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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April 12, 2023 The best streaming services in 2023
What are the best streaming services in 2023? Nilay, Alex, and David decide in the most chaotic way possible: with draft-style picks. The crew debates the best roster for the future of entertainment — from Netflix to Hulu to HBO Max to a few surprises. Who is the MVP, and who gets snubbed? Find out in our inaugural Vergecast streaming draft.
Read more: theverge.com/streaming-wars
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April 07, 2023Twitter blue check chaos and CarPlay squabbles
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the end of Twitter and the future of infotainment.
Links:
The color quiz
Twitter tried to hide who pays for their checkmark, but life finds a way.
https://twitter.com/AlexBlechman/status/1641905502043926530
Substack is getting a Twitter-like ‘Notes’ feed
Elon Musk’s obsession with blue checks is a verified problem
Twitter yanks the New York Times’ checkmark in verification overhaul
Today in Twitter: where are the retweet labels, and why did Doge replace the bird?
Spotify shuts down its Clubhouse competitor
Spotify shows how the live audio boom has gone bust
Everybody hates GM’s decision to kill Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its EVs
The rest of the auto industry still loves CarPlay and Android Auto
GM is cutting off access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its future EVs
Could a new PlayStation handheld be built for Remote Play? I like the idea
Asus ROG Ally handheld gaming PC is no April Fools’ joke
Walmart’s redesigned website looks better than Amazon
Donald Trump was arrested, please like and subscribe
The Home Assistant SkyConnect is a combination Zigbee and Thread dongle for better smart home control

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1h 25min
April 05, 2023How to use Microsoft’s AI Copilot, laptop microphones, and Amazon Sidewalk
Today on the flagship podcast of peer-to-peer wireless networking:
02:31 - David Pierce talks with smart home reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy about Amazon’s network of smart home devices called Sidewalk and the state of Matter, the promised smart home standard.
Amazon just opened up its Sidewalk network for anyone to build connected gadgets on

32:16- Monica Chin brings six laptops to Times Square in New York City to test out the microphones.
48:47 - Tom Warren joins the show to explain how AI is being integrated into Microsoft’s products, which may be more promising than Bing’s chatbot.
Microsoft’s new Copilot will change Office documents forever
Microsoft Security Copilot is a new GPT-4 AI assistant for cybersecurity

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1h 17min
March 31, 2023The swaggy AI Pope and Apple headset rumors
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss AI image generators getting better, Apple WWDC 2023 rumors, and the other big stories in tech this week.
Further reading:
The swagged-out pope is an AI fake — and an early glimpse of a new reality
Another hurdle for AI image generators: unicycles
It’s so hard to be worried about AI when the shit is so funny.
AI-generated video is still in its “demonic phase.”
Elon Musk and top AI researchers call for pause on ‘giant AI experiments’
UK rejects idea of dedicated AI regulator.
The US government is gearing up for an AI antitrust fight
FTC should stop OpenAI from launching new GPT models, says AI policy group
Apple’s WWDC 2023 kicks off on June 5th
Apple staff reportedly express doubts about mixed-reality headset months ahead of launch
Apple Pay Later is finally launching
The ugly economics behind Apple’s new Pay Later system
Apple Music Classical is now available from the App Store
Disney just laid off the guy it bought Marvel from... but that’s probably a good thing
Elon Musk is now the most-followed person on Twitter
Twitter is secretly boosting Elon Musk, Dril, and MrBeast for some reason
Google’s ADT partnership finally has a new home security product to show for it
Sony’s new ZV-E1 camera is designed to help your vlogs suck less
The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet
Can Mastodon seize the moment from Twitter?

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1h 29min
March 29, 2023The best laptops for school, tablets for reading, and routers for home
The Verge answers questions from The Vergecast Hotline.
We hear from David Pierce on balancing privacy and modern conveniences for digital journaling, Alex Cranz on tablets for reading, Dan Seifert and Allison Johnson on tech reviews at The Verge, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy on smart home routers and doorbells, and Monica Chin on laptops for college.
Further reading:
My impossible search for the best, most powerful, most private journaling app ever
The best iPad to buy in 2023
Ethics Statement - The Verge
Nest Wifi Pro review: better, faster, shinier
Eero Pro 6E review: faster Wi-Fi but flakier performance
Aqara Video Doorbell G4 review: this battery-powered buzzer needs to go back to basics
The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym and cable subscriptions
Best laptop 2023: 15 best laptops you can buy

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1h 9min
March 24, 2023TikTok goes to Washington
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce are joined by policy reporter Makena Kelly, who is on the ground in Washington for the House Energy and Commerce Committee's hearing on TikTok. Later, we dive into all the other news from this week, from Google's release of Bard to OpenAI's rapid expansion of ChatGPT. It was a big week.
Further reading:
TikTok ban hearing: all the news on the US’s crackdown on the video platform
TikTok bans deepfakes of nonpublic figures and fake endorsements in rule refresh
Google opens early access to its ChatGPT rival Bard — here are our first impressions
Google says its Bard chatbot isn't a search engine — so what is it?
Testing Google Bard: the chatbot doesn’t love me, but it’s still pretty weird
Google and Microsoft’s chatbots are already citing one another in a misinformation shitshow
Sundar Pichai expects that ‘things will go wrong’ with Bard
Can AI generate a way to pay for itself?
GitHub Copilot gets a new ChatGPT-like assistant to help developers write and fix code
Mozilla.ai is a new startup created to build more open and trustworthy AI
OpenAI is massively expanding ChatGPT’s capabilities to let it browse the web and more

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1h 25min
March 22, 2023How to buy an iPad, hike 2,600 miles, and watch free TV
Today on the flagship podcast of over-the-air interactive television:
David Pierce is joined by Alex Cranz and Janko Roettgers to talk about ATSC 3.0, the new standard for over-the-air broadcasting.
The future of TV is up in the air

Mitchell Clark joins the show to discuss his next endeavor.
Mitchell's gear list

Dan Seifert explains which iPad you should buy and how to make the iPad work better for writing by hand.
The best iPad to buy in 2023
Yes, paper-feel screen protectors for the iPad are good
This Apple Pencil clone provides 80 percent of the experience for a quarter of the price

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1h 21min
March 20, 2023 Solo Acts: Marco Arment and his podcast app Overcast
For the final episode of our Solo Acts mini series, Ashley Esqueda talks with Marco Arment about being a solo app developer, going from Tumblr to Instapaper to his own podcast app Overcast.

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34min
March 17, 2023GPT-4 is coming for your work tools — and your job
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, David Pierce, and James Vincent discuss OpenAI announcing GPT-4, the next generation of its AI language model.
Further reading:
The night sky is always getting faked
Samsung responds to fake Moon controversy
Samsung’s fake Moon photos aren’t a giant leap for mobile photography
OpenAI announces GPT-4 — the next generation of its AI language model
The Bing AI bot has been secretly running GPT-4
OpenAI co-founder on company’s past approach to openly sharing research: ‘We were wrong’
What’s new with GPT-4 — from processing pictures to acing tests
Microsoft Business Chat is like the Bing AI bot but as a personal assistant
Microsoft spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a ChatGPT supercomputer
Google announces AI features in Gmail, Docs, and more to rival Microsoft
Google opens up its AI language model PaLM to challenge OpenAI and GPT-3
Google-backed Anthropic launches Claude, an AI chatbot that’s easier to talk to
How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Lost the A.I. Race
The BlackBerry trailer shows the rise and fall of the keyboard phone
Biden administration reportedly demanding that TikTok sell or face a ban
T-Mobile is buying Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile for up to $1.35 billion
Belkin’s smart home brand Wemo is backing away from Matter

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1h 35min
March 15, 2023Samsung's fake moon photos and Silicon Valley Bank's collapse
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Samsung faking photos of the moon on its phones, what happened with Silicon Valley Bank, and hottest topic of the season: ChatGPT and AI.
This episode was recorded live at SXSW 2023.
Further reading:
Samsung caught faking zoom photos of the Moon
Silicon Valley Bank has failed
The tech industry moved fast and broke its most prestigious bank
Bing, Bard, and ChatGPT: AI chatbots are rewriting the internet

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50min

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