Samsung Unpacked 2021 / Zack Snyder's Justice League is in 4:3 aspect ratio / EVs, e-bikes, and batteries

The Vergecast

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🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk to Verge reporter Julia Alexander about the long-awaited release of "the Snyder cut" of the Justice League film on HBO Max and more updates in the world of streaming services. Verge senior reporter Andrew Hawkins joins the show to discuss the new electric vehicles that were announced this week, talking to Sen. Chuck Schumer about infrastructure, and the state of e-bikes in America. Further reading: People aren’t missing their second COVID-19 vaccine dose, CDC data says Some research has gotten a huge boost during the pandemic Biden promises May 1st vaccine eligibility for all adults and a federal vaccine website Disneyland will reopen on April 30th, for California residents only Tinder is giving away free mail-in COVID-19 tests Apple Maps now shows COVID-19 vaccination locations Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine website builds on a swine flu tool You will watch the Snyder Cut in 4:3 aspect ratio because HBO Max respects cinema Zack Snyder’s Justice League remains overshadowed by its social media campaign Netflix is trying to crack down on password sharing with new test HBO Max will debut its cheaper, ad-supported tier in June YouTube Shorts arrives in the US to take on TikTok, but the beta is still half-baked Chuck Schumer wants to replace every gas car in America with an electric vehicle E-bikes are expensive, but this congressman wants to make ... Canoo reveals a bubbly electric pickup truck Kia shows off first full images of new EV6 electric car Here are the biggest announcements from Volkswagen’s battery event Elon Musk crowns himself ‘Technoking’ of Tesla Foxconn says it might build EVs at empty Wisconsin site, or in Mexico Samsung’s midrange phones now feature fast refresh rate screens, stabilized cameras Samsung says it might skip the Galaxy Note this year Apple discontinues the HomePod, but the HomePod mini will live on New iPad Pros reportedly launching as soon as April, and the … Intel puts Apple’s ‘I’m a Mac’ guy into new ads praising PCs Biden to tap former Senator Bill Nelson as NASA chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on the VRTCHAS Julia Alexander joins us to talk about the Snyder cut and what's up with streaming.
0:05.5	Andy Hawkins joins talk about all things cars and then Deedran I go through some gadgets including.
0:10.6	What's going on with the HomePod? That's coming up on the VRTCHAS now.
0:17.4	Hello and welcome to VRTCHAS, the flagship podcast of the Snyder cut.
0:21.8	This will be a four-hour podcast where we re-introduce some old characters, introduce some new characters,
0:28.8	and really we're broadcasting in 4.3 today. It's going to be great.
0:32.6	I'm very excited about this upstate VRTCHAS. I'm your friend, Neelye Deedran bonus here.
0:36.7	I am your 16 by 9 friend. I want to put out that Neelye literally is broadcasting in 4 by 3
0:41.6	because he can't figure out his webcam settings. No, I can. I know the...
0:44.5	So I have an RX100. It's plugged into my computer. And if I run it in video mode,
0:50.1	which outputs 16 by 9, it draws too much power.
0:54.1	It'll draw a more power than it can get over USB so the battery will die.
0:59.7	So I have to run it in photo mode, which outputs 4.3. That's incredible.
1:04.1	Let me tell you, trying to explain that because I go on CNBC all the time and they're like,
1:07.4	can you switch it to 16 by 9? I have this problem with USB power draw and they're like,
1:11.7	whatever, dude, we'll crop it. It's like the conversation every week.
1:15.9	Julie Alexander is here. Hello, I'm here and I'm also in 4.3. I think I don't know.
1:20.9	Well, you've got like a shelf next to you. So you've physically cropped up part of your frame.
1:26.3	This is great. Lots to talk about. As always, I want to give COVID update.
1:31.1	Still a big story in the world, but lots of light at the end of this tunnel and hopefully
1:36.0	maybe not the only thing we talk about very soon. So on the vaccine front, the two vaccines
1:40.5	that came out first in the United States, Pfizer vaccine and Moderna vaccine both require two doses.
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