Code Conference, Pixel 3 rumors, and WWDC preview

Published: June 1, 2018, 3:01 p.m.

b'The Vergecast is here once again to fulfill the weekly prophecy of illuminating tech news. This week, Dieter is at Recode\\u2019s Code Conference, but he still\\xa0calls in to talk to Nilay, Natt, and Paul about what he saw and heard. \\n\\nAlso, Apple\\u2019s Worldwide Developers Conference is next week, so the crew runs through what to expect. \\n\\nThere\\u2019s a whole lot in between that \\u2014 like Paul\\u2019s weekly segment \\u201cEmbarrassingly parallel,\\u201d rumors about the next Pixel phone, and some deep philosophy about whether a phone is a tool or an instrument \\u2014 so listen to it all, and you\\u2019ll get it all.\\xa0\\n\\n00:41 - Code Conference 2018\\n\\n5:32 - Evan Spiegel on Facebook: \\u2018We would really appreciate it if they copied our data protection practices\\u2019\\n\\n11:56 - AT&T and Verizon both want to run massive ad-tracking networks to rival Facebook\\n\\n21:03 - Apple\\u2019s WWDC 2018: iOS 12, macOS, and what else to expect\\n\\n27:31 - Apple\\u2019s AirPlay 2 with multiroom audio streaming and stereo\\n\\n37:41 - Paul\\u2019s weekly segment \\u201cEmbarrassingly parallel\\u201d\\n\\n40:24 - Cryptocurrency mining rigs are just PCs \\u2014 so why won\\u2019t Stripe let you sell them?\\n\\n44:04 - Google reportedly planning Pixel 3 for October, and the XL model will have a notch\\n\\n48:26 - 2018 O\\u2019Reilly AI Keynote, Thomas Reardon, CEO, CTRL-labs\\n\\n53:02 - Your phone is an instrument, not a tool\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'