Today on the flagship podcast of forced app divestiture: 03:07- The Verges David Pierce and Lauren Fiener discuss the latest tech policy bills floating through Congress, including a privacy bill, a generative AI bill, and the TikTok divest-or-ban bill. TikTok ban passes in the House again TikTok divest-or-ban legislation could suddenly be fast-tracked in the Senate Lawmakers unveil new bipartisan digital privacy bill after years of impasse A real privacy law? House lawmakers are optimistic this ...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss third-party iPhone app stores, game emulators, Google Android and hardware team restructuring, the latest TikTok news, and more. Further reading: Third-party iPhone app store AltStore PAL is now live in Europe The free Delta game emulator for iPhones is live on Apples App Store A new NES emulator was briefly available on the Apple App Store The first Apple-approved emulator for the iPhone has arrived... and been pulled Apple opens the...
Apr 19, 2024•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the flagship podcast of undersea cable management: 04:10 - The Verges David Pierce and Josh Dzieza discuss the industry of laying and maintaining undersea cables that connect us to the internet. The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat 43:43 - Tom Warren and Joanna Nelius join the show to discuss the future of Arm chips on PCs and whether or not were about to get a huge jump in performance on most laptops. Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat A...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Piece, and Alex Cranz discuss David's review of the Humane AI Pin, Taylor Swift's music back on TikTok, a new party speaker, and much more. Further reading: Humane AI Pin review: the post-smartphone future isnt here yet Heres What Reviewers Are Saying About the Humane Pin We now have a better look at whats inside the Humane AI pin OpenAI transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos to train GPT-4 Taylor Swifts music is back on TikTok Apple will open the iPhon...
Apr 12, 2024•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verges David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Alex Cranz answer questions from The Vergecast Hotline all about the TikTok ban debate and the US v Apple case. Further reading: TikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform US v. Apple: everything you need to know The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age Vote for The Vergecast in the Webbys! Join The Verge at the 2024 Chicago Humanities Spring Festival Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love h...
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz discuss the Apple Macbook Air M3 review, Jon Stewart's take on AI, and a whole lot more of this week's tech news. Further reading: Apple MacBook Air M3 review: small upgrades Its time for a hard reset on notifications Best printer 2024, best printer for home use, office use, printing labels, printer for school, homework printer you are a printer we are all printers Microsoft is working on an Xbox AI chatbot Samsung says Bixbys still not dead The ...
Apr 05, 2024•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the flagship podcast of alternate keyboard layouts: 03:36 - The Verges David Pierce talks to Jonas Hietala about his ultra-custom keyboard he built from the ground up to fit his specific needs. Jonas Hietala: The T-34 keyboard layout 30:40 - The Verges Tom Warren explains the next phase of Microsoft with a new leader on the Windows and Surface team. Microsoft has a new Windows and Surface chief Microsofts first AI PCs are the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 for businesses Rewinds ne...
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today we're sharing an episode of a new podcast called Power User, which explores how technology and the internet are upending our lives and the world around us, hosted by tech journalist Taylor Lorenz. Follow Power User with Taylor Lorenz wherever you get your podcasts:https://link.chtbl.com/poweruserpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 29, 2024•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the flagship podcast of canceled-out cricket sounds: 03:29- David, Andru, and Will react to prototype headphones that use AI to take noise cancellation to a whole new level. Hear how the best ANC headphones handle real world and lab tests We sent the top ANC headphones to a lab to test their noise-canceling abilities The University of Washingtons Semantic Hearing project UWs Mobile Intelligence Lab 31:30- Michael Fisher, aka Mr. Mobile, joins the show to discuss mobile phones with physi...
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, Lauren Feiner and Nilay Patel discuss the breaking news about the the US Department of Justice accusing Apple of operating an illegal monopoly in the smartphone market in an expansive new antitrust lawsuit. Further reading: US v. Apple: everything you need to know US sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones The US Department of Justice is suing Apple read the full lawsuit here The lock-in problem at the heart of the DOJs case against Apple Beeper cou...
