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Sonos loses to Google, and Threads takes on Twitter

10.13.2023 - By The VergePlay

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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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