Engadget Podcast: A $249 Surface Laptop and Black Friday prep
Plus, Ethan Zuckerman weighs in on the metaverse.
It’s that time of the year again: Figuring out all of the best gifts to buy from our Holiday Gift Guide. This week, Commerce Editor Valentina Palladino joins Cherlynn and Devindra to chat about our latest batch of product suggestions, as well as some tips on snagging deals ahead of Black Friday. Also, they chat about Microsoft’s intriguing new $249 Surface Laptop SE, a low-spec, kid-focused notebook for schools. And Devindra chats with Ethan Zuckerman, a UMASS Amherst professor and technology researcher, about Facebook/Meta’s vision of the metaverse and ways we can combat corporate control of the internet. (Check out Ethan’s article at The Atlantic: Hey Facebook, I Built a Metaverse 27 Years Ago.)
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Engadget · Black Friday, a $249 Surface and Ethan Zuckerman on the metaverse
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Microsoft goes after Chromebooks with the $249 Surface Laptop SE – 1:50
Holiday Gift Guide with Commerce Editor Valentina Palladino – 17:06
Google Project Relate brings voice recognition to people with speech impairments – 36:12
Peloton is making a $495 smart camera to detect your workout form – 42:11
Twitter Blue expands Twitter functionality for $3 a month – 46:16
Apple will make it easier to replace an iPhone 13 screen without breaking FaceID – 52:45
Roombas are about to get much smarter Alexa voice commands – 54:47
Pop Culture Picks – 58:36
Metaverse interview with Ethan Zuckerman – 1:07:26
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Credits
Hosts: Cherlynn Low and Devindra Hardawar
Guest: Valentina Palladino
Producer: Ben Ellman
Livestream producers: Julio Barrientos, Luke Brooks
Graphics artists: Luke Brooks, Kyle Maack
Music: Dale North and Terrence O'Brien
