The Vergecast

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The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Wednesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours.

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The Verge guide to holiday ...

12.06.2023

The Verge's David Pierce, Victoria Song, Dan Seifert, and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy answer questions from the Vergecast Hotline about what to buy for your loved ones this holiday season. Keep emailing us at [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 866-VERGE11, ...

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12.06.2023 The Verge guide to holiday shopping The Verge's David Pierce, Victoria Song, Dan Seifert, and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy answer questions from the Vergecast Hotline about what to buy for your loved ones this holiday season. Keep emailing us at [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 866-VERGE11, ...
12.01.2023 The Cybertruck lives, and so does OpenAI The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss the Tesla Cybertruck event, the latest with OpenAI leadership, and what Elon Musk and Bob Iger said at Dealbook Summit 2023. Getting close — but not too close — to ...
11.29.2023 How Planet Earth — and the Netflix homepage — get made Today on the flagship podcast of multi-drone camera setups: 03:19 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with Planet Earth III producer Alex Walters and director Theo Webb about the gear used to make the latest nature documentary series. 30:13 - ...
11.20.2023 Emergency podcast: chaos at OpenAI The Verge's Nilay Patel and Alex Heath join David Pierce after a long, winding weekend reporting on the dramatic shakeup at OpenAI, still in progress. Further reading: Turmoil at OpenAI: after firing Sam Altman, what's next for the creators of ...
11.20.2023 Fortnite, GTA VI, and the fate of AAA games In episode three of our video game miniseries, The Verge's David Pierce and Polygon's Russ Frushtick and Chris Plante discuss the state of the industry's blockbuster games like Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, Overwatch, Fortnite, and others — and ...
11.17.2023 Apple’s in on RCS — and everybody’s out on Bing The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple announcing it will support RCS next year, AI news that came out of Microsoft Ignite, YouTube's new policy on deepfakes, and much more. Further reading: Apple says iPhones will ...
11.15.2023 Spotify and Disney have everything-app dreams Today on the flagship podcast of machine learning-based recommendation systems: 03:31 - The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Spotify’s co-president and chief product officer Gustav Söderström about recommendations, audiobooks, app design, what Spotify wants to be, and whether it’s possible ...
11.13.2023 The fight to save old games In episode two of our gaming mini series, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Polygon's Russ Frushtick and Chris Plante about the obstacles around both preserving and emulating video games from discontinued hardware. Email us at [email protected] or call us ...
11.10.2023 Humane Pins and your own ChatGPT The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss the debut of Humane's AI Pin, OpenAI's DevDay, GPT-4 updates, and more. Further reading: Exclusive leak: all the details about Humane's AI Pin, which costs $699 and has ...
11.08.2023 The tech trials keep coming Today on the flagship podcast of anti-steering provisions: 02:57 - The Verge's David Pierce and Makena Kelly discuss Epic v. Google, a trial about the future of app stores. The Epic v. Google trial may come down to simple v. ...
11.06.2023 Handheld gaming is the future — again In the first episode of our series about the future of gaming, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Polygon's Chris Plante and Russ Frushtick about handheld game consoles. Is this portable, all-in-one form factor where all of gaming is headed? ...
11.03.2023 Apple events, SEO, and other fights The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the takeaways from Apple's Mac event, the problem with SEO on the internet, streaming news, and much more. Further reading: Apple ‘Scary Fast’ Mac launch event: the 4 biggest announcements ...
11.01.2023 Macs and M3s, shot on iPhones Today on the flagship podcast of spec bumps: 02:21 - The Verge’s David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Dan Seifert discuss the announcements from Apple’s “Scary Fast” Mac event. Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ Mac event: all the news from Apple’s online keynote ...
10.30.2023 An impossible journey into self-hosting Today on the flagship podcast of network-attached storage: This is the fourth in our four-part series all about connectivity. This week we're talking about software: how software connects us, how we connect to software, and how software connects to other ...
10.27.2023 The next Macs and the next Twitter The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the next Apple event, a Twitter successor, and Windows Phone regrets. Further reading: Apple plans ‘Scary Fast’ product event just before Halloween Apple’s future AirPods roadmap just leaked, and big ...
10.25.2023 Everything you’ve always wondered about The Vergecast The Verge's David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Alex Cranz dedicate the show to talk about their feelings. The crew answer a bunch of questions from listeners about The Vergecast, The Verge website, and the future of it all. Email us ...
10.23.2023 The poster’s guide to the new internet In episode three of our connectivity mini series, The Verge's David Pierce explores the idea of POSSE and PESOS, two syndication models for posting on the internet that don't rely on a single platform. Buckle in, it gets nerdy. Email ...
10.20.2023 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 ...
10.18.2023 The smart glasses era is (kind of) here Today on the flagship podcast of glassholes: The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Victoria Song about her experience using the new Ray-Ban smart glasses from Meta. Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses hands-on: in pursuit of content The Verge’s Sean Hollister and ...
10.16.2023 The better, smarter future of messaging In episode two of our connectivity mini series, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Eric Migicovsky co-founder of Beeper. Beeper is a universal messaging app trying to take all your messages from all your apps and put them in one ...
10.13.2023 Sonos loses to Google, and Threads takes on Twitter The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the Meta Quest 3 review, Google gadgets, and Threads continuing to compete with X. Chris Welch joins the show to discuss the result of Sonos' legal battle with Google. Further ...
10.11.2023 Good Pixels, better Watches, great Chromebooks Today on the flagship podcast of AI-generated wallpapers: 03:22 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with Allison Johnson about her review of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. Pixel 8 and 8 Pro review: in Google we trust? 29:18 ...
10.09.2023 The TV of the future costs zero dollars In episode one of our miniseries all about connectivity, The Verge’s David Pierce talks with Ilya Pozin, founder and CEO of Telly, a new startup promising to give you a free 55-inch TV with an additional second screen for ads ...
10.06.2023 The great Pixel 8 camera debate The Verge’s Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the announcement of Google’s Pixel 8 phone, along with the new AI tools that raise lots of questions. Further reading: Google Pixel 8 launch event: the 7 biggest announcements Google ...
