The Selfish Ledger, YouTube Premium, and One Plus 6

The Vergecast

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News, Tech News, Technology

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The Vergecast trio comes together this week to discuss an internal Google video that was obtained by The Verge titled “the Selfish Ledger.” That topic takes up a good chunk of the show, but there’s a lot more after that. Nilay, Paul, and Dieter jump into other Google-related topics, like what’s happening to YouTube Red, Google Duplex theories, and a list of gadget news. They were able to fit in Paul’s weekly segment he does every week “Don’t block my chain,” so if you listen to it all, you’ll get it all. 04:04 - Google’s Selfish Ledger is an unsettling vision of Silicon Valley social engineering 19:02 - Apple Watch behavioral science 19:47 - Google Duplex demo, or say whether the calls were edited 23:56 - Google Chrome is removing the secure indicator from HTTPS sites in September 28:12 - Entire Nest ecosystem of smart home devices goes offline 30:16 - YouTube Music and YouTube Premium announced as YouTube Red replacement 39:28 - OnePlus 6 announced with a glass back and a notched 6.3-inch display 41:42 - The RED Hydrogen One is coming to AT&T and Verizon this summer 44:16 - Onkyo’s receivers will work with Sonos, thanks to upcoming June firmware update 46:33 - A new Wi-Fi standard could let different mesh routers work together 48:41 - Paul’s weekly segment “Don’t block my chain” 52:46 - Microsoft’s Surface Hub 2 is designed for an office of the future 53:29 - Microsoft reportedly working on $400 Surface tablets to compete with the iPad 53:44 - The desktop belongs to Electron 1:01:38 - Uber CEO: our future won’t just be cars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Casey Newton, Silicon Valley editor at The Verge, and if you're listening to this, I'm already dead.
0:05.5	Just kidding, I've got even better news. I've got a new podcast for you.
0:09.5	It's called Converge, and it's an interview game show featuring the biggest personalities in tech.
0:14.5	Each week, a new guest steps into the hot seat to talk about their wildest dreams.
0:18.5	It is a lifelong dream to be on a game show, and I tell them not to stand on my chair.
0:22.3	This is the most fun I've ever had on a podcast.
0:24.8	We'll bring you fresh games, new ideas, and a sense of what it's like to build a company from the people who are actually doing it.
0:30.8	Then, at the end of every episode, we solve a murder.
0:34.8	The first episode drops Wednesday, May 23rd, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:38.8	You've never heard a tech show like this.
0:42.8	Hello, and welcome to Verge Cast, the flagship podcast of The Verge and everything.
0:54.8	I have some news. Based on what Paul just told me, we are now in ASMR webcast.
0:59.8	That's where the buddies are.
1:00.8	You can pay for us on Twitch Prime. Paul will just be whispering your name whenever he wants.
1:05.8	No, no, no. It's a show about technology, culture, mostly Google, Duffinit, which is what today is going to be about.
1:14.8	But before we begin, it was just three of us today, old school, I'm Neely, that's Paul.
1:18.8	Hello.
1:19.8	Deeders here.
1:20.8	I was the one scratching the microphone. I'm very sorry.
1:22.8	Well, you just made somebody very happy, Deeder.
1:24.8	Someone got tingles.
1:26.8	Before we begin, I want to tell you all that we have been promising on the show for months, literally months.
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