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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January 22, 2021Galaxy S21 Ultra review / Apple redesign rumors / Paramount Plus and 2021's streaming services
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Julia Alexander, and Chaim Gartenberg discuss the Verge review of Samsung's Galaxy S21 Ultra, the numerous rumors about Apple's future products, and ViacomCBS's new rebranded streaming service.
Further reading:
Amazon offers to help Biden administration with vaccinations
CES showed off the COVID-19 mask gimmick arms race
Joe Biden halts US withdrawal from World Health Organization
Biden appoints Jessica Rosenworcel as acting FCC chair
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on staying connected during a pandemic
The US will rejoin the Paris climate agreement, but that was the easy part
Joe Biden cancels Keystone XL permit
President Biden to use Defense Production Act for masks, vaccines
WhiteHouse.gov now has dark mode
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: The Real Deal
Apple’s VR and AR headsets detailed in new report
Apple is reportedly prototyping foldable iPhone screens
Apple reportedly planning big iMac redesign and half-sized Mac Pro
2021 MacBook Pro will ditch the Touch Bar and bring back MagSafe, say reports
Netflix had a record year in 2020, thanks in part to the pandemic
Paramount Plus, ViacomCBS’s new rebranded version of CBS All Access, launches on March 4th
Netflix had a record year in 2020, thanks in part to the pandemic
A visit from the Zune squad

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1h 17min
January 15, 2021CES 2021 / Samsung’s S21 lineup and Galaxy Buds Pro
The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Monica Chin, and Chris Welch dive into all of the important announcements from both inside and outside of CES — including Samsung’s new flagship S21 smartphone line, the many new TVs with HDMI 2.1, Mini LED, webOS, and the next laptops with new chips from Intel and AMD.
Further reading:
Samsung Galaxy S21, S21 Plus, and S21 Ultra first look: polished design (and prices)
Samsung’s Galaxy S21 phones come with plenty of features — but not a charger
Samsung’s Galaxy S21 phones don’t include microSD card support
You’ll never believe it, Samsung made a black phone
Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro review
Samsung’s 2021 TVs have dramatically better picture, thanks to Mini LED
Samsung made a solar-charging Eco Remote for its latest TVs
LG’s 2021 TV lineup includes its brightest OLED ever
LG is overhauling its webOS TV software — and maybe ruining it
LG Display announces its smallest OLED TV panel yet
Sony announces 2021 TV lineup with 4K gaming at 120Hz and improved picture
Sony promises streaming quality nearly as good as 4K Blu-ray on Bravia Core movie service
Intel’s latest 11th Gen H-series chips promise the fastest ultraportable gaming laptops yet
Intel’s 12th Gen chips look to challenge Arm and Apple’s M1 CPUs later this year
Intel has to be better than ‘lifestyle company’ Apple at making CPUs, says new CEO
AMD’s 7nm Ryzen 5000 mobile processors promise 2021’s best gaming notebooks
AMD says RDNA 2 GPU-powered laptops will arrive in the first half of 2021
Nvidia announces $329 GeForce RTX 3060, available in February
Nvidia is bringing its RTX 3080 to laptops on January 26th
Asus ROG’s 2021 lineup includes its first convertible gaming laptop (ish)
Asus updates Zephyrus G14 and G15 with latest AMD and Nvidia chips
Asus’ 2021 laptop line includes two new dual-screen ZenBooks
MSI’s new GE76 Raider Dragon Edition Tiamat is a tribute to an ancient goddess
Lenovo’s new Legion gaming laptops go all in on AMD’s latest Ryzen chips
Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 hands-on: a new direction
Acer’s new Predator Triton 300 SE is an ultrapowerful, ultralight gaming laptop
MSI’s new Creator 15 comes with RTX 3000 graphics
Razer has created a concept N95 mask with RGB and voice projection
LG teases its Rollable phone again
LG’s Rollable phone is real and launching in 2021
Weird flex: TCL shows off two more of its rollable, extendable display concepts
Watch this flexible LG gaming TV bend from flat to curved
Finally you can have ice cream at home thanks to ice cream pods

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1h 3min
January 12, 2021Trump banned from Twitter, Facebook, and others / Parler banned from app stores
Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Adi Robertson, and Casey Newton chronicle the week since the Capitol riot: Trump gets deplatformed and Parler is removed from app stores.
Further reading:
It’s 2021, and the pandemic is still here
FDA tells US health providers not to modify COVID-19 vaccine dose schedule
Florida counties use Eventbrite to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments
Twitter permanently bans Trump
Twitter is deleting Trump’s attempts to circumvent ban
Twitter bans QAnon supporters, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn
Twitter pulls Trump video that it said posed a ‘risk of violence’
Facebook bans Trump ‘indefinitely’
YouTube says it will punish Trump and other channels that continue to spread election lies
YouTube removes Trump video addressing Capitol attack
Platforms take action against Trump after Capitol mob attack
Reddit bans r/donaldtrump forum for inciting violence
Twitch disables Trump’s account indefinitely
Big Tech pauses political spending after Capitol riot: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Airbnb are pausing spending
Shopify takes down Trump’s campaign store
Google pulls Parler from Play Store for fostering calls to violence
Apple removes Parler from the App Store
Parler CEO says even his lawyers are abandoning him
Parler is gone for now as Amazon terminates hosting
Parler posts, some with GPS data, have been archived by an independent researcher
Parler sues Amazon for kicking it off the internet
Why the post-Capitol deplatforming was necessary
Trump’s ban from Twitter creates the ultimate case of link rot in posts across the internet

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1h 11min
December 24, 2020 The HDMI Holiday Spec-tacular
For a special Vergecast holiday episode, The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Chris Welch talk to three industry experts about the new HDMI 2.1 standard: Polygon's front page editor Samit Sarkar, Vizio CTO Bill Baxter, and HDMI Forum president David Glen.
The Vergecast crew discuss what to look for when buying a new TV, how serious the TV manufacturers are on supporting 2.1, and how the new standard is being implemented throughout the industry.
Happy holidays!

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1h 19min
December 18, 2020Two new antitrust lawsuits against Google / AirPods Max review / iOS 14.3 has arrived with ProRAW for iPhone 12 Pro
The Verge's Dieter Bohn, Nilay Patel, and Adi Robertson discuss the two antitrust lawsuits against Google announced this week. Chris Welch joins to discuss his review of Apple's AirPods Max.
Further reading:
FDA authorizes first COVID-19 vaccine in US
Health care workers in US start receiving COVID-19 vaccines
Texas attorney general announces ad tech antitrust probe against Google
Google accused of search manipulation in third major antitrust lawsuit
Prosecutors say Google accessed private WhatsApp messages — but the evidence is thin
Apple launches new App Store privacy labels so you can see how iOS apps use your data
Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS privacy changes with full-page newspaper ads
Facebook hits back at Apple with second critical newspaper ad
Apple defends upcoming privacy changes as ‘standing up for our users’
Epic Games Store now offers Spotify, signaling app store ambitions beyond just games
Judge orders Tim Cook and Craig Federighi to testify in Epic’s Fortnite case
Apple AirPods Max review: superb headphones, awful case
Apple Fitness Plus is now available
iOS 14.3 has arrived with ProRAW for iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max
Halide: Understanding ProRAW
Samsung confirms stylus support is coming to Galaxy phones like the S21
Samsung’s Galaxy Note series will reportedly still continue next year
Here’s the best look yet at Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Pro wireless earbuds
OnePlus 9 leak shows off the upcoming 2021 flagship in photos