10.04.2023 Amazon, Google, and crypto are on trial Today on the flagship podcast of The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890: 01:43 - The Verge’s David Pierce chats with policy editor Adi Robertson and reporter Makena Kelly about US v. Google, and what we’ve learned so far. They also ...
09.29.2023 Meta's AI headset future — and that X interview at Code The Verge's David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Alex Cranz break down an awkward interview out of the Code Conference from X (formerly Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino. Then, the crew gets into all the big news from Meta's Connect event where ...
09.27.2023 RIP DVDs Today on the flagship podcast of the laserdisc resurgence: While Netflix’s DVD.com service shuts down later this week, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Bill Rouhana, the CEO of Chicken Soup for The Soul Entertainment, about the potential of Redbox ...
09.25.2023 The 50-year quest for AI virtual assistants In part three of our AI mini series, David Pierce dives into the decades-long endeavor to build a virtual assistant. What can a virtual assistant do? What do we want it to do? Email us at [email protected] or call us ...
09.22.2023 Amazon and Microsoft's AI parades The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss all the announcements from Amazon's fall product launch event and Microsoft's Surface and AI event. Further reading: Amazon’s fall 2023 product launch event: live news, announcements, and more Amazon is ...
09.20.2023 iPhone and watches and wallpapers, oh my Today on the flagship podcast of the Action Button: 03:34 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with Allison Johnson and Dan Seifert about their reviews of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro. 41:02 - Victoria Song joins the show ...
09.18.2023 Can AI make a hit song? In episode two of The Vergecast's AI mini series, David Pierce sits down with Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding and music producer Ian Kimmel to share how they made an entire song from scratch using a bunch of AI tools. ...
09.15.2023 Apple mysteries and Google trials It's been a week! The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz rejoin the studio to process all the tech news and announcements. Apple had its annual hardware event where the iPhone 15 and new Apple Watch lineup were ...
09.13.2023 iPhone 15: the good, the bad, and the titanium After attending Apple's fall hardware event, The Verge's Nilay Patel, Allison Johnson, Dan Seifert and Victoria Song break down the biggest announcements: the iPhone 15, 15 Pro, the new Apple Watch Series 9 and the Ultra 2. Further Reading: All ...
09.11.2023 AI voices are taking over the internet In part one of The Vergecast's AI mini series, David Pierce dives into the boom of voice synthesis and artificially generated speech. The process is a lot more accessible for everyone, but how realistic can it sound? Further reading: AI ...
09.08.2023 How the iPhone 15 could still surprise us The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, Richard Lawler, and Dan Seifert discuss what to expect at Apple's iPhone 15 event, the drama behind the scenes with Disney's CEOs, and some more gadget news. Further reading: iPhone and iPad apps will ...
09.01.2023 It's gadget season again The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Richard Lawler discuss all the gadgets announced at IFA 2023, the next flagship phone events from Apple and Google, and a whole lot more. Also: Nilay Patel breaks news about the 5G banana ...
08.30.2023 Who built the internet? And who will save it? Today on the flagship podcast of social media monetization strategies: 04:05 -The Verge''s David Pierce and Nilay Patel chat with Taylor Lorenz about her new book Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet 55:26 ...
08.25.2023 Threads' big moment, and Sony's big controller The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Richard Lawler discuss Threads' new web app, Sony's Playstation handheld, NFL 4K streaming, AI music copyright, and a whole lot more. Further reading: Elon Musk says (yet again) that X will stop letting ...
08.23.2023 Mythical computers and super apps Today on the flagship podcast of payment processing fees: 04:36 - The Verge's David Pierce travels to meet Keegan McNamara, an artisan who is making unique computers for more purposeful use cases. A visit to the one-man computer factory 27:11 ...
08.18.2023 Big screens, bigger screens, suitcase screens The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Dan Seifert discuss the iMac's 25th anniversary, the state of streaming, a TV in a suitcase, and a whole lot more. Further reading: Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls ...
08.16.2023 How YouTube and ESPN control the future of everything Today on the flagship podcast of non-exclusive distribution deals: 02:15 - The Verge’s David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Richard Lawler discuss how the future of sports streaming will have a lot to say about the future of entertainment. 41:57 - ...
08.11.2023 Streaming goes up, Zoom comes down The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz break down the chaotic and increasingly more expensive state of streaming video. Are we just recreating cable TV? And afterwards, the crew explores the wild world enterprise software. Further reading: Disney ...
08.09.2023 How Tesla became the Elon Musk Co. from Land of the Giants Today we're sharing an episode of Land of the Giants: The Tesla Shock Wave Not many people can name the original founders of Tesla. So how did two guys who wanted to build an electric car create a company synonymous ...
08.04.2023 Samsung fans and video apps: they’re everywhere The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss YouTube adding a slew of new TikTok-like features to Shorts, Elon Musk's extravagant 'X' sign, and much more. We also go through this week's emails. The Samsung fans have spoken. ...
08.02.2023 Samsung foldable software, eye-scanning orbs, and the future of the arcade Today on the flagship podcast of texting on the outside screen: 03:28 - The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Allison Johnson and Dan Seifert about the software design of Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5. ...
07.28.2023 Twitter rebrands as X, and Samsung's Galaxy Flip 5 and Fold 5 event The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Richard Lawler discuss Twitter being rebranded as X. Allison Johnson joins the show to discuss everything announced at Samsung’s Galaxy Flip 5 and Fold 5 Unpacked event. Also: we read your emails! Further ...
07.26.2023 Gadget tips for your next upgrade \| Vergecast Hotline Today on the flagship podcast of answering machines: We answer your questions from The Vergecast Hotline! 01:51 - LDAC and other audio codecs 06:21 - Samsung TV 07:58 - Smartwatches for marathons 16:38 - iPhone upgrades 23:09 - Threads 29:52 ...
07.21.2023 The future of EV charging and Hollywood on strike The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss all the gadget news from this week, the state of EV charging for non-Tesla owners, the unions of Hollywood on strike, and much more. Further reading: Beats Studio Pro headphones ...
07.19.2023 Nothing’s gadget renaissance, and our favorite TV remotes Today on the flagship podcast of sustainable supply chain economics: 03:27 - CEO of Nothing Carl Pei sits down with The Verge’s David Pierce to discuss the new Phone 2, Carl’s vision for the company, his thoughts on AI, foldables, ...
07.14.2023 Microsoft beat the FTC, and the Nothing Phone 2 is here The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Microsoft winning the case against the FTC for its Activision Blizzard deal. Also: the Nothing Phone 2 and more gadgets. Further reading: Meta-provided Facebook chats led a woman to plead ...

