This week on The Vergecast , Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks with Jeremy Singer-Vine, the data editor for the BuzzFeed News investigative unit, about his story that was published recently regarding the fake comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s online net neutrality debate. If you haven’t read the piece , you should. The investigation details where all of the fake comments in the FCC’s net neutrality process came from, including dead people leaving comments and shady politi...
Nov 05, 2019•37 min
Live at The Glass Room in San Francisco, Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Ashley Carman are joined by Google Pixel camera product manager Isaac Reynolds and Instagram head of product Robby Stein to talk about how the photos we share influence the photos we take — and vice versa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 01, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 377
Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel interviews cryptocurrency expert Amber Baldet, co-founder of Clovyr and on the board of the Zcash foundation. Nilay and Amber discuss where cryptocurrencies on the blockchain are going, the potential of Facebook's Libra project, and how the blockchain can revive our trust in putting our data online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 29, 2019•57 min
Stories discussed this week: Foxconn finally admits its empty Wisconsin ‘innovation centers’ aren’t being developed Foxconn’s giant glass dome in Wisconsin is back, baby Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL review: more than the sum of its sensors Google to update Pixel 4 face unlock with eye detection ‘in the coming months` The Pixel 4 is more like an iPhone than any other Android phone Google promises another Pixel 4 software update, this time for the screen’s refresh rate Google’s older Pixels won’t get t...
Oct 25, 2019•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 376
This week for our interview series on The Vergecast , host and Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to Gigi Sohn, a distinguished fellow at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy. We’ve had Gigi on the show before to talk about the ramifications following the repeal of net neutrality. This time, we brought her back to talk about some recent developments in the tech policy world, including lawmakers in states like California introducing net neutrality bills. We also talk to G...
Oct 22, 2019•1 hr 6 min
The biggest announcements from Google’s 2019 Pixel event The Pixel 4 has a radar chip that lets you control music and wave at pokémon Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL hands-on: this time, it’s not about the camera The Pixel 4 lacks one of the best perks that came with Google’s previous flagship phones Google improves the Pixel 4 camera with Live HDR and more With no buds or adapter, Pixel 4 opens the door to rival headphone makers Pixel Buds 2 hands-on: Google takes on the AirPods Pixelbook Go: Google fi...
Oct 18, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 375
Vergecast hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn attended Google's hardware event on Tuesday and sat down with SVP of Devices & Services Rick Osterloh to discuss Google's new products: the Pixel 4, the Pixelbook Go, the Nest Mini, and the Pixel Buds 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 16, 2019•40 min
Twitter’s head of product Kayvon Beykpour sits down with Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and Silicon Valley editor Casey Newton to talk about how Twitter juggles its policy with trust and safety, the state of verification, the future of video in your feed, and how tweets can become more ephemeral. Please take our survey here: theverge.com/survey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Oct 15, 2019•57 min
This week on The Vergecast, Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller go deep on Apple's updated operating systems: macOS Catalina and iPadOS. Also, Sony confirms their next console will be the PS5 in 2020. Stories this week: Apple’s macOS Catalina update is coming today Catalina Review Photoshop and Lightroom users should wait before updating to macOS Catalina Netflix confirms it won’t port its iPad app to macOS You need a MacBook with a butterfly keyboard or a modern Mac desktop to use macOS C...
Oct 11, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 374
This week on The Vergecast interview series, Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel speaks to current CEO of Logitech Bracken Darrell. Logitech has acquired a couple of companies over the past few years, notably Blue Microphones and Ultimate Ears. Recently, Logitech acquired their first software company Streamlabs , a streaming software company used by almost half of all streamers on platforms like Twitch and YouTube. Nilay and Bracken talk about how acquiring this software company makes sense for Lo...
Oct 08, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Stories this week: Mark Zuckerberg leaked audio Read the full transcript of Mark Zuckerberg's leaked internal Facebook meetings Elizabeth Warren: companies like Facebook ‘repeatedly fumble their responsibility to protect our democracy’ Microsoft is building a phone again, it’s called the Surface Duo Windows 10X is Microsoft’s latest stab at a ‘Lite’ operating system, exclusively for dual-screens Microsoft announces dual-screen Surface Neo, coming next holiday Microsoft’s future is built on Googl...
