Into the iPad Confusion Zone

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss a whole bunch of tech news from this week — a new Apple Pencil, the latest Cybertruck confusion, streaming updates, and more.

Further reading:

• Apple Pencil joins the iPad confusion zone
• Apple announces entry-level Apple Pencil with USB-C charging
• Elgato’s new $279.99 Prompter is an all-in-one teleprompter and extra monitor
• Analogue is making a 4K Nintendo 64
• OnePlus Open review: right size, wrong price
• Elon Musk says ‘we dug our own grave with Cybertruck,’ offers new delivery date
• Elon Musk answers Tesla pricing question with anti work-from-home rant
• https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/18/23923256/musk-dodges-question-about-accepting-legal-liability-for-tesla-full-self-driving-cars
• Tesla profits dip as it invests in factory upgrades and AI development
• https://www.threads.net/@keubikooriginal/post/CyjavWouN0w
• X will start charging new users in two countries $1 per year
• ChargePoint is bringing Tesla’s NACS plug to its vast network of EV chargers
• These space-saving public EV chargers are ridiculously fast and rolling out now
• FCC kicks off fight to restore net neutrality
• https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/19/23923617/nokia-announces-14000-job-cuts-amid-5g-downturn
• Here comes another Netflix price hike
• Netflix’s first live sports broadcast pairs up F1 drivers with pro golfers 
• Spotify launches hub for artists’ merch
• YouTube might make an official way to create AI Drake fakes
• Get ready to see a lot more product ads in YouTube videos
• YouTube wants to get you watching more news from ‘authoritative sources’
• There’s no way you’ll miss YouTube’s like and subscribe buttons now
• There's no way you'll miss YouTube's like and subscribe buttons now
• How Ecobee is becoming the smart home company Nest should have been

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