The Vergecast previews Apple’s Peek Performance occasion, electrical vehicles and Russian rockets

Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, the place co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk about the week in tech information with the reporters and editors protecting the most important tales.

There is an Apple occasion subsequent week, so Dan Seifert comes on to speak about what we will anticipate. He thinks there will likely be some new {hardware} however isn’t fully offered that we’ll see something with a brand new design.

Loren Grush comes on to speak concerning the battle in Ukraine and the way it’s affecting house flight. She additionally provides Elon and SpaceX the suitable credit score for delivering Starlink to Ukraine after a tweet requesting it.

And there was a Rivian debacle this week, so Andrew Hawkins comes on to inform us about how car pricing went up by as a lot as $20,000 for some clients who preordered — after which the way it was walked again. He additionally explains why Ford is splitting itself in half.

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And right here is our second episode the place Nilay Patel and Walt Mossberg say goodbye to Dieter Bohn.