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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March 03, 2024How smart is the smart kitchen, really?
The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy has as smart a kitchen as any reasonable person possibly could; she has smart appliances, a smart sink, a smart fridge, and more voice assistants than anyone could ever talk to. And for a few days, she tried to let her kitchen do the work: telling her what to cook, getting everything set up just right, and even taking some of the cooking and cleaning load off her shoulders. Jen kept a diary during her adventures, and then joined The Vergecast to tell the tale. The fun, frustrating, exciting, harrowing tale.
Links:
The Thermomix
The Samsung Food app
The Fresco app
The GE Profile Smart Smoker
The Smart Instapot Pro
The Traeger Smart Wood Pellet Grill
The Typhur Smart Air Fryer
Tovala Smart Countertop Oven
My favorite smart oven is toast

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49min
March 01, 2024The Apple Car crash
The Verge's Nilay Patel and David Pierce talk through the weird and winding history of Apple's "secret" car project now that it's officially dead. And later, senior policy reporter Lauren Feiner makes her Vergecast debut to catch us up on the arguments made this week in the Supreme Court about online speech and the First Amendment.

Further reading:
Apple’s electric car project is dead
RIP to the Apple Car, we hardly knew ye
Behind Apple’s Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns
Supreme Court hears arguments on the future of online speech: all the news
The Supreme Court is about to decide the future of online speech
Why Uber and Etsy came up so much in the Supreme Court’s social media arguments
Google CEO says Gemini AI diversity errors are 'completely unacceptable'
TikTok is removing even more songs as music rights battle drags on
The Humane AI Pin worked better than I expected — until it didn’t
Ford offers EV owners free Tesla Supercharger adapters until July
Attention English majors: now you can add handwritten notes to Google Docs

The Vergecast and Decoder are live at SXSW this weekend, March 8th and 9th. SXSW attendees can see both shows live on the official Vox Media Podcast Stage at the JW Marriott, presented by Atlassian. Learn more at voxmedia.com/live.

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1h 32min
February 27, 2024Tales of a shopping influencer
Today on the flagship podcast of the economic theory of Dave and Busters:
02:50 - The Verge’s Mia Sato shares her experience on a new shopping app called Flip, which is filled with only videos that earn affiliate revenue.
Where everyone’s an influencer and everything’s for sale

35:34 - The Verge’s Vjeran Pavic and Becca Farsace chat with David Piece about the new Fuji X100VI, and why this line of cameras was a sensation on social media.
Fujifilm announces the X100VI, its follow-up to a TikTok sensation
The internet's NEW favorite camera? (Fuji X100VI)
Fujifilm X100T review

57:44 - Verge producer Will Poor answers a follow-up question about the right to repair legislation in this week’s Vergecast Hotline.

The Vergecast and Decoder are live at SXSW this weekend, March 8th and 9th. SXSW attendees can see both shows live on the official Vox Media Podcast Stage at the JW Marriott, presented by Atlassian. Learn more at voxmedia.com/live.

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1h 6min
February 25, 2024The smart kitchen is a great idea — and a strange reality
Over the next two Sundays on The Vergecast, The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison-Tuohy and David Pierce dig into the dream smart kitchen, the less-than-dreamy reality of the situation, and what it might take to make cooking, cleaning, meal-prepping, and eating more efficient and more fun.
On this episode, Jen takes us on a tour of her own smart(ish) kitchen, and explains why the kitchen often feels left behind in the overall smart home race. Then, Jen and David are joined by Ben Harris, the CEO of Fresco; and Nick Holzherr, the co-founder of Samsung Food. They tell us about the opportunities and challenges in reinventing the way we cook and eat, and explain why the AI revolution might usher in huge change.
Further reading:
This smart oven solved my work-from-home lunchtime conundrum
2023 in the smart home: Matter’s broken promises
How the smart home is finally getting out of your phone and into your home
Appliance makers are teaming up to reduce your electricity usage — and save you cash
This smart mixer did not make me a better baker
Can Samsung Food usher in a new era for the smart kitchen?

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58min
February 23, 2024The AIs are officially out of control
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss ChatGPT and Gemini updates, Walmart acquiring Vizio, Apple's Sports app, and more.

Further reading:
Google cut a deal with Reddit for AI training data
Google apologizes for ‘missing the mark’ after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis
Google’s open-source Gemma AI models draw from the research behind Gemini
ChatGPT spat out gibberish for many users overnight before OpenAI fixed it
One month with Microsoft’s AI vision of the future: Copilot Pro
Gemini, Gemma, Goose.
OpenAI can’t register ‘GPT’ as a trademark — yet
Artificial investment
Walmart to acquire Vizio in $2.3 billion deal
Echo Hub review: a simple, customizable smart home control panel
Samsung details a host of audio upgrades coming to its phones, tablets, and TVs
Apple says the iPhone 15’s battery got better — but won’t say how
Rice is not included in Apple’s official guidance for a wet phone
One of the last small-ish Android phones looks like it's going the way of the iPhone Mini
OnePlus is getting back into the smartwatch game
The Garmin Forerunner 165 could be a great budget running watch
Sony’s PlayStation Portal hacked to run emulated PSP games
Framework is selling a cheap modular laptop
Wyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers briefly see into other people’s homes
Apple launches Apple Sports app with scores and betting odds
Apple is already defending iMessage against tomorrow’s quantum computing attacks
IBM quantum computing updates: System Two and Heron
Microsoft and Intel strike a custom chip manufacturing deal
Rivian says it is laying off 10 percent of its workforce as EV woes deepen
Ford slashes Mustang Mach-E prices again as EV price war enters its second year

The Vergecast and Decoder are live at SXSW this weekend, March 8th and 9th. SXSW attendees can see both shows live on the official Vox Media Podcast Stage at the JW Marriott, presented by Atlassian. Learn more at voxmedia.com/live.

