Is the second time the charm for Google’s foldable? In this episode, Devindra chats with Senior Writer Sam Rutherford about his hands-on impressions of the new Pixel 9 Pro Fold. It has bigger screens and a sleeker design than its predecessor, but how does it compare to the other foldables out there? And why isn’t it called the Pixel Fold 2?!
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Thoughts on Google’s Pixel 9 Pro Fold and the rest of Google’s event – 1:39
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Eric Schmidt blames work from home and work-life balance for Google’s loss of AI advantage – 31:07
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U.S. Department of Justice considering breaking up Google after monopoly ruling – 33:32
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Hackers may have leaked every American’s Social Security Number – 38:04
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Meta officially shuts down CrowdTangle, a critical tool for monitoring misinformation on Facebook – 40:50
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Apple is opening up its NFC to third-party developers – 43:12
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Working on – 47:13
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Pop Culture Picks – 49:07
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Credits
Hosts: Devindra Hardawar and Sam Rutherford
Producer: Ben Ellman
Music: Dale North and Terrence O’Brien
Transcript
Devindra: What’s up, Internet, and welcome back to the Engadget Podcast. I’m Senior Editor Devindra Hardawar. This week I’m joined by scene writer Sam Rutherford. Hey, Sam. Hey, how you doing? Doing okay. And we got you here to talk more about, the Google devices, but specifically the new Pixel 9 Pro Fold, a name that I hate.
I know you hate it, too. We’ll talk about why. That’s kind of messy. And also, some of your, you know, further thoughts from the Google event, Sam. Cherlynn and I did do, a post event. Chat that went for an hour that there’s a live stream. There’s an episode on the podcast feed about that too. So if you want to hear broader thoughts about the pixel nine event, the made by Google event, go check it out there.
How do you think it went overall, Sam?
Sam: I think Google is not already really great about protecting its leaks. and you know, they even got to the point where you know, Hey, we’re just going to tease the new stuff, you know, months ahead of time, because. Hey, if we release it, then it’s not a leak.
A lot of people may be getting a little tired of this at…