If you’re heading on vacation this summer, you’re going to want to listen to this. The Verge’s Gaby del Valle joins the show to explain how worried you need to be about your digital data when you cross borders, and what you can do to protect yourself. Even if you don’t think you have anything to hide, a little precaution goes a long way. After that, Puck’s Matt Belloni joins the show to explain why Apple, Amazon, Google, and other tech companies continue to pour money into the streaming business, when it seems so far removed from what those companies do well. (Spoiler alert: it’s fun to be friends with Ben Stiller.) Finally, we answer a hotline question about the Google Pixel’s ascent to “best Android phone for people who just want a phone.” 

Oh, also: thanks to everyone who voted for us in the Webby Awards! We’ll know soon whether we won, but however it shakes out, we’re so grateful to everyone who voted for us. 

Further reading:

Is it safe to travel to the United States with your phone right now?

DHS’s airport panopticon is getting people deported and detained

Trump says he wants to deport US citizens to El Salvador

Matt Belloni at Puck

The Town podcast

From Puck: How Long Can the Apple TV+ Experiment Sputter On? - Puck


Google Pixel 9A review: a midrange phone done right

Google Pixel 9 review: the phone that Android needs


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