Previewing Apple's 2025 WWDC

The Vergecast

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🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Developer conference season is almost over, but we've got one show left to see: Apple's WWDC begins on Monday. Nilay, David, and Joanna Stern spend time going through both what they expect to see at the show, and why this year's WWDC might feel a bit different than in years past. Apple is in a tricky place with regulators, developers, and users alike, and has some genuine explaining to do. After that, they talk about the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, and David's surprisingly easy adventure to acquire one. We also have a bit of smart glasses and AI gadgets news to discuss, so we do that too. Then it's time for Brendan Carr is a Dummy, and an update on a couple of the interesting new fediverse projects launching this week. Further reading: Verge subscriptions are on sale 40 percent off American Society of Magazine Editors Announces National Magazine Awards 2025 Winners Apple ordered to keep web links in the App Store Payment companies team up to help developers ditch App Store billing Apple could be adding camera controls and sleep detection to your AirPods Switch 2 launch: where to find restocks online and in-store Look inside the Nintendo Switch 2 with the console’s first teardown Mario Kart World’s designers had to rethink everything to make it open world Nintendo is updating even more games for the Switch 2 Here’s what’s inside Meta’s experimental new smart glasses Meta’s reportedly shopping for exclusive content on its upcoming VR headset Meta reportedly sidelined ‘Quest 4’ designs for a goggles-like mixed-reality headset FCC investigation looms over EchoStar’s missed interest payments and a new satellite From Ars Technica: FCC Republican resigns, leaving agency with just two commissioners Jony Ive’s OpenAI device gets the Laurene Powell Jobs nod of approval ChatGPT’s goal is to be a ‘super assistant’ for every part of your life Email us at [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Help us plan for the future of The Vergecast by filling out a brief survey: voxmedia.com/survey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pop music and heavy metal may seem like unlikely bedfellows, but the UK band Sleep Token has stormed
0:06.3	the charts with their unique blend of metal, hip hop, reggaeton, and EDM. The masked and entirely
0:12.1	anonymous quartet are getting millions of listens and a plethora of haters who say they're ruining
0:17.1	the genre. I'm musicologist Nate Sloan, co-host of Switchon Pop,
0:20.9	Vulture's music podcast.
0:22.6	And in this week's episode,
0:23.6	we're asking,
0:24.5	is Metal the new Pop?
0:25.9	And if so,
0:26.6	what happens when a niche genre
0:28.3	goes mainstream?
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0:45.5	Jin Z has a hot new hangout spot, church, and it's definitely not their parents making them go.
0:50.1	We always assume religion's going to continue to decline, and it doesn't look like that decline is continually.
0:55.9	It shocked experts because it sort of upended everything that people thought they knew about American religion.
0:58.2	Gen Z is in its prodigal sun era.
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