The Vergecast

By The Verge

The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s mo... more

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May 31, 2024Inside the Google algorithm
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Google's algorithm leak, OpenAI content deals, and more tech news from this week.
Further reading:
Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation
Google confirms the leaked Search documents are real
An Anonymous Source Shared Thousands of Leaked Google Search API Documents with Me; Everyone in SEO Should See Them
Secrets from the Algorithm: Google Search’s Internal Engineering Documentation Has Leaked
Unpacking Google's massive Search documentation leak
How SEO moves forward with the Google Content Warehouse API leak
Google responds to leak: Documentation lacks context
Vox Media and The Atlantic sign content deals with OpenAI
Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search
Apple’s WWDC may include AI-generated emoji and an OpenAI partnership
OpenAI CEO Cements Control as He Secures Apple Deal
Custom GPTs open for free ChatGPT users
OpenAI has a new safety team — it’s run by Sam Altman
Why the OpenAI board fired Sam Altman
Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6 billion to fund its race against ChatGPT and all the rest
New Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Ring details have leaked, courtesy of the FCC
The Fitbit Ace LTE is like a Nintendo smartwatch for kids
Discord’s turning the focus back to games with a new redesign
The business behind Unnecessary Inventions’ millions of followers
Welcome to Notepad, a newsletter on Microsoft’s era-defining bets by Tom Warren

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1h 33min
May 28, 2024Why Microsoft bet on Surface
Today on the flagship podcast of open smart home standards:

03:25 - Microsoft’s Pavan Davuluri, leader for Windows and Devices, joins the show to discuss the future of the AI PC and what’s next for Microsoft’s hardware
Microsoft’s new Windows chief on the future of the OS, Surface, and those annoying ads
Microsoft’s big bet on building a new type of AI computer
Microsoft Build 2024: everything announced
30:25 - The Verge’s Jen Tuohy and David Pierce discuss the latest updates in the smart home world in a segment called “Does Matter matter yet?”
The Dyson WashG1 is the company’s first dedicated mop
Amazon’s Matter Casting is shaping up so nicely, I want to use it everywhere
Matter 1.3 arrives with new device type and features
Smart lighting company Brilliant is looking for a buyer
Google launches new Home APIs and turns Google TVs into smart home hubs
01:13:20 - David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about AI-powered search engines.
Google is redesigning its search engine — and it's AI all the way down
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on AI-powered search and the future of the web

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1h 26min
May 26, 2024Seeing the real world inside a virtual one
On this episode of The Vergecast, the fourth and final installment of our series on the five senses of video games, we asked Polygon’s Charlie Hall to help us make sense of the current state of the art in flight simulation. Hall, who once spent more than four months in VR mapping the edge of the Milky Way galaxy in Elite: Dangerous, has more experience in a virtual cockpit than most. We wanted to know how the pros set up their simulators to get the most realistic experience and why it’s so complicated to make a virtual world look like the real one.
Further reading:
It’s time to build the cockpit of your dreams
Microsoft Flight Simulator’s most-needed feature is co-op
My first kill as a Star Citizen
If Microsoft Flight Simulator has you craving air combat, try this flight sim next

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38min
May 24, 2024ChatGPT has a Scarlett Johansson problem
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss announcements from Microsoft Build, the OpenAI's trouble with Scarlett Johansson, new Sonos headphones, and more.
Further reading:
Microsoft’s big bet on building a new type of AI computer
Recall is Microsoft’s key to unlocking the future of PCs
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Here’s the eight-inch Snapdragon PC for your Windows on Arm experiments
How does the Microsoft Surface Laptop stack up to the MacBook Air?
Microsoft Build 2024: everything announced
Windows now has AI-powered copy and paste
Microsoft is making File Explorer more powerful with version control and 7z compression
Here’s the eight-inch Snapdragon PC for your Windows on Arm experiments
Microsoft Edge will translate and dub YouTube videos as you’re watching them
Microsoft brings out a small language model that can look at pictures
Microsoft’s new Copilot AI agents act like virtual employees to automate tasks
Microsoft outage took down Copilot, DuckDuckGo, and ChatGPT search features
OpenAI is ‘in conversations’ with Scarlett Johansson over the ChatGPT voice that sounds just like her
OpenAI pulls its Scarlett Johansson-like voice for ChatGPT
Lawyers say OpenAI could be in real trouble with Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson told OpenAI not to use her voice — and she’s not happy they might have anyway
OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT, records show
OpenAI Just Gave Away the Entire Game
OpenAI’s News Corp deal licenses content from WSJ, New York Post, and more
OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts
The US government is trying to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster
The Sonos Ace headphones are here, and they’re damn impressive
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence addresses the company’s divisive app redesign
here’s an electric salt spoon that adds umami flavor
Apple needs to explain that bug that resurfaced deleted photos
Humane is looking for a buyer after the AI Pin’s underwhelming debut

