2023's biggest tech stories
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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Richard Lawler discuss Apple pulling the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 from its website, the potential Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount merger, and what the biggest stories were on The Verge Dot Com.

Further reading:

• Apple to pull Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 this week due to ITC ban)

• Apple loses attempt to halt Apple Watch sales ban)

• Why the Apple Watch is being banned — and how Apple can avoid it)

• Masimo CEO thinks Apple can’t code its way out of the Watch ban.)

• Apple Watch ban: everything you need to know)

• Beeper is giving up on its iMessage dream)

• Apple reportedly plans Vision Pro launch by February)

• Apple’s immersive next-gen CarPlay will start with Porsche and Aston Martin)

• Bird’s goose is cooked.)

• Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount in discussions for a max merger)

• Adobe explains why it abandoned the Figma deal)

• Adobe won’t compromise on UK’s attempt to block Figma merger)

• Peloton’s oldest bike tablet will be cut off from classes in a few months)

• Peloton’s app now pairs with third-party treadmills for some subscribers)

• Inside Elon Musk’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter)

• Elon Musk predicts X will replace banks in 2024)

• Mark Zuckerberg agrees to Elon Musk cage match challenge)

• Apple Vision Pro is Apple’s new $3,499 AR headset)

• I wore the Apple Vision Pro. It’s the best headset demo ever.)

• Sam Bankman-Fried gambled on a trial and his parents lost)

• Amazon has just opened up its Sidewalk network to give any gadget free low speed data)

• Sony’s portable PlayStation Portal launches on November 15th for $199.99)

• Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI)

• OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO)

• FTC v. Microsoft: all the news from the big Xbox courtroom battle)

• Buckle up because El Niño is almost here, and it’s going to get hot)

• iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max in titanium: price, features, and release date )

• This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a lift-to-wake controller)

• Samsung caught faking zoom photos of the Moon)

• The Steam Deck wasn’t born ready, but it’s ready now)

• Inside the AI Factory: the humans that make tech seem human)

• SodaStream is a bad deal, and modding your own is better)

• Did SEO experts ruin the internet or did Google?)

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