Oct 04, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 373
Chief Product Officer of Microsoft Panos Panay joins editor-in-chief of The Verge Nilay Patel and senior editor Tom Warren hours after Microsoft’s Surface hardware event to talk about the new Surface lineup — including the debut of their foldable devices. Mr. Panay also talks about why Microsoft is using Android for their Duo device, their relationship with Google, and the future of dual-screen form factors. Below is a lightly edited transcript of the conversation. Learn more about your ad choic...
Oct 03, 2019•31 min
This week on our Vergecast interview series, editor-in-chief of The Verge Nilay Patel chats with filmmaker Davis Guggenheim on his new documentary “Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates” on Netflix. Davis talks about how he got Bill Gates to participate in the film, the structure for the documentary, the most surprising thing he’s learned about Bill, and more. We are conducting an audience survey to better serve you. It takes no more than five minutes, and it really helps out the show. Please...
Oct 01, 2019•34 min
Stories this week: Amazon pushes Alexa privacy with new delete options Amazon’s new Echo Studio sounds like the future of smart speakers The top 8 Echo products Amazon announced today Here are all of the other new Echo and Ring products announced today Amazon announces third-generation Echo smart speaker Amazon’s new $59 Echo Dot with Clock includes an LED display Amazon’s Echo Buds sound good and are great at noise reduction Using Amazon’s Echo Loop ring is like whispering a secret to Alexa Ama...
Sep 27, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 372
John Gruber of Daring Fireball joins Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel for the annual iPhone review week to compare notes on Apple's new iPhone 11 and 11 Pro. John and Nilay also get into their approach for reviewing tech products in 2019. We are conducting an audience survey to better serve you. It takes no more than five minutes, and it really helps out the show. Please take our survey here: www.voxmedia.com/podsurvey . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Sep 24, 2019•1 hr 58 min
Apple iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max review: the battery life is real Apple iPhone 11 review: the phone most people should buy iOS 13 is now available to download Apple pushes up iOS 13.1 and iPadOS to September 24th iOS 13 review: join the dark side Apple Watch Series 5 review: the best smartwatch What can Google do to compete with the Apple Watch? Not much Amazon Music rolls out a lossless streaming tier Everything we know about the Pixel 4, the most-leaked phone … Google announces October 15th har...
Sep 20, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 371
This week on The Vergecast interview, Nilay Patel talks to music reporter and host of the The Verge video series Future of Music Dani Deahl. Dani walks Nilay through two episodes of the brand new season — one about how music sampling has changed the way people are writing music , and the other about how the music streaming platforms are re-shaping the music industry. You can watch Future of Music now on The Verge's YouTube channel . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...
Sep 17, 2019•28 min
Stories from this week: iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max: hands-on with Apple’s new flagship phones Apple’s new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro cameras: what they do With the iPhone 11 Pro, what does it even mean for a phone to be ‘pro’? Apple’s new iPhone finally sacrifices thinness for battery life The 3 best and worst features of the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max The iPhone 11 Pro comes with a USB-C 18W wall charger and USB-C to Lightning cable iPhone 11 improves on the XR in every way iPhone 1...
Sep 13, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 370
On this week’ interview episode of The Vergecast , editor-in-chief of The Verge Nilay Patel sits down with New York Times reporter Mike Isaac. Isaac has been reporting on the ride-sharing company Uber for over five years now and just released a book all about Uber and the stories surrounding it called Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber . Nilay and Mike talk about how Uber got to where it is today, Uber’s interactions with companies like Apple and Google, and whether or not you have to be a “jerk”...
Sep 09, 2019•38 min
This week on The Vergecast , there's a new "portable" Sonos speaker, Android 10 is now available on all Pixel phones, our reporters at IFA 2019 run through the announcements from the field, and Facebook brings their dating feature to the United States. Discussed this week: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence: “There’s no category of audio that I don’t think we want to explore” Sonos’ first portable speaker is the $399 Move Android 10 officially released for Google Pixel phones Android 10 review: permanent ...
