Today on the flagship podcast of glassholes: 

The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Victoria Song about her experience using the new Ray-Ban smart glasses from Meta. 

• Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses hands-on: in pursuit of content 

The Verge’s Sean Hollister and iFixit’s Kyle Wiens join the show to discuss the latest legislation in the right to repair and what’s next for the future of fixing your own gadgets. 

• Right-to-repair is now the law in California

The Verge’s Nathan Edwards answers this week’s Vergecast Hotline question. 

• The iPhone 15 and 15 Pro launch with ‘future Qi2 wireless charging.’ Here’s why.

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In episode two of our connectivity mini series, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Eric Migicovsky co-founder of Beeper. Beeper is a universal messaging app trying to take all your messages from all your apps and put them in one place. Is this the future of chat?

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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.

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Today on the flagship podcast of AI-generated wallpapers:

03:22 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with Allison Johnson about her review of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.

• Pixel 8 and 8 Pro review: in Google we trust?

29:18 - Victoria Song joins the show to discuss her review of the updated Pixel Watch 2.

• Google Pixel Watch 2 review: better battery, better watch

56:02 - Monica Chin stops by to explain the new "Chromebook Plus" certification on higher-end Chromebooks.

• Chromebook Plus is Google’s new certification for premium Chromebooks

1:22:42 - Keep listening for the Vergecast Hotline question all about music playlists.

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In episode one of our miniseries all about connectivity, The Verge’s David Pierce talks with Ilya Pozin, founder and CEO of Telly, a new startup promising to give you a free 55-inch TV with an additional second screen for ads and apps.

Before founding Telly, Ilya Pozin also founded PlutoTV, one of the first and most successful ad-based streaming services. There are many similarities between these two companies, and Ilya has a grander vision for how he sees the world and how he thinks he can revolutionize the TV hardware and TV show business.

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The Verge’s Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the announcement of Google’s Pixel 8 phone, along with the new AI tools that raise lots of questions.

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Today on the flagship podcast of The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890: 

01:43 - The Verge’s David Pierce chats with policy editor Adi Robertson and reporter Makena Kelly about US v. Google, and what we’ve learned so far. They also talk about the FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon, which could be the next big tech trial. 

28:46 - Later, senior correspondent Liz Lopatto joins the show to preview the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX.

• FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried is on trial for fraud and conspiracy

52:36 - Keep listening for this week’s Vergecast hotline question with Alex Cranz.

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The Verge's David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Alex Cranz break down an awkward interview out of the Code Conference from X (formerly Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino. Then, the crew gets into all the big news from Meta's Connect event where the Quest 3 and Meta Smart Glasses were announced.

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Today on the flagship podcast of the laserdisc resurgence: 

While Netflix’s DVD.com service shuts down later this week, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Bill Rouhana, the CEO of Chicken Soup for The Soul Entertainment, about the potential of Redbox and physical media in 2023. 

• Netflix’s DVD service shuts down: here’s the complex tech behind it

Later, David and Alex Cranz talk with New York Magazine’s John Herrman about his recent story on social media metrics and what they actually mean. 

• Lies, Damned Lies, and Social-Media Metrics

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In part three of our AI mini series, David Pierce dives into the decades-long endeavor to build a virtual assistant. What can a virtual assistant do? What do we want it to do?

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