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We play a brutal quiz of our gadget memories | The Vergecast
The Vergecast crew plays a game of "When Did That Come Out?" testing their knowledge of tech history, from the Nokia 9000 Communicator to the Surface Duo.
Watch on YouTube ↗Key takeaways
- 🎮The Vergecast introduces a new game segment called "When Did That Come Out?" where hosts guess the release dates of tech gadgets.00:08
- 💸Amazon and Apple have significantly increased prices for their first-party products, with some items seeing up to a 60% hike.01:10
- 📺Netflix is reportedly considering allowing other streaming services like Peacock and Fox One to be available through its app, a major strategic shift.01:48
- 🏃♂️Humanoid robots from China have broken Usain Bolt's 100-meter dash record, completing it in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games.02:21
- 📱Nilay Patel's adult life appears to be organized by phone launches, as he associates each device with a specific office or period in his career.07:14
- 🖼️David Pierce uses a 'picture' lifeline to help identify the IBM Simon, a very long black rectangle with an LCD screen and a stylus.10:12
Chapters
- 0:00🎮 Introduction to The Vergecast and the Game
- 1:44💰 90 Seconds on The Verge: Amazon & Apple Price Hikes
- 2:27📺 90 Seconds on The Verge: Netflix Considers Opening App
- 3:40🤖 90 Seconds on The Verge: Humanoid Robots Break Sprint Record
- 5:01📱 Game Start: Phones Category
- 22:06🎲 Round 2: Anything Goes
- 35:00🏆 Final Scores and Wrap-up
The digest
Welcome to The Vergecast, where this week, the team dives into a fun and challenging game called "When Did That Come Out?" The game, a playful rip-off of Chronology or Timeline, tests the hosts' and producer's knowledge of gadget release dates. The goal is to collectively build a timeline of gadgets, placing each new item in its correct chronological spot. A correct answer earns a point and adds the gadget to the timeline, while an incorrect answer means the gadget is "discarded from history" and no point is awarded. The stakes are high, as a wrong answer could "butterfly effect the world and change events forever." Let's see how David Pierce, Nilay Patel, Sean Hollister, and game master Travis Larchuk fare in this historical tech challenge.
Amazon and Apple Price Hikes
Before the game kicks off, the Vergecast provides a quick rundown of recent tech news, including significant price increases from Amazon and Apple. Amazon's first-party products, such as the Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle, have seen price bumps of up to 60%. The Echo Dot smart speaker, for instance, jumped from $49.99 to $79.99, and the base-level Kindle now costs $149.99. Amazon attributes these increases to rising memory and storage component costs. Not to be outdone, Apple also raised the price of its HomePod Mini from $99.99 to $129.99. Interestingly, Google's Smart Home speaker remains steady at $99.99, for now.
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- Netflix Considers Opening Its App to Other Streamers
- Humanoid Robots Break Usain Bolt's 100-Meter Record
- The Game Begins: Phones Category
- Round Two: Anything Goes
- Final Scores and Reflections
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