The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce. and Alex Cranz discuss the quarterly tech earnings from Apple, Microsoft, Spotify, and more.\xa0\nFurther reading:\n\nMeta and Apple in \u2018deep\u2019 competition to build the metaverse, Zuckerberg tells staff\n\nYes, it\u2019s weird for the two-year-old Meta Quest 2 to go up in price\n\n\nMeta might let anti-vax posts back onto Facebook and Instagram\xa0\n\nInstagram walks back its changes\n\nMicrosoft Q4 2022 earnings: Windows and Xbox fall in $51.9 billion quarter\n\nMeta reports revenue decline for the first time in Q2 earnings\n\nHere\u2019s where to buy the Meta Quest 2 before it costs $100 more\n\nAlphabet Q2 2022 earnings show profits dropped compared to last year\n\nComcast\u2019s broadband business stopped growing for the first time ever\n\nSpotify\u2019s subscribers rise to 188M amid podcasting setbacks\n\nSpotify amps up fiction podcasts with new leader of scripted content\n\nSpotify paid $123 million for audiobook company Findaway\n\nSpotify has stopped making its Car Thing dashboard accessory\n\nApple\u2019s latest iOS 16 beta ensures you can\u2019t hide your mistakes with an edit\n\nApple\u2019s new Home app in iOS 16 is better but still half-baked\n\nSpaceX says Dish\u2019s 5G plan would be \u2018detrimental\u2019 to millions of Starlink users\n\nYou can re-watch Game of Thrones in 4K on HBO Max next month\n\nPresident Biden\u2019s awesome video conferencing setup starts with a $7,000 Zoom gadget\n\nAsus\u2019 compact Zenfone 9 comes with incredible gimbal-like camera stabilization\n\n\nEmail us at vergecast@theverge.com, we'd love to hear from you.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices