The Vergecast

Google Pixel Fold review, Microsoft vs FTC, and Congress’ child safety bills

Jun 28, 2023

01:37:40

Episode guests

Tom Warren

Makena Kelly

Allison Johnson and Dan Seifert

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Introduction

3min

Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision Blizzard

3min

Sony vs. Xbox: The Big Story

3min

The FTC's Argument for Sony vs. Microsoft

2min

Microsoft's Switch Is a Miserable Failure

2min

The FTC's Argument for Sony's Control of Call of Duty

2min

The Uniqueness of Call of Duty in the Gaming Industry

4min

Microsoft's X-Cloud Gaming Strategy Is a Strategy Shift

2min

Microsoft's Fear of the Cloud Market

2min

10.

Pete Hines' Testimony on Sony's Exclusive Deals With Third Parties

4min

11.

The Economic Benefits of Keeping Call of Duty on PlayStation Five

2min

12.

Nvidia's Role in the Evolution of Cloud Gaming

2min

13.

Microsoft's Opposition to the Geforce Deal

2min

14.

Bobby Kotik and Satya Nadella Testimony

2min

15.

The Big Day With the CEOs

3min

16.

The History of COPPA

3min

17.

COPPA: A Prescient and Durable Law?

2min

18.

The Debate on Child Privacy Online

2min

19.

The Problem With Child Proofing the Internet

2min

20.

COPPA 2.0: A Digital Privacy Bill of Rights for Children

2min

21.

Markey's Bill Makes Less Changes That Would Do Less Things

2min

22.

The Markey Bill Moves It Up to 16

2min

23.

The Impossibility of Privacy for Everyone

2min

24.

The Future of Digital Rights

2min

25.

The Future of Congress

4min

26.

The Middle Ground Between Encryption and Free Speech and Privacy

2min

27.

The Importance of Enforcement of COPPA

2min

28.

The Google Pixel Fold Review

2min

29.

How to Live Life With a Foldable Phone

2min

30.

The Pixel Fold Is a Good First Generation Device

2min

31.

The Pixel Fold Is a Folding Phone That Turns Into a Tablet

3min

32.

The Price of an iPad Pro

2min

33.

Samsung's Pixel Fold: A Better First Generation Start

3min

34.

The Pixel Fold Is a Good Phone for the Price

2min

35.

The Differences Between the Z Fold 4 and the Galaxy S7 Edge

2min

36.

How I Use My Phone Daily

2min

37.

Android and the Folding Phone

2min

38.

The Price of a Pixel Phone

2min

39.

The Motorola Razer Plus Is a Great Flip Phone

2min

40.

The Razrah Is the First Flip Phone That's Actually Intrigued Me

2min

41.

The Durability of Foldable Phones

2min

42.

The Pixel Fold and the Razer Plus Represent Real Competition in Those Spaces for the First Time

2min

43.

How to Play PC Games on Your TV

1min

44.

How to Control Your Gaming PC From the Couch

2min

Today on the flagship podcast of the console wars:

02:42 - David Pierce chats with Verge senior editor Tom Warren about the five-day trial between Microsoft and the FTC that will determine the future of its $68.7 billion proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

35:00 - Policy reporter Makena Kelly joins the show to explain what Congress is trying to do to address child safety online.

1:03:07 - The Verge’s Allison Johnson and Dan Seifert discuss our Google Pixel Fold review, and how it stacks up against other foldables and flippables.

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