The Vergecast

Quibi's launch week, Asus laptop reviews, and Sony's PS5 controller

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Stories discussed this week:

  • Webcams have become impossible to find, and prices are skyrocketing
  • Why the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theories don’t make sense
  • UK mobile carriers politely ask people to stop burning 5G towers
  • No one’s getting new emoji in 2021 because of the pandemic
  • Foxconn will produce ventilators at its controversial Wisconsin plant
  • Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 review: AMD has rewritten the rules
  • Nvidia’s RTX Super GPUs for laptops have arrived — here’s where you’ll see them first
  • Asus’ ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 is a gaming laptop with two screens
  • MSI announces new laptops with Comet Lake H and new Nvidia GPUs
  • Gigabyte’s latest gaming laptop supports Intel’s most powerful 10th Gen Core i9 processor yet
  • Razer’s new Blade 15 has powerful specs and an improved keyboard
  • Samsung Galaxy Chromebook review
  • Asus Chromebook Flip C436 review
  • Microsoft reportedly delays Surface Neo beyond 2020
  • Can Meg Whitman outwit a pandemic with Quibi?
  • Quibi app review: shifting landscape
  • Quibi’s shows are fun, familiar, and a little forgettable
  • It’s impossible to screenshot a Quibi show, and that’s detrimental to its success
  • Disney Plus surpasses 50 million subscribers
  • Sony reveals new DualSense controller for the PlayStation 5
  • Microsoft’s Xbox Game Bar is getting custom widgets and its own store on Windows
  • The OnePlus 8 Pro will have super fast, 30W wireless charging
  • Google’s midrange Pixel 4A could launch soon, and there may not be an XL version 
  • Google’s Hangouts Meet is now just Google Meet
  • Google extends free access to advanced teleconferencing features to September 30th
  • Google trademarks 'Google Meet' and 'Google Chat,' support ...

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