Lighthearted Reflections and Synthetic Voices

Nilay Patel and Alex Cranz chat with Verge senior reviewer Monica Chin about her review of Apple's Macbook Pro 13" with the M2 chip.

Alex, David Pierce, and Dan Seifert continue the show, focusing on this week's tech stories from The Verge: Nothing's Phone 1, Solana's Saga phone, and a second look at Microsoft's Surface Duo 2.

Further reading:

• Apple MacBook Pro 13 (2022) review: new chip, old threads
• There has to be a better way to binge
• Netflix cuts around 300 jobs after losing subscribers
• Microsoft’s weird Surface Duo 2 has surprisingly become my favorite device of the year
• Here’s what the Nothing Phone 1’s rear lights can actually do
• Nothing’s Phone 1 isn’t coming to the US
• Nothing Phone will be invite only like original OnePlus phones
• Solana is making a crypto phone with help from former Essential engineers
• Juul’s e-cigarettes can’t be sold in the US, FDA says
• Twitter confirms it’s working on a built-in Notes feature
• Amazon shows off Alexa feature that mimics the voices of your dead relatives

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