Nintendo announces Switch Lite, Apple updates Macbooks, and a wild email from Foxconn

The Vergecast

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News, Tech News, Technology

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Nintendo announced a new Switch! Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss what's different with the new model and what's being updated with the original one. But first, continuing coverage of Foxconn's factory in Wisconsin — this time with a cryptic email.Next: new Macbooks! Kind of. Apple updated the Macbook Pro and Air and got rid of the 12-inch Macbook and its butterfly keyboard for future models. There's a whole lot more like a Zoom security flaw, a new streaming service, and of course some FCC talk. 🎶This week's theme song 🎶Foxconn will only create 1,500 jobs, says Wisconsin governorNintendo Switch Lite is a smaller, cheaper Switch built exclusively for handheld playNintendo is updating the original Switch with a new CPU and storageApple is reportedly giving up on its controversial MacBook keyboard …Apple discontinues 12-inch MacBookApple is silently removing Zoom’s web server software from MacsApple Watch eavesdropping vulnerability forces Apple to disable Walkie-TalkieI’m Jad Abumrad, and This Is How I WorkA small notebook for a system administrator WarnerMedia confirms its Netflix rival will be called HBO MaxAT&T says it will automatically block robocalls ‘in the coming months Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on the Vergecast we talk about new MacBooks, we talk about the Nintendo Switch,
0:03.4	we unfortunately talk about HBO Max, and we talk about a pretty wild email from Foxon.
0:08.8	That's the Vergecast coming up next.
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