if artificial intelligence could help?
0:09.9	Farmers are already using it to help increase crop yields.
0:12.4	Watson and the IBM Cloud provide access to weather data
0:14.9	and analyze satellite imagery to help them monitor
0:17.1	soil moisture levels and reduce water waste.
0:19.4	So as the population grows, more food can be put on tables.
0:22.2	Let's put smart to work.
0:23.3	Find out how at IBM.com slash smart.
0:30.0	Hello and welcome to Redcast, the flagship podcast
0:33.9	about parenting, babies, you know,
0:36.9	the normal stuff that I talk about all the time.
0:39.0	No, it's the flagship technology podcast in the world, I think.
0:42.7	I'm Neely.
0:43.7	I'm joined as always by Paul Miller.
0:45.3	Hello, Paul.
0:46.1	Hello.
0:46.6	Deeter Bone is here.
0:47.7	Hey, Deeter, you're back.
0:49.1	Hi, I'm back.
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