About this episode
Facebooks F8 conference happened this week so The Verge's Nilay Patel, Casey Newton, Ashley Carman, and Paul Miller break down the biggest announcements and updates from the event including Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and more. Stories discussed this week: The 5 biggest announcements from Facebook’s F8 developer conference keynote Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the ‘future is private’ Facebook keeps asking whether its keynote makes people like Facebook Facebook Messenger is coming to the desktop The next version of Facebook Messenger will be radically smaller Why Facebook is making a big bet on Messenger Facebook bans Alex Jones and Laura Loomer for violating its policies against dangerous individuals Facebook could create new privacy positions as part of FTC settlement Facebook adds ‘secret crushes’ so you can see which friends are thirsting after you Facebook’s Portal is getting WhatsApp support and launching internationally Oculus Quest review: a great system with a frustrating compromise Nubia stuck a cooling fan in its latest gaming smartphone Apple explains why it’s cracking down on third-party screen time and parental control apps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices