Samsung Unpacked 2021 / Zack Snyder's Justice League is in 4:3 aspect ratio / EVs, e-bikes, and batteries

The Vergecast

Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk to Verge reporter Julia Alexander about the long-awaited release of "the Snyder cut" of the Justice League film on HBO Max and more updates in the world of streaming services.

Verge senior reporter Andrew Hawkins joins the show to discuss the new electric vehicles that were announced this week, talking to Sen. Chuck Schumer about infrastructure, and the state of e-bikes in America.

Further reading:

• People aren’t missing their second COVID-19 vaccine dose, CDC data says
• Some research has gotten a huge boost during the pandemic
• Biden promises May 1st vaccine eligibility for all adults and a federal vaccine website
• Disneyland will reopen on April 30th, for California residents only
• Tinder is giving away free mail-in COVID-19 tests
• Apple Maps now shows COVID-19 vaccination locations
• Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine website builds on a swine flu tool
• You will watch the Snyder Cut in 4:3 aspect ratio because HBO Max respects cinema
• Zack Snyder’s Justice League remains overshadowed by its social media campaign
• Netflix is trying to crack down on password sharing with new test
• HBO Max will debut its cheaper, ad-supported tier in June
• YouTube Shorts arrives in the US to take on TikTok, but the beta is still half-baked
• Chuck Schumer wants to replace every gas car in America with an electric vehicle
• E-bikes are expensive, but this congressman wants to make ...
• Canoo reveals a bubbly electric pickup truck
• Kia shows off first full images of new EV6 electric car
• Here are the biggest announcements from Volkswagen’s battery event
• Elon Musk crowns himself ‘Technoking’ of Tesla
• Foxconn says it might build EVs at empty Wisconsin site, or in Mexico
• Samsung’s midrange phones now feature fast refresh rate screens, stabilized cameras
• Samsung says it might skip the Galaxy Note this year
• Apple discontinues the HomePod, but the HomePod mini will live on
• New iPad Pros reportedly launching as soon as April, and the …
• Intel puts Apple’s ‘I’m a Mac’ guy into new ads praising PCs
• Biden to tap former Senator Bill Nelson as NASA chief

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