The Vergecast

Foxxconn's empty innovation centers and a blackhole photo revealed

11 Apr 2019

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Loren Grush discusses the first image of a black hole, Nilay discusses Foxconn's broken dreams, Dieter discusses gadgets, and Paul discusses Microsoft...

Jaron Lanier's ideas for the future

09 Apr 2019

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Computer philosophy writer and "founding father of virtual reality," Jaron Lanier, chats with Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel about why he's optimis...

AirPods 2 review, AirPower gone, and all the things Google killed

05 Apr 2019

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Apple cancelled AirPower! But they released AirPods 2. The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller discuss what Apple's next move is as well...

Figuring out Apple's TV plans with Recode’s Peter Kafka

02 Apr 2019

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Will Apple's new foray into streaming be able to swim in the same waters as Netflix and Disney, or will it go the way of Verizon's Go90? Recode execut...

Apple unveils credit card, streaming plans, and more

27 Mar 2019

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Apple's event this week introduced Apple TV Plus, Apple News Plus, Apple Card, Apple Arcade, and more channels on Apple TV. The Verge's Nilay Patel, D...

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism with Shoshana Zuboff

26 Mar 2019

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The age of surveillance capitalism author Shoshana Zuboff considers whether "data is the new oil" and explains how data collection has fundamentally c...

Apple's new iPad mini and Google's Stadia gaming platform

22 Mar 2019

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A rundown of Apple's latest product updates including the new iPad mini, iPad Air, and AirPods. The Vergecast crew Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul ...

The future of Facebook and democracy with Casey Newton and Alex Stamos

19 Mar 2019

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Facebook's former chief security officer Alex Stamos joined Casey Newton onstage at SXSW to discuss the difficult issues that plague Facebook and demo...

Introducing Switched on Pop

18 Mar 2019

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Check out Switched on Pop, a podcast that digs into the musical theory and cultural context of pop music. In this episode, hosts Charlie Harding and N...

Galaxy S10E review and Spotify takes on Apple

15 Mar 2019

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Natt Garun, and Paul Miller discuss the changes in the new Android Q beta as well as a review of the Samsung Gal...

Breaking up Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook

12 Mar 2019

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How would we break up the world’s most powerful companies? Live from SXSW, The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Casey Newton, and Ashley Carman dis...

Facebook's privacy pivot and the streaming wars

08 Mar 2019

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Breaking down Mark Zuckerberg’s letter on Facebook about its privacy-focused future. The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn,  Julia Alexander, Casey ...

Can Anchor be the Youtube for podcasts? And should they?

05 Mar 2019

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Anchor CEO Michael Mignano discusses the company's recent acquisition by Spotify, the future of podcasting, and whether Anchor could become the "YouTu...

Mobile World Congress: How should your foldable phone fold?

01 Mar 2019

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The latest news from Mobile World Congress including Huawei's new foldable phone, Nokia's five-camera phone, and Sony's very tall phone. The Verge's ...

Casey Newton on the secret life of Facebook moderators

26 Feb 2019

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In “The Trauma Floor,” The Verge’s Casey Newton uncovered the horrendous working conditions for contract Facebook moderators. On this week’s V...

The Samsung Galaxy Fold is here and so is the Galaxy S10

22 Feb 2019

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Samsung unveils its new Galaxy foldable phone and the new S10 at their latest event. The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Dan Seifert, and Paul Mil...

Foursquare is tracking you... responsibly

19 Feb 2019

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CEO of Foursquare Jeff Glueck discusses the ethics of companies that track their users’ movements. Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and Glueck furt...

Amazon HQ2 cancelled and Apple's rumored March 25th event

15 Feb 2019

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Nilay, Dieter, Casey, and Paul react to Amazon cancelling plans for their second headquarters in NYC, Apple's rumored spring event and announcements, ...

Bill Gates on solving the world’s problems… and building a better toilet

12 Feb 2019

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Bill Gates and Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel discuss the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s ambitious plans to improve health in poor countries...

5G madness: why is Sprint suing AT&T?

08 Feb 2019

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Sprint is suing AT&T for falsely advertising its network as "5G." Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel chats with Sprint's legal counsel, Craig Whitney, ...

Spotify’s big audio play, plus a Palm tiny phone review

08 Feb 2019

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Spotify acquires Gimlet Media and Anchor in a play to further expand into audio beyond music streaming. Later, Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Mill...

Lina Khan on Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox

05 Feb 2019

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Should we break up Amazon and Facebook? Columbia Law School academic fellow Lina Khan, who wrote the impactful “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox" for Th...

Apple goes to war with Facebook and Google

01 Feb 2019

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Apple has disabled Facebook and Google’s internal applications after privacy violations were revealed, leaving Google and Facebook employees at a st...

Fixing America’s internet, with Susan Crawford

29 Jan 2019

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Harvard Law School professor Susan Crawford explains how America’s internet connectivity issues and corrosive infrastructure are holding the country...

More Galaxy S10 leaks and Sonos headphones

25 Jan 2019

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The Samsung Galaxy S10 continues to leak, indicating that it may have a headphone jack, a hole-punch display, and a cryptocurrency wallet. But that’...

Pixel 3 Lite leaks, Apple releases new battery cases, and Samsung readies the S10

18 Jan 2019

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This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Paul, and Dieter run through a week of gadget news. Images of the Google Pixel 3 “Lite” and the Samsung Galaxy ...

August CEO Jason Johnson on opening the smart home of the future

15 Jan 2019

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Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel chats with August CEO Jason Johnson about smart locks and the challenges of integrating various technologies within ...

CES: Google vs. Alexa and the latest 5G delusion

09 Jan 2019

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More from CES with The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Dami Lee, and Dan Seifert who talk through the ongoing developments in voice assistant tech...

CES: LG’s impressive rollable TV and Samsung’s iTunes integration

08 Jan 2019

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Ashley Carman, Dieter Bohn, and Vlad Savov discuss the first big news day at CES — including Samsung getting iTunes on thei...

CES: Privacy and smart TVs with Vizio CTO Bill Baxter

07 Jan 2019

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To kick off our coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show, Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel sits down with Vizio chief technology officer Bill Baxter...

Apple's iPhone problem and CES preview

04 Jan 2019

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This week, Nilay, Paul, and Dieter prep by looking at rumors, early announcements, and predictions for the upcoming “biggest event in tech”. Lear...

GoPro CEO Nick Woodman on how to compete without competition

18 Dec 2018

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GoPro CEO Nick Woodman joins The Verge's Nilay Patel and Sean O'Kane to discuss GoPro's recent launches, occupying a space with few competitors, and w...

334: Sundar Pichai testifies, Samsung A8, and Verizon's future

13 Dec 2018

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This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Paul, and Dieter devote half the show to discussing what happened when CEO of Google Sundar Pichai testified before...

What Foxconn’s really doing in Wisconsin, with Reply All’s Sruthi Pinnamaneni

11 Dec 2018

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Nilay Patel interviews Sruthi Pinnamaneni on The Vergecast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

333: 5G phones, Juul, and Microsoft's move to Chromium

07 Dec 2018

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This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Paul, and Dieter are joined by Verge science reporter Rachel Becker to discuss what’s going on in the world of Ju...

The history of online harassment before and after Gamergate with Caroline Sinders

04 Dec 2018

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Cataloging online harassment before and after Gamergate with Caroline Sinders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

332: Pixel Slate, Google Fi, and Section 230

30 Nov 2018

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Nilay, Dieter, and Paul are back from Thanksgiving and ready to spill the beans on the tech news you may or may not have been paying attention to this...

Silicon Valley’s Rep. Ro Khanna talks tech regulation

27 Nov 2018

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On this week’s interview episode, Nilay is joined by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Verge policy reporter Makena Kelly to discuss Congress’ plans to re...

Amazon HQ2, Google Night Sight, and Facebook

16 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dieter Bohn, Casey Newton, and Paul Miller bring you the latest this week with Amazon's announcement of the location of its new headquarters, a report...