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1h 32min
May 21, 2024Microsoft is in its AI PC era
Today on the flagship podcast of Arm-based chipsets:
03:08 - The Verge’s Tom Warren and David Pierce discuss the announcements from Microsoft’s Surface event, including the new Arm-powered Surface Laptop, and Copilot Plus PCs.
Microsoft’s Surface AI event: news, rumors, and lots of Qualcomm laptops
Microsoft announces an Arm-powered Surface Laptop
Microsoft’s new Surface Pro gets an OLED display for the first time
Microsoft announces Copilot Plus PCs with built-in AI hardware
The new, faster Surface Pro is Microsoft's all-purpose AI PC
Recall is Microsoft’s key to unlocking the future of PCs
27:29 -Verge senior AI reporter Kylie Robison joins the show to chat about OpenAI’s GPT-4o demo and where we’re headed in the next few years of AI.
ChatGPT is getting a Mac app
OpenAI’s custom GPT Store is now open to all for free
OpenAI releases GPT-4o, a faster model that’s free for all ChatGPT users
ChatGPT will be able to talk to you like Scarlett Johansson in Her
OpenAI pulls its Scarlett Johansson-like voice for ChatGPT
OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is officially leaving
OpenAI researcher resigns, claiming safety has taken ‘a backseat to shiny products’
We tried out the Project Astra demo at Google I/O which worked well un... | tech | TikTok
57:40 - Nilay Patel answers a question about iPads for this week’s Vergecast Hotline.
Apple iPad Pro (2024) review: the best tablet money can buy

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1h 11min
May 19, 2024The smells and tastes of a great video game
Today on the flagship podcast of refillable scent cartridges:
Producer Andru Marino tries out a gadget called the Gamescent, an AI-powered scent machine that syncs with your gaming and movie watching experience. He walks David Pierce through the experience and whether integrating olfaction could be the future of gaming.
We also hear from Nimesha Ranasinghe, an assistant professor at the University of Maine working on taste sensations and taste simulation in virtual reality experiences, which can lead to adding another sense into the world of gaming.
Further reading:
A Brief History of Smell-O-Vision
“Scent of Mystery”, the First and Only Use of Smell-O-Vision
The sights, smells, and sprays of ‘Iron Man 3’ in 4DX
The iSmell story
Smell-O-Vision is REAL: Linus Tech Tips
VR pioneer Jaron Lanier on dystopia, empathy, and the future of the internet
The sense of taste in virtual reality
Virtual lemonade sends colour and taste to a glass of water

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36min
May 17, 2024AI assistants are so back
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss announcements from Google I/O and OpenAI's GPT4o event.
Further reading:
Google and OpenAI race to build the feature of search
OpenAI releases GPT-4o, a faster model that’s free for all ChatGPT users
ChatGPT will be able to talk to you like Scarlett Johansson in Her
ChatGPT is getting a Mac app
OpenAI’s custom GPT Store is now open to all for free
OpenAI’s “ChatGPT and GPT-4” Spring Update stream starts in 20 minutes
OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is officially leavingl
Project Astra: the future of AI at Google is fast, multi-modal assistants like Gemini Live
Google’s Gemini AI is getting a chatty new voice mode
Google will let you create personalized AI chatbots
Google’s Gemini can build an entire vacation itinerary ‘in a matter of seconds’
Google’s Circle to Search will help you with your math homework
Google’s Gemini video search makes factual error in demo
We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem
Google I/O 2024: everything announced
Google is redesigning its search engine — and it's AI all the way down
Google now offers ‘web’ search — and an AI opt-out button
Gemini is about to get better at understanding what's on your phone screen
Google is building Gemini Nano AI right into Chrome
Google makes its AI way faster with Gemini Flash
Google’s new LearnLM AI model focuses on education
Android apps will soon let you use your face to control your cursor
Android is getting an AI-powered scam call detection feature
Google targets filmmakers with Veo, its new generative AI video model
Google’s invisible AI watermark will help identify generative text and video
Google Photos is getting its own ‘Ask Photos’ assistant this summer
Blink and you missed it: Google has a new pair of prototype AR glasses
We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem
Google launches new Home APIs and turns Google TVs into smart home hubs

