The Vergecast

Truth, lies, and the Trump Phone

20 Jun 2025

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Starting a wireless carrier is easier than you might think. So is building a half-decent Android phone! But doing all the things Trump Mobile promises...

Life with the Nintendo Switch 2

17 Jun 2025

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It's a small miracle that a bunch of us managed to get our heads out of Mario Kart World long enough to make a show about the Switch 2. But that's wha...

Switch, Xbox, and the portable future of games

13 Jun 2025

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There's a lot of news this week, so today's episode turned into a whole bunch of lightning rounds. Nilay, David, and The Verge's Jake Kastrenakes talk...

Liquid Glass, Spotlight, and the rest of WWDC 2025

10 Jun 2025

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Apple spent 90 minutes talking about the future of its software, and we're pretty sure only said the word "Siri" once. Nilay and David are joined by T...

Previewing Apple's 2025 WWDC

06 Jun 2025

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Developer conference season is almost over, but we've got one show left to see: Apple's WWDC begins on Monday. Nilay, David, and Joanna Stern spend ti...

One company's quest for the perfect charger

03 Jun 2025

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We've talked many times on The Vergecast about the dream of the perfect charger. We call it The God Cable, and imagine it would charge everything, at ...

Can a redesign save Apple's software?

30 May 2025

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It's a slowish news week ahead of some very busy news weeks, so of course Nilay and David start the show with a long discussion about party speakers. ...

Inside the Meta monopoly trial

27 May 2025

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After more than a month of testimony, the Meta antirust trial is beginning to slow down. The Google search remedies trial, meanwhile, is about to heat...

OpenAI and Jony Ive's AI super-gadget

23 May 2025

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Bad news if you don't care about AI: this week was absolutely chock-full of AI news. First, Nilay, David, and The Verge's Alex Heath talk about the ne...

The Razr Ultra proves flip phones are almost ready

20 May 2025

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Kids these days, you know? They love the '90s, they want everything to be colorful and bold and bouncy, and they really, truly love Snapchat. And the ...

HBO's no good very bad rebrand

16 May 2025

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Names are hard — but they don't have to be this hard. Nilay, David, and The Verge's Jake Kastrenakes start the show with some personal news, before ...

A buggy Sonos mystery

13 May 2025

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The Verge's Will Poor recently came home from vacation and discovered he had an insect problem. More specifically, his Sonos speaker had an insect pro...

Why Apple is trying to save Google

09 May 2025

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Where will Meta, Apple, and Google be three years from now? It's starting to look like they might all be very different. Nilay, David, and The Verge's...

The AI wearables are always listening

06 May 2025

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The Verge’s Victoria Song joins the show to talk about a new genre of gadget, which both she and David have been testing a lot: the AI-powered, alwa...

How Apple lost control of the App Store

02 May 2025

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Everywhere you look, antitrust fights have the potential to reshape the tech industry. Nilay, David, and The Verge's Jake Kastrenakes start by digging...

The Slate Truck is a whole new kind of car

29 Apr 2025

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Sometimes you want more tech in your life — and sometimes you want a lot less. This episode is all about less. First, Tim Stevens joins the show to ...

Everybody wants to buy Chrome

25 Apr 2025

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Some weeks, it just feels like everything is up in the air all at the same time. Nilay and David are joined by The Verge’s Jake Kastrenakes to talk ...

How to keep your data safe when you travel

22 Apr 2025

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 If you’re heading on vacation this summer, you’re going to want to listen to this. The Verge’s Gaby del Valle joins the show to explain how wo...

Big Tech is back on trial

18 Apr 2025

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We promise, this episode is only a little bit about header bidding. Nilay and David are joined by The Verge’s Alex Heath to talk about some big news...

The 2025 Vergecast Streaming Draft

15 Apr 2025

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It's time, once again, to see what's what in the streaming wars. For the third year in a row, our hosts — this time Nilay, David, and The Verge's Ja...

How the tech world is responding to tariff chaos

11 Apr 2025

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Welcome to tech in 2025, where everything's made up and the numbers don't matter. Nilay, David, and The Verge's Jake Kastrenakes start the show by run...

Switch 2: the good news and bad news

08 Apr 2025

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Last week, The Verge's Ash Parrish got to play with the new Nintendo Switch 2. We got over our outrageous jealousy long enough to ask her all about it...

How tariffs will change your gadgets

04 Apr 2025

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It's a Nintendo Switch 2. What could it cost, a thousand dollars? In this episode, Nilay, David, and The Verge's Richard Lawler talk through why we do...