President of StubHub Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

13 Nov 2018

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Nilay Patel interviews President of StubHub Sukhinder Singh Cassidy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

330: iPad Pro review, Macbook Air review, and Walt Mossberg

08 Nov 2018

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Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn reviewed Apple’s new iPad Pro and MacBook Air, and discuss their take on this week’s show. Learn more about your ad ch...

Anker CEO Steven Yang is all in on USB-C

06 Nov 2018

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Nilay interviews Steven Yang, Founder and CEO of Anker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

329: Macbook Air, iPad Pro, and Mac Mini

02 Nov 2018

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Vergecast hosts Nilay and Dieter were able to attend Apple’s event in Brooklyn this week, so you can guess that’s what the crew talked about on th...

Ivy Ross (Google’s VP of hardware design) and Rishi Chandra (Google’s VP of home and Nest)

30 Oct 2018

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Google's Ivy Ross and Rishi Chandra discuss the evolving and increasingly human design language of Google products, the future of devices like the Hom...

328: iPhone XR review, Google Home Hub and Yoga Book C390

26 Oct 2018

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This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Paul, and Dieter discuss Nilay’s review of the iPhone XR as well as reviews of the Yoga Book C930 and Google’s ...

Julia Alexander says YouTube makes everything more extreme

23 Oct 2018

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How YouTube makes everything more extreme Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

327: Pixel 3 review, the new Palm phone, and Google antitrust violations

19 Oct 2018

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Pixel 3 review, Google antitrust violations, and the new Palm phone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott Belsky brings Photoshop to the iPad

15 Oct 2018

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Scott Belsky brings Photoshop to the iPad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub

11 Oct 2018

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Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Dan Seifert went to Google’s Pixel 3 event this week in New York City. After the event, the trio, along with Paul Mill...

Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff wants to reduce neighborhood crime

09 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ring began as a humble crowdfunded project called Doorbot — a Wi-Fi-enabled video doorbell that enabled two-way communication. In 2013, it was rejec...

325: Chinese spy chips, Microsoft announcements, and Pixel 3 preview

05 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul bring in experts to report on the top stories on the site this week. Reporter and host of Why’d ...

Public Knowledge’s Meredith Rose explains the Music Modernization Act

02 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Music Modernization Act has passed Congress and now sits on President Trump’s desk, awaiting his signature. The bill is years in the making, a m...

324: Instagram chaos, Photokina 2018, and Elon Musk gets sued

28 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we saw the two founders of Instagram abruptly leave, so Casey Newton comes on the show to talk about all that drama and what it might mean...

Google AMP’s Malte Ubl wants to make the mobile web better

25 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

You may not have heard of Google AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) but you almost certainly have used it. The Google open-source project has been making ...

iPhone XS review, Apple Watch 4 review, and Amazon's surprise hardware event

21 Sep 2018

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This past week, Nilay reviewed the new iPhone XS and XS Max while Dieter reviewed the Apple Watch series 4. Paul, Dieter, and Nilay dedicate half the ...

Ford Autonomous Vehicles President and CEO Sherif Marakby

18 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Big car companies like Ford have broken themselves up to enter the market of self-driving cars and compete with Silicon Valley companies like Tesla an...

Apple iPhone XS event, iPhone XR, and Apple Watch Series 4

13 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Vergecast hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn attended the Apple event on Wednesday, and they were able to get their hands on the new iPhones and Apple ...

Anki CEO Boris Sofman

11 Sep 2018

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Anki, known for creating “robots that move you,” just finished a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund their new home robot, Vector. Anki CEO Bo...

Apple event preview, social media hearings, and monopoly week

07 Sep 2018

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This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Paul, Russell, and Dieter dedicate half the show to The Verge’s monopoly week, which dives into the future of tec...

Tim Wu thinks it’s time to break up Facebook

04 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Best known for coining the phrase “net neutrality” and his book The Master Switch, Tim Wu has a new book coming out in November called The Curse o...

IFA 2018, Apple event announced, and iPhone/Apple watch leaks

31 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The Verge has been at IFA 2018, Europe’s big tech event. There are a lot of new gadgets, so Nilay, Dieter, and Paul go through their favo...

