Project Gene5is adventures, Congress takes on VPNs, and Nothing Phone 1 review

The Vergecast

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🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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02:30 - The Verge's David Pierce talks with tech reporter Mitchell Clark about what it took to get service from Project Genesis and they conclude a FOIA may be the only way to get the facts. I became a Dish influencer to get a 5G NFT 20:21- David talks with senior policy reporter Makena Kelly about US lawmakers suddenly discovering that VPNs are a thing that exists and that they aren't very honest about their business practices. Lawmakers push FTC to clean up the VPN industry 41:50 - And finally, reviews editor Allison Johnson and news reporter Jon Porter go deep on Nothing Phone — our review, the hype leading up to its launch, and the reality of it now that we got our hands on it. Nothing Phone 1 Review Hot and Hyped: Inside the strange launch of the Nothing Phone 1 Email us at [email protected], we'd love to hear from you. Call our Vergecast Hotline! 866-VERGE11 (866-837-4311) Find us on Twitter: Mitchell Clark is @strawberrywell Alex Cranz is @alexhcranz Makena Kelly is @kellymakena Jon Porter is @JonPorty Allison Johnson is @allisonjo1 David Pierce is @pierce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of Fakes, Alpha Networks.
0:07.3	I'm your friend David Pierce coming to you from my local coffee shop, Shoutout to St.
0:10.5	Elma's where I am waiting for my order of the biggest ice coffee they would sell me.
0:14.6	That's where they were, the biggest ice coffee they would sell me.
0:16.7	Splash of milk, no sweetener, because it is 1 million billion degrees outside and I
0:20.8	think this is the only chance I have of surviving today.
0:22.9	I know it's hot everywhere, so good luck out there.
0:25.0	Anyway, today on the show Mitchell Clark is going to come on and tell us about his wild
0:28.7	adventures with Project Gen 5 Sists and what it takes to actually build a cell phone
0:33.2	network that actually works for real humans.
0:36.0	McKenna Kelly and I are going to talk about VPNs and why members of Congress are suddenly
0:39.3	curious about them.
0:40.7	And John Porter, Alice and Johnson and I are going to try and sort through all the hype
0:44.4	and nonsense about the nothing phone and try to figure out if it might be worth your
0:47.7	money.
0:48.7	Because I think there's a chance that it is, actually.
0:50.1	Well, it gets all of that as soon as I get my coffee and probably a muffin because they've
0:53.2	been eyeing this blueberry muffin across the coffee shop all morning and it looks delicious.
0:57.2	This is the Vergecast.
0:58.2	Let's get back.
0:59.2	How are you going to get ahead of the work week with laptops from Intel V Pro and Intel
1:05.6	EVO design?
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