Vergecast: Android 11 beta, PS5 reveal, and big tech halts facial recognition for police

There’s a new episode of The Vergecast to fill you in on all of the news from this week. Join Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and a rotation of other reporters and editors for everything that you need to know. The three topics covered this week are:

• Android 11 beta: here are all the announcements


• PlayStation 5: all of the news from Sony’s next-gen game showcase


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  Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft stop selling facial recognition technology to police
  

During the first part of the show, Verge reporter Megan Farokhmanesh and games editor Andrew Webster take over to run through everything announced at Sony’s virtual event on Thursday — from all the games to the long-awaited reveal of the PS5 design.

• The PS5 is huge, according to internet detectives


• I...

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