Sep 06, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 369
CEO of Sonos Patrick Spence sat down with Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel for The Vergecast once again, this time immediately after a Sonos press event in New York City. Sonos had just announced a few new products, notably their first Bluetooth speaker — the Sonos Move — so Spence answered some questions about those new products, what it took to finally bring Bluetooth to a Sonos device, and if Apple’s Siri will be coming to their speakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...
Sep 05, 2019•50 min
Stories this week: HP has a new CEO Apple’s next iPhone event will take place on September 10th Apple releases iOS 13.1 beta before iOS 13 is even out Apple apologizes for Siri audio recordings, announces privacy changes going forward Apple was a little behind on Siri privacy, now it’s way ahead Apple contractors were allegedly listening to 1,000 Siri recordings a day — each We’re still not getting voice assistants right BBC plans ‘Beeb’ voice assistant for its apps and services A phone insuranc...
Aug 30, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 368
Nilay Patel interviews Alex Stamos, director of Stanford's Internet Observatory and former chief security officer for Facebook. Nilay and Alex talk about how Cambridge Analytica changed Facebook, the tradeoffs big tech companies make with working with law enforcement and keeping users secure, and how prepared Facebook is for the next presidential election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 27, 2019•1 hr 16 min
This week on The Vergecast...Dieter's got a review for the Galaxy Note 10, Samsung has some blue bubble bashing GIFs, and there are a whole bunch of Apple device rumors. Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus review: should you spend for the stylus? Samsung made a sad Giphy page filled with comeback GIFs to send people who diss green bubbles Apple’s Pro iPhones, new iPads, and 16-inch MacBook Pro detailed in Bloomberg report Apple’s noise-canceling AirPods and cheaper HomePod expected in 2020 iOS 13 beta h...
Aug 23, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 367
The Verge's Makena Kelly and Nilay Patel sit down with senator and presidential candidate Michael Bennet to discuss his new book "Dividing America" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 20, 2019•51 min
Stories discussed this week: Smart ovens have been turning on overnight and preheating to 400 … June Oven competitors want you to know their smart ovens can't ... Apple explains the new iPhone warning for 'unauthorized' battery … Apple is locking iPhone battery repair, says iFixit - The Verge The FAA has banned recalled MacBook Pros from all flights — like any ... Spotify takes Spotify for Podcasters out of beta Apple and Spotify are reportedly in talks to let Siri play your Discover … Spotify i...
Aug 16, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 366
Automattic just bought Tumblr from Verizon for reportedly 3 million dollars. CEO of Automattic Matt Mullenweg sits down with The Verge 's Julia Alexander and Nilay Patel for this emergency episode of the Vergecast to share what his plans are for the micro-blogging platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 14, 2019•36 min
This week on the Vergecast interview series, The Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel sits down with Berin Szóka, the president of TechFreedom. TechFreedom is a tech policy think tank based in Washington, DC that “digs deep into the hard policy and legal questions raised by technological change.” Berin and Nilay have differed on a few issues regarding tech policy, like net neutrality, but what they do agree on is the state of the tech policy conversation — it’s bad . Szóka says Republicans he has p...
Aug 13, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Stories this week: Samsung Galaxy Note 10: two sizes, new S Pen, and DeX on your … Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Unpacked event: the biggest ... Samsung didn't mention Bixby once during its entire Galaxy Note 10 … Samsung confirms its long-delayed Galaxy Home smart speaker is still in the works Samsung isn’t going it alone in the fight against Apple and Google Samsung's new Galaxy Book S is a Qualcomm-powered laptop with … Pixel 4 will reportedly feature a screen with a 90Hz 'Smooth Display … Google re...
Aug 09, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 365
This week on the interview episode of The Vergecast , editor of cheif of The Verge Nilay Patel sits down with CEO of Postlight Paul Ford. Paul Ford co-founded Postlight in 2015 and is a writer, product strategist, educator, programmer, and software consultant. If you read a lot of tech writing, you probably know Paul’s name. In 2015, Ford wrote an entire issue of Bloomberg’s Business Week titled “ What is code?” which colorfully explained how programming works on the web for people who don’t do ...
Aug 06, 2019•48 min•Ep. 354