Searching for the perfect minimalist smartphone

01 Apr 2025

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David has a Light Phone III, and it's making him wonder a lot of things about technology. So The Verge's Allison Johnson joins the show to talk about ...

OpenAI has a Studio Ghibli problem

28 Mar 2025

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In this episode, we do a Studio Ghibli-like rendition of The Vergecast. First, Nilay and David discuss some big news in the gadget world, from the mys...

How Roomba got stuck

25 Mar 2025

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Some products are so successful they become snynonymous with their whole category — nobody asks for a facial tissue, they ask for a Kleenex, you kno...

Trump's confusing crusade against Big Tech

21 Mar 2025

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Starlink is in the White House, Siri is still bad, Pebble is back, up is down, everything is chaos. In this episode, Nilay and David start the show by...

Switch 2, Steam Deck, and the next-gen console wars

18 Mar 2025

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Handheld gaming looks like the future — so why isn't it more popular? The Verge's Sean Hollister joins the show to talk about some new data about th...

The fake promise of better Siri

14 Mar 2025

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Big tech companies are forever making promises about the future. And you might (or might not) be surprised how often they don't come true. On this epi...

China has some big ideas about smartphones

11 Mar 2025

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In this episode, what's old is new again, and what's new is... AI again. The Verge's Allison Johnson and Dominic Preston join David to discuss their e...

Apple's chip bumps, big and small

07 Mar 2025

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Apple's new gadgets this week were pretty minor updates, so of course we talk about them for a long time. Nilay and David are joined by The Verge's Ja...

The James Bond Cinematic Universe

04 Mar 2025

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On this episode, we're diving deep into new ideas about old things. First, Framework CEO Nirav Patel joins David and The Verge's Sean Hollister to tal...

The high stakes for AI Alexa

28 Feb 2025

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AI will fix everything, right? In this episode, friend of The Verge (and Waveform co-host) David Imel joins Nilay and David to talk all about Alexa Pl...

We can’t quit electric cars — or robotaxis

25 Feb 2025

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Robotaxis: in. EVs: Out? The Verge's Andy Hawkins joins the show to talk about the goings-on in the transportation industry, including the reasons car...

The ups and downs of the iPhone 16E

21 Feb 2025

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Lots of gadget news this week! David, Jake Kastrenakes, and Allison Johnson start by talking about the iPhone 16E, which is both the cheapest compelli...

Can Meta still make the metaverse?

18 Feb 2025

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This episode is all about companies in flux. First, we chat with The Verge's Alex Heath about all things Meta — whether the company is still serious...

Elon Musk: agent of chaos

14 Feb 2025

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On today's episode, once again, it's OpenAI and DOGE. And some other things! Nilay and David start the show by talking about Elon Musk's surprise bid ...

What $200 of ChatGPT is really worth

11 Feb 2025

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AI and politics, politics and AI. That's the story of 2025. On this episode, The Verge's Kylie Robison joins the show to talk about ChatGPT's big new...

Elon Musk's computer coup

07 Feb 2025

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Nilay, David, and Richard Lawler take on a big week in confusing news stories. First, they talk through the latest from Elon Musk's DOGE, which is run...

Samsung’s S25 Ultra and the end of the flagship phone

04 Feb 2025

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Today on the show, it’s all about the future of phones… and your data. The Verge’s Allison Johnson joins the show to talk about the new Samsung ...

How DeepSeek crashed the AI party

31 Jan 2025

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Nilay and David dig into the week's biggest story: the new Intel-powered Surface Pro. Kidding! They talk about DeepSeek, the out-of-nowhere AI company...

A lazy person’s guide to getting in shape

28 Jan 2025

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The Verge’s Victoria Song joins the show to talk about the most popular and most-bailed-on New Year’s Resolution of all: getting in shape. She tel...

Samsung's thin, big, boring AI phones

24 Jan 2025

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Nilay, David, and The Verge's Allison Johnson run down all the biggest news from the latest Samsung Unpacked. The S25 Edge had everyone excited, but t...

How the future of sports streaming died

21 Jan 2025

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First in this episode, a quick update on the TikTok ban (which didn't turn out to be much of a ban at all.) Then, Sportico's Jacob Feldman joins the s...

Nintendo's Switch 2 is here — sort of

17 Jan 2025

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David Pierce and Richard Lawler are joined by The Verge's Ash Parrish and Andrew Webster to talk about the Nintendo Switch 2 launch — all the things...

The TikTok ban, and what comes next

14 Jan 2025

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In five days, TikTok as we know it could be finished in the US. The Verge's Lauren Feiner joins the show to discuss last week's Supreme Court argument...

