Quibi is shutting down / Google faces antitrust charges / Foxconn’s LCD factory is Wisconsin isn’t real

The Vergecast

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Technology, Tech News, News

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Dieter Bohn and Nilay Patel talk to Julia Alexander about Quibi shutting down, Adi Robertson about the US government filing antitrust charges against Google, and Josh Dzieza about his report on Wisconsin's empty Foxconn factory. Stories from this week: The ambitious effort to piece together America’s fragmented health data Microsoft wants to cut down pollution from its business travel Is Quibi done for? Quibi is shutting down 11 reasons why Quibi crashed and burned in less than a year Quibi’s top executives are ready to blame themselves, not just the pandemic, for Quibi failing Watch AOC play Among Us live on Twitch with HasanAbi and Pokimane The US government has filed antitrust charges against Google Who is Google’s market power hurting? Senate committee approves subpoenas for Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey How to retweet using Twitter’s new temporary format Republican lawmakers are furious after Twitter asks users to read stories before retweeting Facebook’s independent oversight board is now accepting cases The 8th Wonder of the World Exclusive: Wisconsin report confirms Foxconn’s so-called LCD factory isn’t real Apple iPad Air (2020) review: take it from the Pro Amazon Echo (2020) review: music of the sphere Beats Flex review: wireless earbud basics done right Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week, on the Vergecast, Julia Alexander joins us talk about Quibi Fallen apart.
0:03.8	Eddie Robertson joins us show to talk about the big antitrust suit against Google.
0:08.0	And Josh Jeza comes in, Foxconn, Empty Buildings in Wisconsin.
0:11.8	It is a barred burner of Vergecast coming up now.
0:16.2	A New York Presbyterian, our data scientists and doctors are combining decades of medical experience
0:22.2	caring for diverse communities with the power of data science.
0:26.0	To one day get ahead of a health issue before it becomes one, stay amazing, today and tomorrow, New York Presbyterian.
0:37.0	Today's episode is brought to you by Into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's podcast about joy and justice produced with Fox Creative.
0:43.6	Their second season tells real stories from real people directly impacted by some of today's most pressing issues.
0:49.6	Their latest episode of Into the Mix takes listeners to the dairy barns of rural Vermont to tell the story of how grassroots activism for safe conditions, competitive wages, and humane working hours led to an innovative worker-led program that led workers decide for themselves what dignified working conditions look like.
1:06.6	Hear their story on Into the Mix, out now.
1:09.6	Hello and welcome to Vergecast flagship podcast short form video on the internet.
1:22.6	I'm a friend Eli, I'm here, Deeter Brown is here, I'm your fast friend, that's a quick joke.
1:28.6	Oh come on, this is some of the equipment jokes today.
1:31.6	Julia Alexander is here.
1:33.6	I'm your short friend, like a short form video.
1:37.6	There's a quick bite of a friend, I'm just going to say this at the very beginning, we are not going to tie what iPhone reviews today.
1:43.6	There's too much other news, so on Tuesday, Deeter and I are going to do a whole episode on the iPhone with our friend Joanna Stern.
1:51.6	We're just going to go deep on iPhone reviews because normally we would spend like an entire Vergecast on the new iPhone.
1:57.6	So we're just going to do that with Joanna on Tuesday.
2:00.6	For the delay, but this week alone, Julia is here because Quibi shut down.
2:05.6	We probably was to gigantic Fox on story, Trostras is going to join us and talk about that.
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