325: Chinese spy chips, Microsoft announcements, and Pixel 3 preview

Published: Oct. 5, 2018, 2:37 p.m.

This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul bring in experts to report on the top stories on the site this week. Reporter and host of Why\u2019d You Push That Button Ashley Carman stops by the studio to explain the Bloomberg report detailing \u201cChinese spy chips\u201d that may have been planted on servers from companies like Apple and Amazon. \n\nAfter that bizarre piece of news, senior editor Dan Seifert comes on the show to talk about the Microsoft hardware event he attended this week and the new products that were announced. \n\nWe\u2019ve also got a Google hardware event coming up next week, so they run through the leaks and rumors of gadgets that we might see. Check back next week for our full event coverage on this show. \n\nThere\u2019s a whole lot more in between all of that \u2014 including our favorite reoccurring segments from Liz Lopatto and Paul Miller \u2014 so listen to it all, and you\u2019ll get it all. \n\n01:45 - What we still don\u2019t know about the Facebook breach\n\n2:48 - Chinese spy chips would be a \u2018god-mode\u2019 hack, experts say with Ashley Carman\n\n29:18 - This week in Elon Musk with Liz Lopatto\n\n33:37 - Microsoft Surface event 2018: the 5 biggest announcements with Dan Seifert\n\n1:10:03 - Paul\u2019s weekly segment \u201cType like nobody\u2019s watching\u201d\n\n1:13:58 - New Google Pixel 3: the 8 most credible leaks\n\n1:16:36 - LG V40 Review: one phone, five cameras\n\n1:19:28 - iPhone XS: Why It\u2019s A Whole New Camera \u2013 Halide\n\nAlso, in case you missed it, Nilay talked to\xa0Meredith Rose from Public Knowledge about the Music Modernization Act. You can listen to that along with this episode right in the\xa0Vergecast\xa0feed.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices