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June 14, 2024Apple and OpenAI make a deal
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss takeaways from WWDC, this week's gadget news, and Elon Musk dropping his lawsuit against OpenAI.
Further reading:
Apple and OpenAI aren’t paying each other yet, says Bloomberg
MKBHD interviewed Tim Cook.
Tim Cook is ‘not 100 percent’ sure Apple can stop AI hallucinations
Can Apple Intelligence fix the iPhone’s broken notifications system?
The AI upgrade cycle is here
Here’s how Apple’s AI model tries to keep your data private
The best small updates Apple didn’t mention at WWDC
Apple IDs are becoming Apple Accounts
Apple skipped over the best visionOS 2 updates
iOS 18 will let you record calls — and tells everyone for their privacy
SharePlay is coming to Apple TV, HomePods, and Bluetooth speakers
Finally, offline maps with turn-by-turn guidance.
The new versions of iOS and macOS will let you rotate your Wi-Fi address to help reduce tracking.
Xbox boss: ‘I think we should have a handheld, too’
Microsoft announces a discless Xbox Series X console in white
Xbox chief confirms more games are coming to other platforms
Jabra’s earbuds are going away, but the impact they made isn’t
The best thing about Jabra’s new earbuds is the case
The Light Phone 3 adds a better screen, a camera, and new ways to replace your smartphone
The Windows on Arm chip race heats up with a challenger to Qualcomm
Did startup Flow Computing just make CPUs 100x faster? Here’s the white paper and FAQs
Google is putting more Android in ChromeOS
Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI
Elon Musk has unusual relationships with women at SpaceX, WSJ reports
Sony buys Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Pew: A growing number of Americans are getting their news from TikTok

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1 hr 38 min
June 11, 2024Apple Intelligence, iPhones, and the rest of WWDC 2024
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, Allison Johnson, and David Pierce discuss all the announcements from Apple's WWDC event.
Further reading:
Apple WWDC 2024: the 13 biggest announcements
Apple Intelligence: every new AI feature coming to the iPhone and Mac
Apple is giving Siri an AI upgrade in iOS 18
Apple announces iOS 18 with new AI features and more customizable homescreen
Apple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024
Apple’s AI can make custom emoji and images
iOS 18 introduces satellite capabilities to its iMessage app
Apple announces iPadOS 18 with a built-in calculator and customizable homescreen
Apple made an iPad calculator app after 14 years
The iPhone’s new Game Mode makes it faster and more responsive
Apple announces watchOS 11 with new training features and Live Activitie
Apple announces macOS Sequoia at WWDC 2024
Apple’s standalone Passwords app syncs across iOS, iPad, Mac, and Windows
Apple’s AirPods are being upgraded with powerful accessibility features
Apple’s InSight feature for Apple TV Plus will tell you who that actor is
Apple teases new seasons of Severance and Silo
Apple announces visionOS 2 with 3D photo transformations and an ultrawide Mac display
Apple is finally launching the Vision Pro outside the US
Canon made a special lens for the Apple Vision Pro’s spatial videos

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1 hr 55 min
June 07, 2024Apple’s AI moment is coming
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss what they expect to see next week at Apple's WWDC, or "dub dub" as it's more affectionately known. But first, we take you through all the gadgets previewed at Computex.
Further reading:
This is Lunar Lake — Intel’s utterly overhauled AI laptop chip that ditches memory sticks
Humane is reportedly trying to sell itself to HP for $1 billion
Humane, the startup behind the AI Pin, in talks with HP, telecoms to sell
Humane warns AI Pin owners to ‘immediately’ stop using its charging case
Even the Raspberry Pi is getting in on AI
Apple put a Thread smart home radio into its newest Macs and iPads
Apple just corrected the M2 iPad Air’s core count
Samsung leak reveals a cheaper Galaxy Watch
Meta is fixing three of the biggest Quest 3 annoyances with v66 update
Nothing’s Phone 3 will be all about AI apps
The Asus ROG Ally X is official — and I took a peek inside
Palmer Luckey is now selling pixel-perfect ultrabright magnesium Game Boys for $199
iOS 18 (and AI) will give Siri much more control over your apps
Apple’s non-AI WWDC plans include Settings and Control Center revamps
Apple might bring AI transcription to Voice Memos and Notes
Apple’s WWDC may include AI-generated emoji and an OpenAI partnership
Apple’s WWDC 2024 is set for June 10th
Think inside the box
Max raises prices across its ad-free plans
We tested Aptoide, the first free iPhone app store alternative
Google acquires Cameyo to integrate Windows app virtualization into ChromeOS

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1 hr 21 min
June 04, 2024Sonos' headphones are extremely Sonos
Today on the flagship podcast of audio over Wi-Fi:
03:02 - The Verge’s Chris Welch shares his review of Sonos's Ace headphones.
Sonos Ace review: was it worth it?
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence addresses the company’s divisive app redesign
28:58 - MoviePass, MovieCrash director Muta’Ali and MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes discuss what went wrong with the MoviePass subscription service and how that story was documented in the film.
MoviePass, MovieCrash review: a damning account of corporate greed
MoviePass is using you to ruin the movies
56:47 - Jennifer Pattison Tuohy answers a question from The Vergecast Hotline about smart home gadgets for renters.
Home Assistant: Setting up the Aqara FP2 Presence Sensor - Derek Seaman's Tech Blog
Yale launches its first retrofit smart lock — the Yale Approach with Wi-Fi
The new Yale Keypad Touch brings fingerprint unlocking to August smart locks
Aqara kick-starts its first Matter-over-Thread smart lock with a promise of Home Key support
The new Yale Keypad Touch brings fingerprint unlocking to August smart locks

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1 hr 8 min
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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1 hr 33 min
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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1 hr 26 min
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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38 min
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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1 hr 32 min
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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1 hr 11 min
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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36 min

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