Mar 22, 2024•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the flagship podcast of scaled EV production: 02:50 - Verge producer Will Poor tags along with a former Uber Eats driver who ditched the delivery apps and is trying to start a one-man gig work revolution. This Seattle Delivery Person Is Breaking Free of the Apps https://tonydelivers.co/ 18:54- The Verge's David Pierce and Andrew Hawkins discuss Rivian's new vehicles they announced last week, and what it will take for the company to compete with Tesla. Rivian R2, R3, and R3X launch event...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge 's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the US House of Representatives passing a bill that could ban TikTok, the streaming news of the week, a Dyson robot, and more. Further reading: Lawmakers introduce bill that would punish app stores for hosting TikTok TikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform House passes bill that could ban TikTok TikToks fate now lies with the Senate after House advances path to a ban There might be a TikTok Photos app in the wo...
Mar 15, 2024•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz choose their picks for The Vergecast Streaming Draft of 2024 in front of a live audience at SXSW. Watch video version with a scoreboard on YouTube Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 12, 2024•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple's upgraded MacBook Air, the EU's Digital Markets Act deadline for techs biggest gatekeepers, and a bunch of tech news from this week. Further reading: Apple announces upgraded MacBook Air laptops with M3 chips The MacBook Airs wedge is truly gone and I miss it already Apple may not do a spring event this year How the EUs DMA is changing Big Tech: all of the news and updates How every tech gatekeeper is responding to the DMA iOS ...
Mar 07, 2024•2 hr 37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the flagship podcast of region locked phones: The Verges Allison Johnson and Jon Porter report back on all the tech we saw at Mobile World Congress this past week. MWC 2024: all the phones, wearables, and gadgets announced in Barcelona Peering through Lenovos transparent laptop into a sci-fi future What if phones actually bent to our needs? The Phone 2A makes a guest appearance at Nothings MWC event. The Humane AI Pin worked better than I expected until it didnt Samsung has big ambition...
Mar 05, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verges Jennifer Pattison Tuohy has as smart a kitchen as any reasonable person possibly could; she has smart appliances, a smart sink, a smart fridge, and more voice assistants than anyone could ever talk to. And for a few days, she tried to let her kitchen do the work: telling her what to cook, getting everything set up just right, and even taking some of the cooking and cleaning load off her shoulders. Jen kept a diary during her adventures, and then joined The Vergecast to tell the tale. ...
Mar 03, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's Nilay Patel and David Pierce talk through the weird and winding history of Apple's "secret" car project now that it's officially dead. And later, senior policy reporter Lauren Feiner makes her Vergecast debut to catch us up on the arguments made this week in the Supreme Court about online speech and the First Amendment. Further reading: Apples electric car project is dead RIP to the Apple Car, we hardly knew ye Behind Apples Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns Supreme Co...
Mar 01, 2024•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the flagship podcast ofthe economic theory of Dave and Busters: 02:50- The Verges Mia Sato shares her experience on a new shopping app called Flip, which is filled with only videos that earn affiliate revenue. Where everyones an influencer and everythings for sale 35:34 - The Verges Vjeran Pavic and Becca Farsace chat with David Piece about the new Fuji X100VI, and why this line of cameras was a sensation on social media. Fujifilm announces the X100VI, its follow-up to a TikTok sensatio...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Over the next two Sundays onThe Vergecast, The Verges Jennifer Pattison-Tuohy and David Pierce dig into the dream smart kitchen, the less-than-dreamy reality of the situation, and what it might take to make cooking, cleaning, meal-prepping, and eating more efficient and more fun. On this episode, Jen takes us on a tour of her own smart(ish) kitchen, and explains why the kitchen often feels left behind in the overall smart home race. Then, Jen and David are joined by Ben Harris, the CEO ofFresco;...
Feb 25, 2024•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss ChatGPT and Gemini updates, Walmart acquiring Vizio, Apple's Sports app, and more. Further reading: Google cut a deal with Reddit for AI training data Google apologizes for missing the mark after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis Googles open-source Gemma AI models draw from the research behind Gemini ChatGPT spat out gibberish for many users overnight before OpenAI fixed it One month with Microsofts AI vision of the future: Cop...
