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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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1 hr 38 min
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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1 hr 10 min
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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1 hr 17 min
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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1 hr 23 min
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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1 hr 18 min
November 13, 2023 The fight to save old games
In episode two of our gaming mini series, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Polygon's Russ Frushtick and Chris Plante about the obstacles around both preserving and emulating video games from discontinued hardware.

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1 hr 12 min
November 10, 2023Humane Pins and your own ChatGPT
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss the debut of Humane's AI Pin, OpenAI's DevDay, GPT-4 updates, and more.
Further reading:
Exclusive leak: all the details about Humane's AI Pin, which costs $699 and has OpenAI integration
Humane officially launches the AI Pin, its OpenAI-powered wearable
All the news from OpenAI’s DevDay conference
OpenAI is letting anyone create their own version of ChatGPT
OpenAI wants to be the App Store of AI
ChatGPT subscribers may get a ‘GPT builder’ option soon
OpenAI turbocharges GPT-4 and makes it cheaper
OpenAI’s GPT builder interface is dead simple to use.
Valve reveals the Steam Deck OLED: $549 buys better screen, battery, and more
Steam Deck OLED review: better, not faster
This smart garage door controller is no longer very smart
YouTube pages are getting a TikTok-like For You feed

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1 hr 48 min
November 08, 2023The tech trials keep coming
Today on the flagship podcast of anti-steering provisions:
02:57 - The Verge's David Pierce and Makena Kelly discuss Epic v. Google, a trial about the future of app stores.
The Epic v. Google trial may come down to simple v. complicated
Epic v. Google: a battle over Fortnite fees goes to court
28:49 - Liz Lopatto joins the show to detail her experience covering the Sam Bankman-Fried trial from start to finish.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is guilty of fraud
Sam Bankman-Fried gambled on a trial and his parents lost
58:27 - Richard Lawler helps answer this week's Vergecast Hotline question.
Disney’s new vision for ESPN might include part ownership by the NBA, NFL
Disney finally revealed how many billions ESPN pulls in.

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1 hr 9 min
November 06, 2023 Handheld gaming is the future — again
In the first episode of our series about the future of gaming, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Polygon's Chris Plante and Russ Frushtick about handheld game consoles. Is this portable, all-in-one form factor where all of gaming is headed?

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55 min
November 03, 2023Apple events, SEO, and other fights
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the takeaways from Apple's Mac event, the problem with SEO on the internet, streaming news, and much more.
Further reading:
Apple ‘Scary Fast’ Mac launch event: the 4 biggest announcements
Goodbye, Touch Bar, you held incredible promise
Here’s what Apple means when it says its event was ‘shot on iPhone’
Amanda Chicago Lewis’ excellent piece about the web SEO built
Some thoughts about The Verge article on SEO
Sundar Pichai argues in court that Google isn’t evil, it’s just a business
Disney is about to own all of Hulu
Joe Rogan’s big Spotify decision
HBO Bosses Used ‘Secret’ Fake Accounts to Troll TV Critics
Max is taking 4K away from its legacy ad-free subscribers
Netflix’s ad-supported plan will reward binge watchers with ad-free episodes
Streaming is more expensive than ever — and it’s only going up from here
YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers
There's a surprising new top-five player in the smartphone market
Excuse me, it’s “really an aftermarket sound solution.”
The best robot vacuum for me is the one I hacked
Chrome on iOS now lets you move the address bar to the bottom
Google is officially trying to make .ing domains a th.ing
The EV transition trips over its own cord
Closing time for Sam Bankman-Fried
What stalking a delivery robot taught us about AI’s limits

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1 hr 24 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…