CES 2025: the biggest stories and best gadgets (Live)

10 Jan 2025

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In this special live episode of The Vergecast, from the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas, it's time to talk CES. Nilay and David run through some of the sho...

A Vergecast holiday re-run marathon

24 Dec 2024

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Happy Holidays! The Vergecast is off this week, but we also know you might be doing a lot of traveling and / or avoiding of your family this time of y...

The Vergecast Matter Holiday Spec-tacular

20 Dec 2024

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Happy holidays! Before we disappear into family time and catching up on our favorite shows, we have one more episode for you. And it's 90 minutes of d...

Gemini, GTA, and the search for the next big thing

17 Dec 2024

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The Verge's Victoria Song and Kylie Robison join the show to talk about all of Google's recent AI and XR announcements, and the company's big and Gemi...

Tech in 2025: who's in and who's out

15 Dec 2024

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For the second episode in our two-part 2025 preview, Nilay and David are once again joined by Wall Street Journal columnist (and friend of The Verge) ...

Searching for the first great AI app

13 Dec 2024

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Nilay, David, and The Verge's Richard Lawler talk about a big week in AI news. First, they go over all the latest on Google's Gemini 2.0 launch, and t...

The Vergecast Vergecast, part two

10 Dec 2024

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A week ago, The Verge launched a subscription. And you had questions! So we have answers. The Verge’s Helen Havlak and Nilay Patel join the show to ...

Our hottest and coldest 2025 takes

08 Dec 2024

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Welcome to our two-part preview of the year to come! For the first installment, Nilay, David, and Wall Street Journal columnist Joanna Stern bring all...

AGI is coming and nobody cares

06 Dec 2024

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Nilay and David talk a bit about this week’s launch of the Verge subscription, plus what’s coming next. (There’s still time to send questions fo...

A gadget lover's guide to the great outdoors

03 Dec 2024

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The Verge's Thomas Ricker joins the show with an update on his question to live the #vanlife. He shares stories about Starlink Mini, the new Peak Desi...

Our biggest stories and favorite things of 2024

29 Nov 2024

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2024 is almost over, somehow. So we gathered a bunch of our Verge colleagues and told them each to tell us three things from the year: the biggest sto...

The government's plan to break up Google

22 Nov 2024

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The Verge's Lauren Feiner joins Nilay and David to talk about the US government's proposal in its search antitrust case against Google. They discuss t...

If Netflix can't make live work, can anyone?

19 Nov 2024

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Richard Lawler joins the show to chat about the Tyson / Paul fight, and more importantly the fact that Netflix didn't seem to be able to keep up. As l...

Making human music in an AI world

17 Nov 2024

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For the third episode in our series about the future of music, we talk with Ge Wang. Ge is a professor at Stanford, a co-founder of Smule, the conduct...

Bluesky's quest to be the next Twitter

15 Nov 2024

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Nilay and David talk about the future of social, in light of Bluesky's recent surge in growth. Threads is huge, Bluesky is ascendent, Mastodon is... a...

Smart sleep is worth the cost

12 Nov 2024

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On today's show: sleep gadgets, AI DJs, and sneaky TVs. Victoria Song joins the show to talk about her experiences with the Eight Sleep mattress pad, ...

Auto-Tune always and forever

10 Nov 2024

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For the second episode in our three-part miniseries about the future of music, Charlie Harding, a music journalist and co-host of the Switched on Pop ...

The PS5 Pro made us sit closer to the screen

08 Nov 2024

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Nilay and David talk about the election, and how The Vergecast plans to cover and talk about the next four years of the Trump administration. But only...

Alexa at 10: Amazon's assistant is a winner and a failure

05 Nov 2024

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November 6th marks 10 years to the day since Amazon surprise-launched a new, cylindrical device called the Echo. It introduced the world to smart spea...

Your favorite musician's favorite TikTok show

03 Nov 2024

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For the first episode in our three-part miniseries on the future of music, we tell the story of Track Star, a music game show that has become a viral ...

The AI garage door mystery

01 Nov 2024

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Nilay and David discuss a big week in AI news, including the new web search features in ChatGPT and the reporting that Meta is working on something ve...

Two possible futures for AI

29 Oct 2024

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Kylie Robison joins the show to talk about the recent dueling AI blog posts from OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei. What do these CEOs ...

The confusing state of Apple Intelligence

25 Oct 2024

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Nilay, David, and Richard Lawler talk about all of the coming Apple gadgets and software, from the new iPad Mini to the upcoming week of Mac announcem...