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1h 26min
February 20, 2024The right to repair – and play games anywhere
Today on the flagship podcast of sneaky gaming strategies:
03:45 - Verge producer Will Poor reports on a right-to-repair bill in Oregon and what's next in the right-to-repair movement.
The right-to-repair movement is just getting started
Status of Right to Repair legislation state by state, via repair.org
iFixit explains parts pairing
Jessa Jones’ iPad Rehab
Apple Is Lobbying Against Right to Repair Six Months After Supporting Right to Repair
The current draft of Oregon’s Right to Repair bill
33:13 - Tom Warren breaks down the news from Microsoft’s gaming chief about Xbox games coming to PS5 and next-gen hardware.
Microsoft’s gaming chief on Xbox games coming to PS5, next-gen hardware, and more

1:00:49 - David Pierce and Alex Cranz answer a question from The Vergecast Hotline about the crackdown on password sharing for streaming services.
Netflix might ruin password sharing for everyone
Disney Plus is finally cracking down on password sharing in the US
Hulu is cracking down on password sharing, just like Disney Plus and Netflix

The Vergecast and Decoder are live at SXSW this weekend, March 8th and 9th. SXSW attendees can see both shows live on the official Vox Media Podcast Stage at the JW Marriott, presented by Atlassian. Learn more at voxmedia.com/live.
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1h 11min
February 16, 2024The shine comes off the Vision Pro
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Apple fans starting to return the Vision Pro, Xbox exclusive games, Super Bowl streaming troubles, and more.
Further reading:
Apple fans are starting to return their Vision Pros
Zuckerberg says Quest 3 is ‘the better product’ vs. Apple’s Vision Pro
Meta’s big vision for face computers might be better than Apple’s
Microsoft’s gaming chief on Xbox games coming to PS5, next-gen hardware, and more
Microsoft prepares to take Xbox everywhere
Gemini Advanced is most impressive when it’s working with Google
Gemini 1.5: Google’s next-gen AI model is almost ready
Google’s Gemini assistant is fantastic and frustrating
OpenAI introduces Sora, its text-to-video AI model
ChatGPT’s memory gives OpenAI’s chatbot new information about you
Can watermarks save us from deepfakes?
Automating ableism
The text file that runs the internet
Apple won’t be forced to open up iMessage by EU
FCC commissioner wants to investigate Apple over Beeper Mini shutdown
Apple appears to be breaking iPhone web apps in the EU
Walmart might buy Vizio to win the fight over cheap TVs
AI at Work

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1h 45min
February 13, 2024Passkeys might really kill passwords
Today on the flagship podcast of video podcasts:
02:52 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with 1Password's Anna Pobletts about good password hygiene, passkeys, and the upsides of a third-party password manager.
Passkeys: all the news and updates around passwordless sign-on support
Biometrics? Bring it on: why Okta’s Jameeka Green Aaron wants passwords to go away
How to use a passkey to sign in to your Google account
1Password’s passkeys explainer
31:56 - Victoria Song joins the show to discuss the state of wearables and why this may be the year for the smart ring.
Fossil is quitting smartwatches
This might be the year of the smart ring
The best smartwatches for Android
The best fitness trackers to buy right now
58:46 -Later, David answers a question from The Vergecast Hotline.
Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not
Here’s how much the Vision Pro’s accessories cost

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1h 7min
February 09, 2024Disney’s big bets on sports, streaming, and Fortnite
The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Adi Robertson discuss sports streaming, Apple Vision Pro updates, Bluesky removing its invite system, and more.
Further reading:
ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. are putting together a juggernaut sports streaming app
Disney Plus will start its password-sharing crackdown this summer
Disney invests $1.5 billion in Epic to create ‘persistent universe’ tied to Fortnite
Apple TV+ Became HBO Before HBO Could Become Netflix
@lucas_shaw • All these articles should be required to note that nobody watches Apple TV+. • Threads
A new Vision Pro teardown shows Apple’s incredible pixel density
Apple’s first Vision Pro beta lets you bring virtual items closer
Apple’s Vision Pro launch day photo drop captures eager customers.
The Vision Pro’s killer app: Cybertruck clout-chasing accessory
YouTube says a Vision Pro app is ‘on the roadmap’
Vision Pro’s Personas look a little crisper after latest beta update.
It’s been 10 hours.
Bluesky social network drops invite-only sign ups
The fediverse, explained: Mastodon, Threads, and the open future of social networking
X hits number one on the Apple App Store amid second celebrity image scandal
The FCC bans robocalls with AI-generated voices
Ford quietly created its own ‘skunkworks’ team to develop low-cost electric vehicles
Apple is still working on foldable iPhones and iPads

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1h 19min
February 06, 2024How AI will change phones — and the whole internet
Today on the flagship podcast of anti-glare coatings:
03:58 - Josh Miller, CEO The Browser Company, joins the show to chat about the Arc Search mobile browser.
Arc Search: a new iPhone app combining browser, search, and AI
The Arc browser is the Chrome replacement I've been waiting for
48:34 - Allison Johnson shares her review of the flagship Samsung Galaxy S24 phones.
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra review: all that and AI
Samsung Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus review: smart choices
1:18:54- David Pierce answers a question from The Vergecast Hotline about the Apple Vision Pro.
Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not
Meta’s Quest headsets add spatial video and pinch controls to compete with Vision Pr

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1h 21min

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