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. 02:06 - Apple Watch ITC ban 18:26 - Beeper giving up on iMessage 26:34 - Vision Pro to launch in February 34:43 - Apple's next-gen CarPlay 43:41 - Lightning round 01:01:04 - Top Verge stories of 2023 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