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1h 35min
May 14, 2024The case for the iPad Pro
Today on the flagship podcast of tandem OLEDs:

The Verge’s David Pierce and Chris Welch discuss the new iPad Pros with an OLED screen, Sonos’ controversial new app, and Sonos’ leaked headphones.
Apple iPad Pro (2024) review: the best kind of overkill
The new Apple iPad Air is great — but it's not the one to get
The new Sonos app is missing a lot of features, and people aren’t happy
Sonos Ace headphones will have magnetic ear cushions and 30-hour battery life
The Verge’s Will Poor buys a bunch of broken iPhones on eBay, and pits the Apple Store against independent repair techs.
Jet City Device Repair
iFixit’s iPhone 8 charge port repair guide
Hugh Jeffreys’ iPhone 12 investigation
Apple’s plan to allow used parts in iPhone repairs

David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about why some people think the iPad should be a Macbook replacement.

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1h 13min
May 12, 2024 The rise of the audio-only video game
In episode two of our Five Senses of Gaming miniseries, David Pierce dives into the world of hearing with audio-only video games with Paul Bennun, who has been in this space longer than most. Years ago, Bennun and his team at Somethin’ Else made a series of games called Papa Sangre that were among the most innovative and most popular games of their kind. He explains what makes an audio game work, why the iPhone 4 was such a crucial technological achievement for these games, and more.

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28min
May 10, 2024The beginning and end of the iPad
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple's iPad event, the evolution of the streaming business, updates on the Wisconsin Foxconn site, and much more tech news.
Apple iPad event: all the news from Apple’s ‘Let Loose’ reveal
The 7 biggest announcements from Apple’s iPad event
Here's how the latest iPad Pro compares to the new iPad Air (and prior models)
Apple adds a 13-inch iPad Air to the mix
The iPad Air is now heavier than the iPad Pro
Apple announces new iPad Pros with OLED displays and thinnest design ever
Apple announces its M4 chip
Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro M4: bigger trackpad and a function row
Hands-on with the new iPad Pro: yeah, it's really thin
You can upgrade the iPad Pro’s processor now, too
The new Apple Pencil Pro is harder to lose and better to draw with
Apple puts more ‘Pro’ in Final Cut and Logic Pro for the iPad
Apple quietly kills the old-school iPad and its headphone jack
The new iPads are ditching physical SIM cards
Goodbye to Apple’s Smart Keyboard Folio, the best iPad Pro accessory
People sure are pressed about Apple’s crushing iPad commercial
A Disney, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle is on the way
The streaming business will look “very different” in the next couple of years.
Max nears 100 million subscribers globally.
Max price hike incoming.
Disney’s streaming business gets closer to becoming profitable
ESPN is coming to the Disney Plus app
Sony is now in play to buy Paramount.
The Office is getting a Peacock spinoff about local newspapers
The new Sonos app is missing a lot of features, and people aren’t happy
Inside Microsoft’s Xbox turmoil
Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio
Epic v. Apple judge seems displeased over style restrictions on iOS buttons
The new Sonos app is missing a lot of features, and people aren’t happy
President Joe Biden to announce AI data center at failed Foxconn site in Wisconsin
TikTok sues the US government over ban
The Google Pixel 8A is a midrange phone that might go the distance
Google’s Pixel Tablet relaunch at $399 makes its magnetic dock optional

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1h 31min

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