The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Russell Brandom discuss Facebook's bad week: from a 60 Minutes interview, to a 6-hour outage, to a Facebook whistleblower hearing.
The crew also get into Android 12, Pixel 6 rumors, iOS 15.1, and more.
Further reading:
Verge Tech Survey 2021
Facebook encourages hate speech for profit, says whistleblower
Locked out and totally down: Facebook’s scramble to fix a massive outage
Facebook is coming back after a six-hour outage
Facebook is back online after a massive outage that also took down Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus
Facebook explains the backbone shutdown behind its global outage on Monday
What is BGP, and what role did it play in Facebook’s massive outage
Everything you need to know from the Facebook whistleblower hearing
The whistleblower hearing hits Facebook where the company is weakest
The Facebook whistleblower hearing unearthed the danger of engagement algorithms
Facebook’s whistleblower report confirms what researchers have known for years
Facebook runs the coward’s playbook to smear the whistleblower
What’s good, bad, and missing in the Facebook whistleblower’s testimony
Mark Zuckerberg breaks silence to say the Facebook whistleblower’s claims ‘don’t make any sense
Facebook reportedly slows feature development for ‘reputational reviews’
Google just announced its Pixel 6 event on October 19th
Android 12 review: it’s mostly about the looks
Android 12 will be coming to Pixel phones in the ‘next few weeks’
Pixel 6’s rumored 23W wireless charging stand and more details leak early
iPhone 13 Mini and 13 Pro Max battery life: better, and a beast
The latest iOS 15.1 beta includes iPhone 13 Pro camera features
Halide’s latest update brings the iPhone 13 Pro’s Macro Mode to older iPhones
After Epic v. Apple, a small developer is challenging Apple’s in-app payment system
Apple is making it easier to delete accounts attached to third-party apps
Apple’s healthcare division leaned on misleading data, report alleges
Nintendo Switch OLED review: screentime
Google’s latest Next doorbell and camera are not obvious upgrades
Amazon is reportedly working on a smart fridge
Twitch confirms major data breach after its source code and secrets leak out
Taylor Swift fans are getting caught up in the Virginia gubernatorial race
The Verge is now on your smart TV
Announcing Springboard: The Verge’s documentary on the forgotten history of the Treo
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