Google Cloud Next Conference, Iron Fist, and Hot Tinder

Published: March 10, 2017, 4:50 p.m.

On this special episode of The Vergecast, the ladies of The Verge take over the show. Did you know that nearly half of the team is female? Seriously, we\u2019re probably two women away from a 50 / 50 split, but you\u2019d never know that if you only listened to The Vergecast! That\u2019s why, in honor of International Women\u2019s Day this week (and Women\u2019s History Month all month!), we have Megan Farokhmanesh, Adi Robertson, Natt Garun, and Ashley Carman in the studio talking about Google\u2019s big and enterprise-y week, Iron Fist, and the exclusive, invite-only version of Tinder for mega-hotties. Whatever that last thing is.\n\nCulture reporter Kaitlyn Tiffany also joins in to tell us her account of the Women\u2019s Day strike.\n\n00:49 - International Women\u2019s Day\n\n10:49 - Google's giant 4K digital whiteboard, Jamboard, will cost $4,999\n\n13:55 - Google\u2019s Gboard will now translate text into another language as you type\n\n15:32 - Google confirms small number of Pixel phones have broken microphones\n\n17:35 - Google Hangouts is getting a major overhaul to take on Slack\n\n21:39 - Google can now recognize objects in videos using machine learning\n\n23:55 - Iron Fist isn't just racially uncomfortable, it's also a boring show\n\n28:45 - There\u2019s a secret version of Tinder for hot people and you can\u2019t use it\n\n36:31 - Ashley\u2019s weekly segment \u201cYo, when will I be able to afford this phone case?\u201d\n\n39:32 - The CIA is hacking Samsung Smart TVs, according to WikiLeaks docs\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices