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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December 15, 2023Epic wins for Epic and Threads
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple responding to Beeper's iMessage for Android and the various other text-based platform news from this week.
Sean Hollister joins the show to discuss his time covering the Epic v Google trial, and what we learned from it all.
Further reading:
The year Twitter died: a special series from The Verge
Beeper vs. iMessage is a fight about how tech works — and who's really in charge
Apple responds to Beeper’s iMessage for Android: ‘We took steps to protect our users’
Beeper says Apple is blocking some iMessages, but there’s a fix
Google Messages might let you edit texts after they’re sent
Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration
Threads launches for nearly half a billion more users in Europe
Adam Mosseri’s Threads account is rocketing up the Mastodon followed lists.
An X outage broke all outgoing links, again
Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney: the post-trial interview
20 things we learned from the Epic v. Google trial
The Apple TV app now looks more like an all-purpose streaming hub
E3 is officially over forever
Opera’s gamer browser now has a ‘panic button’ for when you’re caught in the act

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1h 42min
December 13, 2023Saying goodbye to Twitter
Today on the flagship podcast of good tweets:
03:40 - The Verge’s William Poor goes on a vintage tech odyssey in the hopes of future-proofing his family’s heirloom Mac Classic.
28:35 - David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Nilay Patel discuss why they spent so much time on Twitter for so many years.
The year Twitter died: a special series from The Verge
How Twitter broke the news
Extremely softcore: the old Twitter was an idealist’s workplace and a naive business
The great tweet archive
Twitter was a harassment machine
It’s time for the Excel World Championships!

1:05:40 - David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about organizing your digital photos.

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1h 13min
December 08, 2023The race to win AI — and hack iMessage
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Dan Seifert discuss Google Gemini's attempt to compete with ChatGPT, Beeper Mini bringing iMessage to Android, and shakeups in the podcast industry, and much more.
Further reading:
“Welcome to hell, Elon” has now been cited in a Supreme Court brief.
Google launches Gemini, the AI model it hopes will take down GPT-4
Google’s Gemini AI model now powers the Bard chatbot
Google’s Gemini AI model is coming to the Pixel 8 Pro — and eventually to Android
Apple joins AI fray with release of model framework
Bing’s GPT-4-powered Deep Search takes its time with AI questions
Getty lawsuit against Stability AI to go to trial in the UK
Beeper Mini brings iMessage to Android
EU officials think iMessage isn’t ‘popular enough’ with businesses to warrant regulation.
Spotify cancels industry-favorite podcast Heavyweight
Spotify’s not going for Pulitzers anymore
Spotify’s CFO and general counsel sold millions of dollars worth of stock the day after the layoff.
Tidal is laying off more than 10 percent of its staff.
Seems like Apple’s iTunes Movies and TV Shows apps for Apple TV really are going away.
Here’s how a bridal photo captured a single person in three poses at once
Federal judge vows to investigate Google for intentionally destroying chats
Microsoft is investigating a Windows issue that’s renaming printers to HP LaserJet
Motorola Razr 2023 review: not enough of a good thing
Disney Plus and Hulu’s one-app experience is launching in beta
The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill

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1h 24min
December 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.

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December 01, 2023The 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 the Tesla Cybertruck
Tesla Cybertruck delivery event: Elon Musk hands over the first trucks to customers
Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’
Sam Altman is back, so what’s next for OpenAI and ChatGPT?
Interview: Sam Altman on being fired and rehired by OpenAI
ChatGPT is winning the future — but what future is that?
Ikea debuts a trio of affordable smart home sensors
DealBook Summit 2023: Elon Musk, Bob Iger, and more
How to find your 2023 Spotify Wrapped

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1h 23min
November 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 - Netflix's Pat Flemming joins the show to discuss how Netflix figures out what to show when you open the app, and how to keep you coming back.
1:20:29 -The Verge's publisher Helen Havlak and editor-in-chief Nilay Patel join the show to answer this week's hotline question.

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1h 38min
November 20, 2023Emergency 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 ChatGPT?
Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI
OpenAI’s new CEO is Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear
OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
Emmett Shear named new CEO of OpenAI by board
Hundreds of OpenAI employees threaten to resign and join Microsoft
Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
How ChatGPT Fractured OpenAI - The Atlantic

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1h 10min
November 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 what they signal for the future of gaming.

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1h 17min
November 17, 2023Apple’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 support RCS in 2024
Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage
Meta will fight the EU over regulating Messenger
Microsoft Ignite 2023: all the AI news from Microsoft’s IT pro event
Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT
Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs
Microsoft Copilot Studio lets anyone build custom AI copilots
Microsoft is finally making custom chips — and they’re all about AI
YouTube is going to start cracking down on AI clones of musicians
Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music
Nothing is bringing iMessage to its Android phone
On 'Chinese knockoffs' and why Leica works with Xiaomi
Taylor Swift fans used record amounts of data during the Eras Tour in North America
PlayStation Portal impressions: hands-on with Sony’s remote play handheld for PS5
Opal's second camera is the Tadpole, a tiny webcam for laptops
The first OLED Roku TV is here after a long, long wait
Sonos teases a major new product coming next year
Sonos fixes its Dolby Atmos loud pop issue after years of complaints
Taylor Swift fans used record amounts of data during the Eras Tour in North America

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1h 23min
November 15, 2023Spotify 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 to do it all well.
Spotify - The Verge

44:08 - Alex Cranz joins the show to discuss a bunch of recent streaming news, including the plan to combine Disney Plus and Hulu.
Streaming - The Verge

1:10:28 - Chris Welch joins the show to help answer this week’s Vergecast Hotline question about mp3 players.
The Mighty — an iPod shuffle for Spotify — finally arrives for $85
bemighty.com

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1h 18min

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