OnePlus 7 Pro review, the White House's censorship tool, and more streaming wars

The Vergecast

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News, Tech News, Technology

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Dieter Bohn's OnePlus 7 Pro and Pixel 3a review starts off the show, followed by Adi Robertson's coverage of everything the government is doing with Facebook and tariffs, and we end on our featured updates on the streaming wars. Stories mentioned this week: One month ago, Foxconn said its innovation centers weren't empty …Verizon’s 5G network is now hitting gigabit download speedsThe new Apple TV app launches today on iOS, Apple TV, and Samsung TVsFacebook will increase pay for its contractors in North AmericaSamsung’s Galaxy Home missed its April launch date, and the company won’t say whyGoogle Pixel 3A review: a $399 phone with a great camera OnePlus 7 Pro review: an amazing screen meets a good enough …White House launches tool to report censorship on Facebook …Donald Trump is short-circuiting the electronics industry Phones and laptops are next to be hit by Trump's China tariff hikes …White House cracks down on Huawei equipment sales with executive …FCC commissioner calls for investigation into Chinese telecoms operating in US networksHP’s new dual-screen gaming laptop lets you watch Twitch and play simultaneouslyWhat does it cost to compete with Disney and Netflix? Quibi bets $2 …Disney wants full control of Hulu, but doesn't want to lose any shows …Comcast is giving Disney full control of HuluSubscribe to The Vergecast for free in your favorite podcast app https://pod.link/430333725 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on the Vergecast, Addy Robertson joins Deeter Paul and I.
0:03.2	We talk about the OnePlus 7 Pro, we talk about the Pixel 3A,
0:06.2	we get deep into everything the government is doing with Facebook and tariffs were in it.
0:11.3	Then we talk about the streaming wars.
0:12.8	That's Vergecast, come up now.
0:15.1	Sabotage hired Goons and a landfill in Utah.
0:18.9	How Steve Jobs' revolutionary catastrophe of a computer, the Apple Lisa,
0:24.0	earned a brief second life and then was buried for good.
0:28.8	Watch the Verge's documentary, Lisa's final act now on YouTube.
0:39.9	Hello and welcome to Vergecast, the flagship podcast of the newly reconstituted
0:44.8	Verge podcast empire.
0:46.1	And I say that only because now we have two shows again, which is great.
0:49.6	It's very exciting.
0:50.4	I'm Neely, your friend, Deeter's here.
0:52.6	Hello, hi, howdy, Paul, Paul's here.
0:55.1	Hello.
0:55.6	And Addy Robertson, two for this week.
0:57.7	Welcome Addy.
0:58.6	Hi.
0:59.4	So if you don't know Addy and I interviewed Mark Rifkin, who's one of the lawyers
1:03.3	representing the plaintiffs, who sued Apple for monopoly,
1:06.4	app store pricing, it was big news this week, but we did a whole episode where
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