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The Vergecast

Magic Leap, iPhones slow down, and Microsoft removes Chrome installer from Windows Store

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Tech News, Technology

4.34.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Hello! And happy holidays. This is the last Vergecast of 2017! But we go out with a bang (At least two computers broke down during this recording). The two big things that happened this week was the unveiling of the mysterious Magic Leap augmented reality goggles and Apple confirming they slow down older iPhones. So Nilay, Dieter, and Paul welcome senior reporter Adi Robertson back to the show, who has been reporting on Magic Leap for the past few years. There’s a whole lot more in between that, like Paul’s weekly segment “Robots teach me how to breathe?” so listen to it all and you’ll get it all. 01:41 - Magic Leap finally unveils augmented reality goggles 31:39 - Apple confirms iPhones with older batteries will take hits in performance 50:13 - Paul’s weekly segment “Robots teach me how to breathe?” 52:45 - Google brings Chrome to the Windows Store as just a download link 57:29 - Caavo, the universal remote control that uses machine vision, will ship on February 14th 1:02:50 - Amazon Echo Spot review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode of The Vergecast brought to you by Eight Mattresses.

0:02.8

Eight is smart.

0:03.8

Wait, how many of them?

0:04.8

Eight.

0:05.3

Okay.

0:06.3

Eight, eight whole mattresses.

0:07.6

Now, the company's called Eight Mattresses.

0:09.2

Oh.

0:10.5

Eight is smart.

0:11.2

It's the iPhone compared to the flip phone mattresses.

0:13.1

Unlike foam counterparts, the Eight Smart mattress

0:15.9

is an innovative bed that uses real technology

0:17.7

to help people sleep better and live healthier.

0:19.6

Sleep on eight.

0:20.1

You can discover how many hours of sleep

0:21.2

you need each night to feel energized.

0:22.6

You can optimize your day and night

0:23.6

by connecting to other Wi-Fi-enabled products in your home.

0:26.6

If you need coffee in the morning function,

0:28.2

you can program your smart mattress

0:30.2

to start brewing your coffee the minute you get out of bed

0:33.1

and just live in that reality

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