The Vergecast

It's gadget season again

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The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Richard Lawler discuss all the gadgets announced at IFA 2023, the next flagship phone events from Apple and Google, and a whole lot more.

Also: Nilay Patel breaks news about the 5G banana surgery.

Further reading:

  • No, they did not do surgery on a banana over 5G
  • Apple’s September iPhone event: how to watch and what to expect 
  • Google leaked Google’s flagship Pixel 8 Pro, again
  • Google sets its Pixel 8 launch event for October 4th
  • Google kills Pixel Pass without ever upgrading subscriber’s phones
  • Taylor Swift Eras Tour is coming to theaters this October
  • Starfield review: a stellar sci-fi refresh of the Bethesda RPG formula 
  • Sony is raising PlayStation Plus prices up to $40 per year 
  • Dolby might have found a way to make built-in TV speakers sound much better
  • Instagram may be making Reels longer to compete with TikTok
  • Google’s Duet AI now available in Docs, Gmail, and other Workspace apps 
  • IFA 2023: the biggest announcements from Europe’s big tech show
  • Alexa and Google Assistant play together nicely, but not perfectly, on JBL’s new speakers
  • Anker's new MagGo wireless chargers might charge iPhones just as fast as MagSafe 
  • Philips Hue has three new smart security cameras
  • Jlab’s $39.99 Jbuds Mini are the smallest yet. 
  • How Google made the world go viral
  • We sent the top ANC headphones to a lab to test their noise-canceling abilities
  • This USB button helps Jeopardy! contestants get their buzz on
  • The future of Tesla is in China

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