The Vergecast

Sonos loses to Google, and Threads takes on Twitter

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the Meta Quest 3 review, Google gadgets, and Threads continuing to compete with X.

Chris Welch joins the show to discuss the result of Sonos' legal battle with Google.

Further reading:

  • Google Pixel Watch 2 review: better battery, better watch
  • Pixel 8 and 8 Pro review: in Google we trust?
  • WordPress now offers official support for ActivityPub 
  • Threads is getting an edit button — and you don’t have to pay for it
  • @mosseri • We’re not anti-news
  • At US v. Google antitrust trial, the Apple search deal takes center stage 
  • Judge blasts Sonos for abusing patent system and throws out $32.5 million win against Google
  • Google is already bringing back the software features it removed because of Sonos’ lawsuit 
  • Sonos vows to keep fighting Google for the benefit of smaller companies – and its own revenue
  • Ruling pdf: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/znpnznkjgpl/GOOGLE%20SONOS%20TRIAL%20ruling.pdf
  • Google has fixed its recent history of terrible speakers with the Pixel 8 Pro 
  • Alameda’s paper trail leads straight to Sam Bankman-Fried
  • Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple 
  • Sony’s new PS5 with a removable disc drive launches in November


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