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1h 13min
December 11, 2020Apple announces AirPods Max / Qualcomm president Cristiano Amon interview
Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Chris Welch discuss Apple's announcement of their AirPods Max noise-canceling headphones and give their first impressions.
Second half of the show, Nilay and Dieter talk with Qualcomm president Cristiano Amon about Qualcomm's new flagship processor the Snapdragon 888, the potential of 5G, and what he thinks about Apple's new M1 processor.
COVID-19 vaccine starts working within two weeks after first shot
Apple and Google’s COVID contact tracing tech is finally coming to their home state of California
COVID-19 vaccine monitoring program may be at risk of false reports
With guns drawn, police raid home and seize computers of COVID-19 data whistleblower
Florida’s justification for raiding COVID data whistleblower Rebekah Jones is looking a little shaky
The pandemic turned the volume down on ocean noise pollution
Uber asks governors to give drivers early access to COVID-19 vaccines
Apple announces $549 AirPods Max noise-canceling headphones, coming December 15th
AirPods Max first look

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1h 6min
December 11, 2020The FTC is suing Facebook to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp
In a bonus episode of The Vergecast, Nilay Patel talks with Verge policy editor Russell Brandom, senior reporter Adi Robertson, and contributing editor Casey Newton about the FTC suing Facebook to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.
Further reading:
The FTC is suing Facebook to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp
The good and the bad in the government’s case against Facebook
Facebook calls antitrust lawsuits ‘revisionist history’
Instagram would be better off without Facebook

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48min
December 04, 2020Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 processor for 2021 Android phones / Warner Bros. will release new 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20th
Verge reporter Julia Alexander joins Nilay and Dieter to discuss WarnerMedia's decision to release all of its new 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max. News editor Chaim Gartenberg explains Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 888 processor for upcoming Android phones in 2021.
Stories from this week:
Facebook will remove COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
The people saving our lives should get vaccinated first, experts say
Moderna to ask FDA for COVID-19 vaccine authorization
Wonder Woman 1984 will be released on HBO Max the same day it’s in theaters for no extra cost
Warner Bros. will release all of its new 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max
Discovery, home of Shark Week, HGTV, and Food Network, enters the streaming wars with Discovery Plus
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20th
Trump’s bias hawk FCC nominee is one step closer to confirmation
Trump calls for last-minute 230 repeal as part of defense spending bill
Comcast to impose home internet data cap of 1.2TB in more than a dozen US states next year
Comcast to raise internet and TV prices nationwide next year
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 888 processor will power the Android flagships of 2021
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 888 promises faster speeds, better cameras, and more powerful AI
Samsung begins wider rollout of Android 11 and One UI 3.0 to latest phones
Verizon’s Galaxy S20 models are the first to get Android 11 and One UI 3.0
Samsung rumored to discontinue Galaxy Note line, add stylus support to 2021 Galaxy S and Z Fold
Leaked Galaxy Buds Pro image reveals new rounded design

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1h 11min
December 01, 2020 Decoder: Alamo Drafthouse CEO on the future of movie theaters
On this episode of Decoder, Nilay talks with Shelli Taylor, the CEO of Alamo Drafthouse. Shelli stepped into her new role as CEO during the pandemic.
In the conversation, Nilay and Shelli discuss the steps she had to take to get her company back on solid ground — including justifying high fixed costs of expensive lightbulbs — and how the government has failed to manage the pandemic effectively for business owners. They also talk about what it will take to safely reopen theaters and what the future looks like, especially in the streaming age.

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46min
November 24, 2020 Decoder: Microsoft's Phil Spencer on launching the new Xbox
On this week’s episode of Decoder Nilay Patel talks to Phil Spencer, the guy in charge of Xbox at Microsoft. They discuss not only the next-generation Xbox and PS5 just arriving in stores now, but how gaming itself has become part of mainstream culture, a trend that has definitely accelerated during the pandemic. We’ve also reached an inflection point for game streaming: Google, Amazon, and Microsoft all have services that allow consumers to play games on any device by streaming them over the internet, kind of like Netflix for games. Is that the future?

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1h 13min

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