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The Vergecast episodes:

The Verge guide to holiday shopping

The Cybertruck lives, and so does OpenAI

How Planet Earth — and the Netflix homepage — get made

Emergency podcast: chaos at OpenAI

Fortnite, GTA VI, and the fate of AAA games

Apple’s in on RCS — and everybody’s out on Bing

Spotify and Disney have everything-app dreams

The fight to save old games

Humane Pins and your own ChatGPT

The tech trials keep coming

Handheld gaming is the future — again

Apple events, SEO, and other fights

Macs and M3s, shot on iPhones

An impossible journey into self-hosting

The next Macs and the next Twitter

Everything you’ve always wondered about The Vergecast

The poster’s guide to the new internet

Into the iPad Confusion Zone

The smart glasses era is (kind of) here

The better, smarter future of messaging

Sonos loses to Google, and Threads takes on Twitter

Good Pixels, better Watches, great Chromebooks

The TV of the future costs zero dollars

The great Pixel 8 camera debate

Amazon, Google, and crypto are on trial

Meta's AI headset future — and that X interview at Code

RIP DVDs

The 50-year quest for AI virtual assistants

Amazon and Microsoft's AI parades

iPhone and watches and wallpapers, oh my

Can AI make a hit song?

Apple mysteries and Google trials

iPhone 15: the good, the bad, and the titanium

AI voices are taking over the internet

How the iPhone 15 could still surprise us

It's gadget season again

Who built the internet? And who will save it?

Threads' big moment, and Sony's big controller

Mythical computers and super apps

Big screens, bigger screens, suitcase screens

How YouTube and ESPN control the future of everything

Streaming goes up, Zoom comes down

How Tesla became the Elon Musk Co. from Land of the Giants

Samsung fans and video apps: they’re everywhere

Samsung foldable software, eye-scanning orbs, and the future of the arcade

Twitter rebrands as X, and Samsung's Galaxy Flip 5 and Fold 5 event

Gadget tips for your next upgrade | Vergecast Hotline

The future of EV charging and Hollywood on strike

Nothing’s gadget renaissance, and our favorite TV remotes

Microsoft beat the FTC, and the Nothing Phone 2 is here

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