Microsoft’s president explains how Gab shutdown notice went from customer support to his desk

28 Aug 2018

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We're kicking off our secondary Vergecast episode of the week with an interview with Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith. In this ...

App Store chaos, ray tracing, and new Macbook Air rumors

24 Aug 2018

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This week on The Vergecast, Paul, Nilay, and Dieter start off the show with the news that Netflix is testing a payment feature to bypass Apple’s App...

This week in Twitter, Elon Musk, and batteries

17 Aug 2018

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We’ve got a whirlwind of an episode this week on The Vergecast. Nilay, Paul, and Dieter bring back Silicon Valley Editor and host of Converge Casey ...

Magic Leap, Galaxy Note 9, and Android Pie

10 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve been reading The Verge this week, then you know Samsung announced a few products. We got our hands on the Galaxy Note 9, the Galaxy Watch,...

Surface Go, Apple earnings, and HipChat memories

03 Aug 2018

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In the thrilling conclusion to our three part epic miniseries, "Apple doesn't make the laptops we want," Nilay, Paul, and Dieter discuss how nothing r...

Macbook Pro review, Lenovo smart display review, and the Data Transfer Project

27 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After a week of speculation on whether the new MacBook Pro was throttling performance under heat, Apple released a software fix to address the problem...

Google gets fined, Macbook Pro benchmarks, and Roku CEO Anthony Wood

20 Jul 2018

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We’ve got a super stuffed episode of The Vergecast this week. First, the biggest news in tech right now is the European Commission’s ruling that ...

Updated Macbook Pros, Microsoft Surface Go, and this week in Elon

13 Jul 2018

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This week on The Vergecast, Nilay and Dieter discuss an Apple event they were invited to this week for Apple’s updated MacBook Pros. Along with Paul...

macOS Mojave beta, Microsoft Surface USB-C dongle, and this week in Elon Musk

29 Jun 2018

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The Vergecast starts off this week in a traditional fashion with a talk about dongles — Microsoft’s $80 USB-C dongle to be exact. But there’s ...

Recode's Kara Swisher, AT&T - Time Warner, and IGTV

22 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Instagram announced on Wednesday a standalone app called IGTV, a place for watching long-form vertical video. Casey and Ashely — who went to Instag...

Sonos CEO Patrick Spence, E3, and net neutrality ends

15 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In addition to our classic Nilay, Dieter, and Paul trio, we’ve added a few things this week. To give you the best coverage of E3, culture editor La...

WWDC, Sonos Beam, and Microsoft buys Github

08 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference happened this week, and Nilay, Dieter, Jake, and Ashley are on top of it. Second half of the show, we’ve...

Code Conference, Pixel 3 rumors, and WWDC preview

01 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Vergecast is here once again to fulfill the weekly prophecy of illuminating tech news. This week, Dieter is at Recode’s Code Conference, but he ...

Elon Musk, Red Hydrogen, and Zuckerberg in the EU

25 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Are you driving somewhere for the holiday weekend? Here at _The Verge_ we'd like to encourage you to use a car that's wholly or at least primarily pow...

The Selfish Ledger, YouTube Premium, and One Plus 6

18 May 2018

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The Vergecast trio comes together this week to discuss an internal Google video that was obtained by The Verge titled “the Selfish Ledger.” That t...

Bonus: Ctrl-Walt-Delete special edition - iMac 20th anniversary

11 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ctrl-Walt-Delete returns for a special episode all about the iMac 20th anniversary. Walt Mossberg and Nilay Patel reminisce on the introduction of App...

Google I/O and Microsoft Build

11 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

So much happened this week in the world of The Verge. Both Google and Microsoft hosted their annual developer conferences and announced a whole bunch ...

Facebook’s F8, Oculus Go, and Apple earnings

04 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Vergecast, Nilay returns to the show after welcoming a child! Dieter is out this week, so Nilay and Paul bring on Adi Robertson and C...

New Gmail, Spectacles 2.0, and iPhone SE 2?

27 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Vergecast, Dieter, Natt, and Paul are still without Nilay but there’s a whole lot to talk about. Google made some changes with Gm...

Chat for Android, Nintendo Labo, and Motorola (like a) G6

20 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It was a slow week until Google decided to attempt another fix for Android messaging and Nintendo made the entire staff fall in love with cardboard. N...

Zuckerberg testifies, Spotify hardware, and Huawei P20 Pro review

13 Apr 2018

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After a week of Facebook-intensive news, The Vergecast is here to break it all down for you. Nilay is out this week, so Dieter and Paul welcome sen...

iPad review, Facebook drama, and Apple drama

06 Apr 2018

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It is episode 300 of The Vergecast! To celebrate, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul start the show by explaining inside jokes that have been stamped into the sh...

New iPads, Microsoft reorg, and Europe's new privacy rule

30 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve got a bunch of tech luminaries on The Vergecast this week to help us understand the week in tech news. Nilay, Dieter, and Paul welcome Lauren...

Bonus: Casey Neistat full interview

23 Mar 2018

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Nilay talks one-on-one with Casey Neistat about a multitude of topics, including Beme, his view of YouTube, Twitch, and other platforms, sponsorship, ...

Cambridge Analytica, Casey Neistat, and Apple's education event

23 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s loaded Vergecast this week. Nilay, Paul, and Dieter welcome back Silicon Valley editor Casey Newton to break down the Cambridge Analytica scand...

Wixen vs Spotify, problems with Siri, and Breadbot

16 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul are back in New York City after being at SXSW last weekend. To kick off the show, they welcome ba...

Galaxy S9 review, Android P, and Google tries to fix the web (live @ SXSW 2018)

10 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The Vergecast is down in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest 2018 in front of a live audience. Nilay, Dieter, Casey, and Ashley run throug...

Mobile World Congress 2018, Galaxy S9, and Vivo Apex concept phone

02 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Vergecast trio is back and so is gadget news. Mobile World Congress was this week, and so much happened in the world of The Verge. Nilay, Dieter, ...

S9 leaks, Google Reply, and Twitter's war on bots

23 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Vergecast, Dieter is on vacation, so Silicon Valley editor and host of an upcoming Verge podcast, Casey Newton, joins us. Nilay, Paul...

Waymo v Uber, another iOS bug, and AMP Stories

16 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul welcome senior writer Sarah Jeong to the show for the first time. Sarah was at the federal court ...

Homepod review, Intel's Vaunt smart glasses, and Falcon Heavy launch

09 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A lot of things happened this week in the world of The Verge, and we have some first-hand experience to share. This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, D...

The Boring Company flamethrower, Samsung foldable displays, and iOS12 reports

02 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Vergecast is here once again! Nilay, Paul, and Dieter run through the news that hit the site this week to fill you in case you missed it. We talk ...

DJI Mavic Air, HomePod ships in February, and iOS11.3 preview

26 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul call Ben Popper — former business editor at The Verge who now works with DJI — to answer some ...

Nintendo Labo, Detroit Auto Show, and Facebook's transforming news feed

19 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay, Dieter, and Paul have returned from CES 2018 and are all together in the New York City office for this week’s Vergecast. As I was typing out ...

CES 2018: Robots, TVs, and virtual assistants

12 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Verge crew is on our way back home after a week at the Consumer Electronics Show 2018. This week, we did a ton of reporting, a ton of videos, and ...

Meltdown and Spectre will kill us all

05 Jan 2018

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CES is next week, and we'll get to it, but first we need to talk to security expert Russell Brandom to make sure we won't all be dead from CPU securit...

Magic Leap, iPhones slow down, and Microsoft removes Chrome installer from Windows Store

22 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Hello! And happy holidays. This is the last Vergecast of 2017! But we go out with a bang (At least two computers broke down during this recording). Th...

FCC kills net neutrality, the iMac Pro arrives, and T-Mobile buys Layer3 TV

15 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Vergecast three-piece is back together, with Nilay leading the flagship podcast. The biggest news this week is something we’ve seen coming for a...

ARM powered PCs, Google vs Amazon, and Messenger Kids

08 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Dieter Bohn runs the show with Paul Miller and Natt Garun, and it's been a wild week of news. Amazon and Google are basically feuding right...