Feb 23, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the flagship podcast of sneaky gaming strategies: 03:45 - Verge producer Will Poor reports on a right-to-repair bill in Oregon and what's next in the right-to-repair movement. The right-to-repair movement is just getting started Status of Right to Repair legislation state by state, via repair.org iFixit explains parts pairing Jessa Jones iPad Rehab Apple Is Lobbying Against Right to Repair Six Months After Supporting Right to Repair The current draft of Oregons Right to Repair bill 33:1...
Feb 20, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Apple fans starting to return the Vision Pro, Xbox exclusive games, Super Bowl streaming troubles, and more. Further reading: Apple fans are starting to return their Vision Pros Zuckerberg says Quest 3 is the better product vs. Apples Vision Pro Metas big vision for face computers might be better than Apples Microsofts gaming chief on Xbox games coming to PS5, next-gen hardware, and more Microsoft prepares to take Xbox everywhere Gemi...
Feb 16, 2024•2 hr 44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the flagship podcast of video podcasts: 02:52 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with 1Password's Anna Pobletts about good password hygiene, passkeys, and the upsides of a third-party password manager. Passkeys: all the news and updates around passwordless sign-on support Biometrics? Bring it on: why Oktas Jameeka Green Aaron wants passwords to go away How to use a passkey to sign in to your Google account 1Passwords passkeys explainer 31:56 - Victoria Song joins the show to discuss the s...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Adi Robertson discuss sports streaming, Apple Vision Pro updates, Bluesky removing its invite system, and more. Further reading: ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. are putting together a juggernaut sports streaming app Disney Plus will start its password-sharing crackdown this summer Disney invests $1.5 billion in Epic to create persistent universe tied to Fortnite Apple TV+ Became HBO Before HBO Could Become Netflix @lucas_shaw All these articles should be req...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the flagship podcast of anti-glare coatings: 03:58 - Josh Miller, CEO The Browser Company, joins the show to chat about the Arc Search mobile browser. Arc Search: a new iPhone app combining browser, search, and AI The Arc browser is the Chrome replacement I've been waiting for 48:34 - Allison Johnson shares her review of the flagship Samsung Galaxy S24 phones. Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra review: all that and AI Samsung Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus review: smart choices 1:18:54- David Pierce ans...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the Apple Vision Pro review rating, changes to the TikTok app, streaming news, and more. Further reading: Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until its not The Vision Pro is a computer for the age of walled gardens Apples Vision Pro battery pack is hiding the final boss of Lightning cables Even without Netflix and YouTube, Apples Vision Pro has over 600 apps at launch TikTok loses Taylor Swift, Drake, and other major Universal Music artis...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Nilay's review of the Apple Vision Pro, and then answer questions from our listeners. Further reading: Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until its not Apple Vision Pro review (video) Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 30, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple allowing alternative browser engines in the EU, Netflix getting WWE, Pixel 9 leaks, and more. Further reading: Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to the iPhone Apple is allowing alternative browser engines in iOS 17.4 but only in the EU Apple opens App Store to game streaming services Netflix is turning into cable TV Netflix is going to take away its cheapest ad-free plan WWE Monday Night Raw is ditching cabl...
Jan 26, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the flagship podcast of really old computers: 03:54 - Walt Mossberg, former Verge executive editor and longtime Wall Street Journal tech columnist, joins the show to discuss forty years of the Macintosh computer. Mossberg - The Verge The Mac turns 40 and keeps on moving Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh Looking back on 40 years of Macintosh 40:28 - Ali Abdaal chats about his new book "Feel Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters To You" and why overthinking your productivity...
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Verge's Nilay Patel, Victoria Song, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the Apple Vision Pro demo, the Samsung Galaxy S24 announcement, and more of this week's tech news. Watch the video here Further reading: Apple Vision Pro hands-on, again, for the first time Apple Vision Pro demos will include scanning your glasses to identify your prescription The Apple Vision Pro has a guest mode for your friends to try it Apple Vision Pro will launch with 3D movies from Disney Plus Netflixs app wont w...
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