The Vergecast

Apple will make repair manuals and parts available to public / Russia blows up a satellite / Biden signs infrastructure package

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Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn chat with policy reporter Makena Kelly about Pres. Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure package and what it will do to improve broadband access in the US.

Senior science reporter Loren Grush joins the show to talk about Russia destroying one of its own satellites with a ground-based missile.

Managing editor Alex Cranz stops by to chat about Apple opening up iPhones and Macs to DIY repairs.

Stories referenced:

  • Biden signs $1 trillion infrastructure package into law
  • Biden’s FCC is still deadlocked, and net neutrality hangs in the balance
  • Biden’s pick for FDA chief works at Google
  • Russia blows up a satellite, creating a dangerous debris cloud in space
  • NASA delays ambitious human lunar landing to 2025
  • NASA’s Moon landing will likely be delayed ‘several years’ beyond 2024, auditors say
  • Blue Origin loses lawsuit against federal government over NASA’s human lunar lander contracts
  • SpaceX’s Starlink reveals new smaller, rectangular user dish to connect to satellites
  • Apple will sell you iPhone parts to fix your own phone at home
  • The shareholder fight that forced Apple’s hand on repair rights
  • Apple reportedly wants to launch a self-driving EV in 2025 with a custom chip
  • The Balmuda Phone is a compact Android phone from a high-end toaster company
  • Meta’s sci-fi haptic glove prototype lets you feel VR objects using air pockets
  • Sonos finally adds DTS audio support to its home theater lineup
  • Hyundai’s restomod Grandeur is the perfect EV for a supervillain
  • Google explains the tradeoffs that led to Pixel 6’s slow charging complaints
  • A look under the hood of the most successful streaming service on the planet
  • Meta goes into lockdown

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