2023's biggest tech stories

Published: Dec. 22, 2023, 12:02 p.m.

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Richard Lawler discuss Apple pulling the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 from its website, the potential Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount merger, and what the biggest stories were on The Verge Dot Com.\nFurther reading:\n\nApple to pull Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 this week due to ITC ban\n\nApple loses attempt to halt Apple Watch sales ban\n\nWhy the Apple Watch is being banned \u2014 and how Apple can avoid it\n\nMasimo CEO thinks Apple can\u2019t code its way out of the Watch ban.\n\nApple Watch ban: everything you need to know\n\nBeeper is giving up on its iMessage dream\n\nApple reportedly plans Vision Pro launch by February\n\nApple\u2019s immersive next-gen CarPlay will start with Porsche and Aston Martin\n\nBird\u2019s goose is cooked.\n\nWarner Bros. Discovery and Paramount in discussions for a max merger\n\nAdobe explains why it abandoned the Figma deal\n\nAdobe won\u2019t compromise on UK\u2019s attempt to block Figma merger\n\nPeloton\u2019s oldest bike tablet will be cut off from classes in a few months\n\nPeloton\u2019s app now pairs with third-party treadmills for some subscribers\n\nInside Elon Musk\u2019s \u201cextremely hardcore\u201d Twitter\n\nElon Musk predicts X will replace banks in 2024\n\nMark Zuckerberg agrees to Elon Musk cage match challenge\n\nApple Vision Pro is Apple\u2019s new $3,499 AR headset\n\nI wore the Apple Vision Pro. It\u2019s the best headset demo ever.\n\nSam Bankman-Fried gambled on a trial and his parents lost\n\nAmazon has just opened up its Sidewalk network to give any gadget free low speed data\n\nSony\u2019s portable PlayStation Portal launches on November 15th for $199.99\n\nSam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI\n\nOpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO\n\nFTC v. Microsoft: all the news from the big Xbox courtroom battle\n\nBuckle up because El Ni\xf1o is almost here, and it\u2019s going to get hot\n\niPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max in titanium: price, features, and release date\xa0\n\nThis is Microsoft\u2019s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a lift-to-wake controller\n\nSamsung caught faking zoom photos of the Moon\n\nThe Steam Deck wasn\u2019t born ready, but it\u2019s ready now\n\nInside the AI Factory: the humans that make tech seem human\n\nSodaStream is a bad deal, and modding your own is better\n\nDid SEO experts ruin the internet or did Google?\n\n\nEmail us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices