Today on the flagship podcast of the laserdisc resurgence:  While Netflix’s DVD.com service shuts down later this week, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Bill Rouhana, the CEO of Chicken Soup for The Soul Entertainment, about the potential of Redbox and physical media in 2023. Netflix’s DVD service shuts down: here’s the complex tech behind it 
 Later, David and Alex Cranz talk with New York Magazine’s John Herrman about his recent story on social media metrics and what they actually mean. Lies, Damned Lies, and Social-Media Metrics
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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, Allison Johnson, and David Pierce discuss all the announcements from Apple's WWDC event. Further reading:
Apple WWDC 2024: the 13 biggest announcements 
 Apple Intelligence: every new AI feature coming to the iPhone and Mac

 Apple is giving Siri an AI upgrade in iOS 18 

Apple announces iOS 18 with new AI features and more customizable homescreen

Apple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024  
Apple’s AI can make custom emoji and images
iOS 18 introduces satellite capabilities to its iMessage app
Apple announces iPadOS 18 with a built-in calculator and customizable homescreen 
Apple made an iPad calculator app after 14 years
The iPhone’s new Game Mode makes it faster and more responsive 
Apple announces watchOS 11 with new training features and Live Activitie

Apple announces macOS Sequoia at WWDC 2024 

Apple’s standalone Passwords app syncs across iOS, iPad, Mac, and Windows 

Apple’s AirPods are being upgraded with powerful accessibility features  
Apple’s InSight feature for Apple TV Plus will tell you who that actor is
Apple teases new seasons of Severance and Silo
Apple announces visionOS 2 with 3D photo transformations and an ultrawide Mac display
Apple is finally launching the Vision Pro outside the US

Canon made a special lens for the Apple Vision Pro’s spatial videos 

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Apple Intelligence, iPhones, and the rest of WWDC 2024

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss what they expect to see next week at Apple's WWDC, or "dub dub" as it's more affectionately known. But first, we take you through all the gadgets previewed at Computex.  Further reading:
This is Lunar Lake — Intel’s utterly overhauled AI laptop chip that ditches memory sticks
Humane is reportedly trying to sell itself to HP for $1 billion

Humane, the startup behind the AI Pin, in talks with HP, telecoms to sell 
Humane warns AI Pin owners to ‘immediately’ stop using its charging case
Even the Raspberry Pi is getting in on AI 
Apple put a Thread smart home radio into its newest Macs and iPads
Apple just corrected the M2 iPad Air’s core count 
Samsung leak reveals a cheaper Galaxy Watch
Meta is fixing three of the biggest Quest 3 annoyances with v66 update 

Nothing’s Phone 3 will be all about AI apps 

The Asus ROG Ally X is official — and I took a peek inside
Palmer Luckey is now selling pixel-perfect ultrabright magnesium Game Boys for $199
iOS 18 (and AI) will give Siri much more control over your apps
Apple’s non-AI WWDC plans include Settings and Control Center revamps
Apple might bring AI transcription to Voice Memos and Notes
Apple’s WWDC may include AI-generated emoji and an OpenAI partnership
Apple’s WWDC 2024 is set for June 10th
Think inside the box
Max raises prices across its ad-free plans
We tested Aptoide, the first free iPhone app store alternative 
﻿Google acquires Cameyo to integrate Windows app virtualization into ChromeOS

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Apple’s AI moment is coming

Today on the flagship podcast of audio over Wi-Fi:  03:02 - The Verge’s Chris Welch shares his review of Sonos's Ace headphones.
Sonos Ace review: was it worth it?
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence addresses the company’s divisive app redesign

 28:58 - MoviePass, MovieCrash director Muta’Ali and MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes discuss what went wrong with the MoviePass subscription service and how that story was documented in the film.
MoviePass, MovieCrash review: a damning account of corporate greed

MoviePass is using you to ruin the movies 

 56:47 - Jennifer Pattison Tuohy answers a question from The Vergecast Hotline about smart home gadgets for renters. 

Home Assistant: Setting up the Aqara FP2 Presence Sensor - Derek Seaman's Tech Blog 
Yale launches its first retrofit smart lock — the Yale Approach with Wi-Fi 
The new Yale Keypad Touch brings fingerprint unlocking to August smart locks

Aqara kick-starts its first Matter-over-Thread smart lock with a promise of Home Key support 
The new Yale Keypad Touch brings fingerprint unlocking to August smart locks

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Sonos' headphones are extremely Sonos

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Google's algorithm leak, OpenAI content deals, and more tech news from this week. Further reading:
Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation
Google confirms the leaked Search documents are real
An Anonymous Source Shared Thousands of Leaked Google Search API Documents with Me; Everyone in SEO Should See Them
Secrets from the Algorithm: Google Search’s Internal Engineering Documentation Has Leaked
Unpacking Google's massive Search documentation leak
How SEO moves forward with the Google Content Warehouse API leak
Google responds to leak: Documentation lacks context
Vox Media and The Atlantic sign content deals with OpenAI
Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search 
Apple’s WWDC may include AI-generated emoji and an OpenAI partnership
OpenAI CEO Cements Control as He Secures Apple Deal
Custom GPTs open for free ChatGPT users
OpenAI has a new safety team — it’s run by Sam Altman
Why the OpenAI board fired Sam Altman 
Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6 billion to fund its race against ChatGPT and all the rest
New Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Ring details have leaked, courtesy of the FCC

The Fitbit Ace LTE is like a Nintendo smartwatch for kids 
Discord’s turning the focus back to games with a new redesign
The business behind Unnecessary Inventions’ millions of followers
Welcome to Notepad, a newsletter on Microsoft’s era-defining bets by Tom Warren

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Inside the Google algorithm

Today on the flagship podcast of open smart home standards:  
 03:25 - Microsoft’s Pavan Davuluri, leader for Windows and Devices, joins the show to discuss the future of the AI PC and what’s next for Microsoft’s hardware
Microsoft’s new Windows chief on the future of the OS, Surface, and those annoying ads
Microsoft’s big bet on building a new type of AI computer 
Microsoft Build 2024: everything announced

 30:25 - The Verge’s Jen Tuohy and David Pierce discuss the latest updates in the smart home world in a segment called “Does Matter matter yet?”
The Dyson WashG1 is the company’s first dedicated mop
Amazon’s Matter Casting is shaping up so nicely, I want to use it everywhere
Matter 1.3 arrives with new device type and features
Smart lighting company Brilliant is looking for a buyer
Google launches new Home APIs and turns Google TVs into smart home hubs 

 01:13:20 - David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about AI-powered search engines. 

Google is redesigning its search engine — and it's AI all the way down 
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on AI-powered search and the future of the web

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