February 12, 2021

Google's mysterious lack of app updates / Apple’s rumored VR headset / Microsoft’s Surface Duo price drops to $999

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1 hour 7 minutes

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Adi Robertson discuss Google's mysterious lack of iOS app updates, the rumors around Apple's potential VR headset, and the rest of this week's gadget headlines.

Further reading:

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been confusing from the start

FDA officials are off on a three-week sprint to review J&J COVID-19 vaccine data

PSA: Don’t post your coronavirus vaccination card selfie on social media

Why the FDA is taking 22 days to look over J&J’s data

PSA: Please wear layers to your vaccine appointment

Google’s own iOS apps were begging for updates that don’t exist, but the company says it was because of a bug

Google is weighing an anti-tracking feature for Android, following Apple’s lead

iOS 14.5 lets you set Spotify and others as Siri’s default music service

New North Dakota bill would force Apple to allow alternative app stores and payment systems

An iOS developer wants Apple to know just how bad App Store scams have become

This may be our first look at Google’s new Android 12 OS

Apple’s rumored VR headset could cost $3,000, feature 8K displays and over a dozen cameras

Apple’s former hardware leader reportedly now overseeing AR and VR devices

Apple reportedly developing next-gen ultra-thin displays for AR devices with TSMC

Hyundai and Kia downplay Apple car rumors

Hyundai is getting serious about building a ‘walking car’ with four legs

Microsoft’s foldable Surface Duo price drops to $999, arrives in Europe next week

Sonos FCC filing hints it’s coming for the UE Boom and other small Bluetooth speakers

This laptop has seven times the average number of screens

Amazon reportedly building an Alexa ‘command center’ that mounts to the wall

How Sony put 40,000 PlayStation symbols under your fingertips

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is accepting $99 Starlink deposits amid ‘deep chasm’ of red ink

Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase clashes with its environmental aspirations

Miami mayor says Elon Musk will tunnel under the city for just $30 million

The Biden administration is working to help address global semiconductor chip shortage

Section 230 is 25 years old, and it’s never been more important

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February 12, 2021

Google's mysterious lack of app updates / Apple’s rumored VR headset / Microsoft’s Surface Duo price drops to $999

Listen Later

1 hour 7 minutes

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Adi Robertson discuss Google's mysterious lack of iOS app updates, the rumors around Apple's potential VR headset, and the rest of this week's gadget headlines.

Further reading:

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been confusing from the start

FDA officials are off on a three-week sprint to review J&J COVID-19 vaccine data

PSA: Don’t post your coronavirus vaccination card selfie on social media

Why the FDA is taking 22 days to look over J&J’s data

PSA: Please wear layers to your vaccine appointment

Google’s own iOS apps were begging for updates that don’t exist, but the company says it was because of a bug

Google is weighing an anti-tracking feature for Android, following Apple’s lead

iOS 14.5 lets you set Spotify and others as Siri’s default music service

New North Dakota bill would force Apple to allow alternative app stores and payment systems

An iOS developer wants Apple to know just how bad App Store scams have become

This may be our first look at Google’s new Android 12 OS

Apple’s rumored VR headset could cost $3,000, feature 8K displays and over a dozen cameras

Apple’s former hardware leader reportedly now overseeing AR and VR devices

Apple reportedly developing next-gen ultra-thin displays for AR devices with TSMC

Hyundai and Kia downplay Apple car rumors

Hyundai is getting serious about building a ‘walking car’ with four legs

Microsoft’s foldable Surface Duo price drops to $999, arrives in Europe next week

Sonos FCC filing hints it’s coming for the UE Boom and other small Bluetooth speakers

This laptop has seven times the average number of screens

Amazon reportedly building an Alexa ‘command center’ that mounts to the wall

How Sony put 40,000 PlayStation symbols under your fingertips

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is accepting $99 Starlink deposits amid ‘deep chasm’ of red ink

Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase clashes with its environmental aspirations

Miami mayor says Elon Musk will tunnel under the city for just $30 million

The Biden administration is working to help address global semiconductor chip shortage

Section 230 is 25 years old, and it’s never been more important

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