The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Richard Lawler discuss Threads' new web app, Sony's Playstation handheld, NFL 4K streaming, AI music copyright, and a whole lot more. Further reading: Elon Musk says (yet again) that X will stop letting you block users: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/18/23837494/elon-musk-twitter-x-remove-blocking X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/20/23838823/twitter-x-deleted-pictures-links-2014-metadata-t-co-shortener X fixed the ‘bug’ that broke images attached to tweets from before 2014: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/21/23840640/twitter-x-2014-image-link-tweet-t-co-shortener X tests removing headlines from links to news articles: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841012/x-twitter-remove-headlines-news-elon-musk Elon Musk says news organizations can get a share of X’s advertising revenue, too: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23843505/elon-musk-says-news-organizations-can-get-a-share-of-xs-advertising-revenue-too Threads on the web is here: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23840441/meta-threads-web-app NFL Sunday Ticket has arrived on the Google TV homescreen: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23842853/nfl-sunday-ticket-google-tv-homescreen-free-channels Amazon is bringing a whole lot of AI to Thursday Night Football this season: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/24/23842818/amazon-thursday-night-football-ai-streaming Sony’s portable PlayStation Portal launches later this year for $199.99: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23842771/sony-playstation-portal-remote-player-specs-release-date-price Sony’s PlayStation wireless earbuds will cost a whopping $199.99: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23842778/sony-playstation-earbuds-pulse-explore-elite-features-price Sony’s PlayStation division is acquiring headphone maker Audeze: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/24/23844430/sony-playstation-division-acquiring-headphone-maker-audeze This batarang houses Qualcomm’s next big bet on gaming: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23840895/qualcomm-g3x-snapdragon-gen-2-g2-g1-gaming-handheld-chips Somebody already unboxed the Quest 3: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23842962/meta-quest-3-leak-unboxing-vr Microsoft kills Kinect again: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/21/23840327/microsoft-azure-kinect-developer-kit-discontinued Corsair’s first standing desk is designed for gaming, streaming, and more: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23842681/corsair-platform-6-gaming-desk-height-adjust-cable-management-release-date-monitor-arm Google and YouTube are trying to have it both ways with AI and copyright: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841822/google-youtube-ai-copyright-umg-scraping-universal Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841167/microsoft-excel-python-integration-support Netflix is going to let DVD subscribers keep unreturned discs for free: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841540/netflix-dvd-com-subscribers-keep-unreturned-discs White Noise Podcasters Are Costing Spotify $38 Million a Year - Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-17/white-noise-podcasters-are-costing-spotify-38-million-a-year Sonic Spectrum: a journey into noise white, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple & violet: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/switched-on-pop/episodes/Sonic-Spectrum-Colors-of-Serenity-e28fuba%20 The Vergecast Podcast: https://pod.link/430333725 Decoder with Nilay Patel: http://apple.co/3v29nDc Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv