Second half of the show, we’ve got Dieter’s exclusive look at the Sonos Beam, Microsoft buying GitHub, a new Fire TV thingy, and breaking news for Essential.

There’s a whole lot more in between that — like Paul’s weekly segment (hosted by Jake Kastrenakes) “Hey look at this thing I just found on theverge.com“ — so if you listen to it all, you’ll get it all. 

02:48 - Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference

04:35 - Siri will soon be able to pull off multistep routines through Shortcuts

15:40 - Walkie-Talkie on the Apple Watch is a clever riff on FaceTime Audio

19:01 - Apple’s Memoji lets you create an Animoji of yourself

23:35 - Apple CarPlay will soon let you use Google Maps, Waze, and other third-party maps

25:21 - Apple will let developers port iOS apps to macOS in 2019

33:51 - The Apple TV is finally getting Dolby Atmos support

38:56 - The Essential Phone’s first new module since launch is a magnetic headphone jack

41:02 - The Beam is Sonos’ ambitious attempt to win the living room

50:40 - Amazon’s Fire TV Cube is an Echo, streaming box, and universal remote in one

55:05 - Paul’s weekly segment “Hey look at this thing I just found on theverge.com” by Jake

57:30 - Microsoft confirms it’s acquiring GitHub for $7.5 billion

1:00:07 - Facebook accused of giving over 60 device makers inappropriate access to user data

1:06:06 - Instagram might soon let you post videos up to an hour long

1:09:48 - California’s net neutrality bill could set a national standard

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