Studio Upgrades: A New Vibe for the Show

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss AI tools announced at this weeks Pixel 9 event, Nilay's TV competition, tech regulatory news, and more.

Further reading:

• AI overshadowed Pixel at the Pixel event
• All the AI features coming to Google's Pixel 9 series 
• Google debuts Pixel Studio AI image-making app
• Google makes your Pixel screenshots searchable with Recall-like AI feature
• Every time Google dinged Apple during its Pixel 9 launch event
• Google Gemini’s voice chat mode is here
• Using Gemini Live was faster than Google, but also more awkward
• Google Pixel 9 launch event: all the announcements and products 
• Google's Pixel 9 lineup is a Pro show 
• The Pixel 9 Pro XL showed me the future of AI photography
• Google’s Zoom Enhance camera trick is finally available 
• Inside the competition that named the Sony A95L the best TV of 2024
• Patreon adds Apple tax to avoid getting kicked out of the App Store 
• Apple is finally going to open up iPhone tap-to-pay
• Apple relents and approves Spotify app with EU pricing 
• AltStore PAL drops its annual subscription thanks to a grant from Epic
• Epic judge says he’ll ‘tear the barriers down’ on Google’s app store monopoly
• The FTC’s fake review crackdown begins this fall
• Ex-Google CEO: AI startups can steal IP, hire lawyers to “clean up the mess”
• Flipboard is going to let you follow fediverse accounts right inside the app
• Halide’s Process Zero feature captures photos with no AI processing
• Realme’s 320W fast charging can fully charge a smartphone in four and a half minutes

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