The Vergecast
The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours.
Episodes
September 10, 2024 • 99 mins
Apple launched the iPhone 16, Apple Watch Series 10, and AirPods 4 at its annual fall event in Cupertino. The devices come with some big upgrades — a new camera control on the iPhone, a new design on the Watch — but also a lot of promises about AI. Today on the show, we discuss everything that's new, everything that's missing, and all the reasons you might or might not want to upgrade your Apple gear this year.
Further reading:
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September 6, 2024 • 96 mins
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss previews for the Apple event, gadgets at IFA, the latest with Snap, and a whole lot more.
Further reading:
Apple’s iPhone 16 launch event is set for September
Apple’s iPhone 16 event: how to watch and what to expect
Apple’s rumored Mac Mini redesign may ditch the USB-A port
Is our long FineWoven nightmare almost over?
What Not to Expect at Apple Event on September 9...
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August 30, 2024 • 89 mins
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Telegram CEO being charged in a French criminal investigation over content moderation, Yelp suing Google for antitrust violations, a week in AI-generated nonsense, and more.
Telegram says CEO has ‘nothing to hide’ after being arrested in France
French authorities arrest Telegram’s CEO
Why the Telegram CEO’s arrest is such a big deal
Telegram CEO charged in French cr...
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August 27, 2024 • 70 mins
Today on the flagship podcast of the native resonance of your smartphone:
02:32 -The Verge’s David Pierce tries to find out if those YouTube videos promising to remove water from your phone with sounds actually work.
32:42 - Then, David chats with The Verge’s Alex Heath about some AR glasses that are reportedly set to launch from Snap and Meta this fall.
59:16 - Later, David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about com...
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August 25, 2024 • 80 mins
You can learn a lot about somebody just by learning about how they get things done. Are they the sort of person who might have a perfectly color-coded email inbox, a flawlessly organized to-do list, and what’s that, they just sent you a calendar invite for happy hour next week? Or are they more likely to have a giant pile of sticky notes they never look at, a computer desktop with so many files you can’t even see the wallpaper, and...
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August 23, 2024 • 86 mins
The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, Allison Johnson, and Richard Lawler discuss the Google Pixel 9 review and its controversial reimagine AI feature, a Chick-fil-A streaming service, Sonos app updates, and more.
Further reading:
Google Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL review: AI all over the place
Google’s AI tool helped us add disasters and corpses to our photos
This system can sort real pictures from AI fakes — why aren’t platform...
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August 20, 2024 • 58 mins
Today on the flagship podcast of hydrogen futures:
The Verge’s William Poor, Andrew Marino, and Alex Parkin head to California to figure out why hydrogen fuel cell technology, once a super-promising successor to gasoline, lost out to battery electric cars. They also put the embattled tech to the test with a road trip across California’s “hydrogen highway.”
Further reading:
Check out the interactive map of our trip here, and the...
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August 18, 2024 • 57 mins
Laura Mae Martin is a big believer in the settings menu. Martin is Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor, and spends much of her time working with other Googlers on improving their productivity and communication systems — and one of the things she often recommends is taking a few minutes to poke through the options. “With your phone, with your email, your Slack, all these things, the features are there but we don’t take the time ...
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August 16, 2024 • 102 mins
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss AI tools announced at this weeks Pixel 9 event, Nilay's TV competition, tech regulatory news, and more.
Further reading:
AI overshadowed Pixel at the Pixel event
All the AI features coming to Google's Pixel 9 series
Google debuts Pixel Studio AI image-making app
Google makes your Pixel screenshots searchable with Recall-like AI feature
Every time Google dinged App...
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August 13, 2024 • 60 mins
Today on the flagship podcast of the correct height-to-width ratio of a foldable phone:
The Verge’s David Pierce, Allison Johnson, Victoria Song, and Chris Welch discuss all the new gadget announcements from Google’s Pixel event — including the Pixel 9, the Pixel Watch 3, the Pixel buds, and more.
Further reading:
Google Pixel 9 launch event live coverage: all the news
Google’s Pixel 9 lineup is a Pro show
Google’s new Pixel B...
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August 9, 2024 • 83 mins
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, Alex Heath, and Lauren Feiner discuss a federal judge ruling that Google violated US antitrust law, X suing a group of major advertisers over an “illegal boycott”, and the rest of this week's wild tech news.
Further reading:
Judge rules that Google ‘is a monopolist’ in US antitrust case
All the spiciest parts of the Google antitrust ruling
X files antitrust lawsuit against advertisers over ‘...
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August 6, 2024 • 74 mins
Today on the flagship podcast of what the future of Kindle turns out to be:
We’re once again trying out a couple of our favorite new show formats.
In Version History, we talk through the whole story of Quibi, from its early days as NewTV to its extremely ill-timed launch to its ultimate demise.
From Variety: Quibi Has Raised $1.75B After Closing $750M Round to Fund Launch
From Variety: Jeffrey Katzenberg’s NewTV Closes $1B, M...
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August 2, 2024 • 94 mins
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Allison Johnson, and Victoria Song discuss Apple iOS 18.1 beta. upcoming Pixel 9 rumors, Olympics coverage, AI deepfake regulation, and more.
Further reading:
The best way to watch the Olympics is on TikTok
Apple releases iOS 18.1 developer beta with the first ‘Apple Intelligence’ iPhone features
Apple’s iOS 18.1 developer beta adds AI call recording and transcription
A first look at Apple Intelligence...
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July 30, 2024 • 64 mins
Today on the flagship podcast of dedicated streaming hardware:
We try out a couple of show formats we’ve been planning for a while.
In Version History, we tell the story of the Roku Netflix Player, debate its legacy, and try to decide whether this thing belongs in the Version History Hall of Fame.
From Fast Company: Inside Netflix’s Project Griffin: The Forgotten History Of Roku Under Reed Hastings
From CNBC: How Roku used th...
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July 28, 2024 • 38 mins
On this episode of The Vergecast, we look at why TV and movie recommendations are so complicated, and whether AI might be able to make them better. If Spotify can build infinite playlists of music you’ll like, and YouTube and TikTok always seem to have the perfect thing ready to go, why can’t Netflix or Hulu or Max seem to get it right?
If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are a few links to ge...
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July 26, 2024 • 91 mins
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Jake Kastrenakes discuss OpenAI's new SearchGPT product, Amazon's plan to launch a paid version of Alexa, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold review, and whole lot more.
Further reading:
OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine
Bing’s AI redesign shoves the usual list of search results to the side
Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay
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July 23, 2024 • 78 mins
Today on the flagship podcast of configuration changes:
The Verge's Tom Warren joins the show to to talk about the story and legacy of the CrowdStrike crash.
CrowdStrike and Microsoft: all the latest news on the global IT outage
Major Windows BSOD issue hits banks, airlines, and TV broadcasters
What is CrowdStrike, and what happened?
CrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoft
CrowdStrike o...
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July 21, 2024 • 41 mins
On this episode of The Vergecast, senior producer Will Poor explores the AI-tinged worlds of Dries Depoorter. Depoorter has built all manner of quirky and provocative installations and online experiments. There’s a clock that tells you how much of your life you’ve already lived; a phone charger that only works when your eyes are closed; a mobile chat app that you can only use when your phone has less than 5% battery.
His most eyebr...
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July 19, 2024 • 81 mins
Nilay, Alex, and David talk about what's happening on social media — and around the web — in the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Then they talk about their early impression of Apple's public betas, from the redesigned homescreens to the iPad's fancy new math abilities. After that, it's time for a bunch of gadgets all asking the same idea: is this anything? Then it's off to the lightning round, filled with 4K st...
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July 16, 2024 • 78 mins
Today on the flagship podcast of nose bridge microphones:
03:10 - The Verge’s David Pierce enlists help from Alex Cranz and Sean Hollister to figure out the best gadget setup for his handheld gaming needs.
The Steam Deck wasn’t born ready, but it’s ready now
Nintendo Switch OLED review: screentime
Sony PlayStation Portal review: flawed but fun
Asus ROG Ally updated review: it’s a bit better now
This amazing knockoff GBA SP c...
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