The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Wednesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours.

A lot of things happened this week in the world of The Verge and we have some first-hand experience to share. This week on The Vergecast Nilay Dieter and Paul welcome science reporter Loren Grush back to the show to tell us what it was like to watch SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launch in person as well as meeting SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Also Dieter got an exclusive look at Intel’s new smart glasses and Nilay reviewed Apple’s HomePod so they share their experiences with the technology and discuss what it means for the rest of the market. There’s a lot more in between that — like Paul’s weekly segment “USB-C-crets” (I think that’s how you spell it) — so listen to it all and you’ll get it all. 02:17 - Intel made smart glasses that look normal 20:40 - Apple HomePod review 44:28 - SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch with Loren Grush 1:07:57 - Paul’s weekly segment “USB-C-crets” 1:11:44 - The Uber-Waymo trial: greed ambition and robot cars 1:15:01 - Inside the desperate fight to keep old TVs alive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Homepod review Intel's Vaunt smart glasses and Falcon Heavy launch

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