AirPods are good for your (hearing) health

22 Oct 2024

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The Verge's Victoria Song joins the show to talk about her year of testing smart rings, and which of the many new options is the one you should buy. T...

The tech YouTuber who opened a coffee shop

20 Oct 2024

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For the last eight months, David Cogen has been living a double life. By day: a YouTuber and creator, the face of the TheUnlockr channel, reviewing ph...

The future of the Kindle with Panos Panay

18 Oct 2024

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Nilay and David talk about the week in gadget news, after scoring their predictions on last week's Tesla event. (Spoiler alert: nobody did very well.)...

They're called "Podcasts"

15 Oct 2024

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Before a podcast was a “podcast,” it was… well, it wasn’t really much of anything. It was in 2004, though, that many of the earliest names in ...

The putt-putt champions of the internet

13 Oct 2024

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Danny and Steven Sanicki are twins, competitive golfers, and suddenly the biggest names in online mini golf. They started making mini golf content on ...

The Google breakup is looming

11 Oct 2024

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Nilay and David make some predictions about Thursday evening’s Tesla event — which you’ve already seen, but we haven’t! Then they talk about t...

AI is fixing — and ruining – our photos

08 Oct 2024

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For this full-on “what is a photo” episode, we start by chatting with Halide developers Ben Sandofsky and Sebastiaan De With about what it means t...

Get ready to meet your AI best friend

04 Oct 2024

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Nilay, Alex, and David discuss Microsoft's new Copilot announcements, and the friendlier face the company is trying to put on its chatbot. They also w...

Your front door is the key to the smart home

01 Oct 2024

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The Verge's Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins the show to discuss a bunch of updates in the smart home world, including what's new from Google Home and in...

The future of AI might look a lot like Twitter

29 Sep 2024

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Michael Sayman, the creator of a viral new app called SocialAI, joins the show to discuss why he built a social network where you're the only human ar...

Meta's new smart glasses look like the future

27 Sep 2024

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The Verge's Alex Heath joins Nilay, Alex, and David to talk about all the announcements coming out of Meta Connect: the impressive (and expensive) Ori...

They think they’re building God

24 Sep 2024

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Kylie Robison joins the show to talk about OpenAI’s new model, o1, and what this new “reasoning” model says about the state of the art in AI —...

The chatbot becomes the teacher

22 Sep 2024

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For the first episode in our new miniseries about the impact of AI in our everyday lives, we chat with Steven Johnson, a longtime author who has spent...

You’re cute no matter what phone you have

20 Sep 2024

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Nilay, Alex, and David are joined by Wall Street Journal columnist Joanna Stern to talk about this year’s iPhone – and Joannabot, the AI chatbot J...

Reviewing the iPhone 16

18 Sep 2024

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We've finally finished testing, scoring, and reviewing Apple's new gear for the fall. On this episode we talk through our reviews of the iPhone 16 and...

The great Evernote reboot

15 Sep 2024

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Peak Evernote was roughly a decade ago. Since then, the product has often felt stagnant (or worse), the company churned through executives and busines...

The real cost of the PS5 Pro

13 Sep 2024

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Nilay, David, and Alex talk about the new PlayStation 5 Pro — why it's so expensive, why it doesn't have a disc drive, and why it made so many peopl...

The iPhone 16 is here — but it's not finished

10 Sep 2024

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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 — ...

What’s in store for the iPhone 16

06 Sep 2024

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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...

The problem with Telegram

30 Aug 2024

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Telegram CEO being charged in a French criminal investigation over content moderation, Y...

Can a YouTube video really fix your wet phone?

27 Aug 2024

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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 video...

What’s in a productivity system?

25 Aug 2024

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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...

The Pixel 9 is great – and a problem

23 Aug 2024

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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 road trip on the hydrogen highway

20 Aug 2024

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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 ...

A Googler’s guide to getting things done

18 Aug 2024

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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...

Gemini is taking over Google

16 Aug 2024

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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 ...

Google’s next big Pixel

13 Aug 2024

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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, ...

Google lost its first antitrust case, so what happens next?

09 Aug 2024

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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 gro...

Quibi's epic fall and the future of books

06 Aug 2024

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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....

Apple's Intelligence beta and more AI chaos

02 Aug 2024

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Allison Johnson, and Victoria Song discuss Apple iOS 18.1 beta. upcoming Pixel 9 rumors, Olympics coverage, AI deepfake regul...

The history of Roku and the fight over CarPlay

30 Jul 2024

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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 H...