The Vergecast

James Webb Space Telescope to launch next week / cool gadgets announced this week

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Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Loren Grush discuss NASA's plan for launching the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to NASA’s Hubble telescope.

Second half of the show, the crew go through all the gadgets and software updates announced this past week.

Stories discussed this week:

  • NASA’s massive next-generation space telescope arrives in South America ahead of launch
  • NASA sets new date for James Webb Space Telescope launch
  • Five former SpaceX employees speak out about harassment at the company
  • Sony Glass Sound Speaker review: it’s not what it looks like
  • Analogue Pocket review: Game Boy games have never looked so good
  • Opal’s C1 offers DSLR-rivaling video quality in a small form factor 
  • Dell’s Concept Stanza converts your chicken scratch to digital text
  • Amazon Echo Show 15 review: Alexa’s on your wall
  • Oppo’s Find N is an impressive first folding phone
  • Huawei’s P50 Pocket is a stylish clamshell foldable launching this month
  • Samsung’s working on a rollable smartwatch with a camera
  • Apple releases iOS 15.2 with App Privacy Report, Digital Legacy, and more
  • Apple scrubs controversial CSAM detection feature from webpage but says plans haven’t changed
  • Universal Control won’t be coming to macOS Monterey until sometime this spring
  • Adobe launches Creative Cloud Express, a new app that simplifies its powerful editing tools 
  • Snap launches Story Studio, a standalone video editing app for mobile
  • Log4j is patched, but the exploits are just getting started
  • ‘No easy solution’ for Tesla Cybertruck’s comically large windshield wiper, Elon Musk says
  • Chrome OS tablets are getting fancier but not better
  • Former FCC officials are worried about air safety fears delaying 5G rollout
  • Toyota is going to make you pay to start your car with your key fob
  • Delivery failed
  • How to sneak into a Bored Ape Yacht Club party
  • Matter’s plan to save the smart home

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