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 Wednesday, 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.
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Last Episode : September 22, 2023 7:48am
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Confirmed 1
Amazon and Microsoft's AI paradesThe Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss all the announcements from Amazon's fall product launch event and Microsoft's Surface and AI event.
Further reading:
Amazon’s fall 2023 product launch event: live news, announcements, and more
Amazon is set to supercharge Alexa with generative AI
The Fire TV should be at the heart of Amazon's smart home
The new $269.99 Echo Frames look a whole lot more like glasses.
Alexa Eye Gaze offers a new way to control Alexa on a Fire tablet
In the new Echo Show 8, Alexa will be 40 percent faster.
Finally some hardware...for kids.
YouTube is going all in on AI with background and video topic suggestions
YouTube made a video editing app — just like TikTok
Microsoft Surface event: the 6 biggest announcements
Microsoft’s new Xbox controller borrows great ideas from Stadia, Steam, and Sony
This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a lift-to-wake controller
Microsoft’s next Xbox, coming 2028, envisions hybrid computing
Microsoft addresses the huge Xbox leaks: here’s Phil Spencer’s full memo
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer says acquiring Nintendo would be ‘a career moment’
Microsoft announces the Surface Laptop Studio 2 with upgraded chips and ports
A first look at Microsoft’s upgraded Surface Laptop Studio 2
Microsoft announces the new Surface Laptop Go 3
Hands-on with the Surface Laptop Go 3
The Surface Go 4 comes with a much-needed performance boost
Microsoft 365 Copilot launches in November
Windows 11’s next big update arrives on September 26th with Copilot, RAR support, and more
Microsoft announces Surface Hub 3 with portrait mode
The cable bundle of the future is officially here
Google’s Bard chatbot can now find answers in your Gmail, Docs, Drive
The Home Assistant Green is here to make the most powerful smart home platform more accessible
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Published Friday
iPhone and watches and wallpapers, oh my
Today on the flagship podcast of the Action Button:
03:34 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with Allison Johnson and Dan Seifert about their reviews of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro.
41:02 - Victoria Song joins the show to talk about her review of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2.
1:07:58 - David chats with Isaac Mosna and Widgetsmith's David Smith about customizing your iPhone wallpaper and widgets.
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Published Wednesday

In episode two of The Vergecast's AI mini series, David Pierce sits down with Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding and music producer Ian Kimmel to share how they made an entire song from scratch using a bunch of AI tools.
Later, Nilay Patel joins the discussion to talk about the future of AI in the music industry.
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Published Monday
Apple mysteries and Google trials
It's been a week! The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz rejoin the studio to process all the tech news and announcements. Apple had its annual hardware event where the iPhone 15 and new Apple Watch lineup were shown off.
Later, senior tech and policy reporter Adi Robertson joins the show to walk us through the US v Google antitrust trial that kicked off earlier in the week.
Further reading:
iPhone 15 event: all the news on Apple's new phones
Here's why Apple put a Thread radio in the iPhone 15 Pro
Rumors of Lightning’s death are just slightly exaggerated
The iPhone Mini is officially gone, long live the iPhone Mini
USB-C Backbone One controllers will be ‘upgraded’ to work with the iPhone 15 lineup.
The iPhone is getting new ringtones with iOS 17
Apple announces more iOS 17 features coming later this year: Apple Music updates
How Google plans to win its antitrust trial
What to expect from the Google Search antitrust trial
US v. Google antitrust trial: updates
Developers respond to Unity’s new pricing scheme
Unity cancels town hall over reported death threats
What happens when Google Search doesn't have the answers?
Google AMP: how Google tried to fix the web by taking it over
A storefront for robots
The little search engine that couldn't
Who killed Google Reader?
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Published 09/15

After attending Apple's fall hardware event, The Verge's Nilay Patel, Allison Johnson, Dan Seifert and Victoria Song break down the biggest announcements: the iPhone 15, 15 Pro, the new Apple Watch Series 9 and the Ultra 2.
Further Reading:
All the big conferences and events in tech, entertainment, and automotive coming this fall
iPhone 15 event live blog: all the news from Apple's keynote
Apple iPhone 15 event: the seven biggest announcements
Apple announces iPhone 15 with USB-C, a camera upgrade, and the Dynamic Island
Apple iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max announced with titanium bodies and an Action Button
iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max hands-on
A first look at the new iPhone 15 with USB-C and a big camera upgrade
Apple's cheapest iPhone 15 Pro Max now costs more — but also has double the storage
Apple is releasing iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 on September 18th
Apple announces Apple Watch Series 9, and it has a handy double-tap feature
Apple Watch Ultra 2: price, release date, and features
Apple is switching the AirPods Pro charging case to USB-C
Apple’s USB-C AirPods Pro will support lossless audio with the Vision Pro
Apple's Lightning connector was the first great port — and USB-C might be the last
Post-process: why the smartphone camera changed photography forever
The iPhone 7 Plus vs. the original iPhone: a camera showdown
The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are the first smartphones with Thread
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Published 09/13

In part one of The Vergecast's AI mini series, David Pierce dives into the boom of voice synthesis and artificially generated speech. The process is a lot more accessible for everyone, but how realistic can it sound?
Further reading:
AI voices are taking over the internet
Everyone will be able to clone their voice in the future
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Published 09/11
How the iPhone 15 could still surprise us
The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, Richard Lawler, and Dan Seifert discuss what to expect at Apple's iPhone 15 event, the drama behind the scenes with Disney's CEOs, and some more gadget news.
Further reading:
iPhone and iPad apps will be available in the Vision Pro App Store by default
Sonos announces Move 2 speaker with stereo sound and 24-hour battery life
Google leaks Pixel 8 Pro again with a 360-degree preview
GoPro’s new Hero 12 Black will let you film continuously for longer
A GoPro Max successor is coming
What goes into designing a solar-powered Bluetooth speaker
Bob Iger and Bob Chapek's CEO battle made Disney the pettiest place on Earth
YouTube is experimenting with longer but less frequent ad breaks on TV
Roku turns to layoffs (again) and removes streaming content to cut costs
Chrome is about to look a bit different
Google’s cookie-replacing Privacy Sandbox reaches major milestone
How to disable Chrome’s new targeted ad tracking
Clubhouse reinvents itself as an audio messaging app
MrBeast just dropped a new YouTube face
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Published 09/08
It's gadget season again
The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Richard Lawler discuss all the gadgets announced at IFA 2023, the next flagship phone events from Apple and Google, and a whole lot more.
Also: Nilay Patel breaks news about the 5G banana surgery.
Further reading:
No, they did not do surgery on a banana over 5G
Apple’s September iPhone event: how to watch and what to expect
Google leaked Google’s flagship Pixel 8 Pro, again
Google sets its Pixel 8 launch event for October 4th
Google kills Pixel Pass without ever upgrading subscriber’s phones
Taylor Swift Eras Tour is coming to theaters this October
Starfield review: a stellar sci-fi refresh of the Bethesda RPG formula
Sony is raising PlayStation Plus prices up to $40 per year
Dolby might have found a way to make built-in TV speakers sound much better
Instagram may be making Reels longer to compete with TikTok
Google’s Duet AI now available in Docs, Gmail, and other Workspace apps
IFA 2023: the biggest announcements from Europe’s big tech show
Alexa and Google Assistant play together nicely, but not perfectly, on JBL’s new speakers
Anker's new MagGo wireless chargers might charge iPhones just as fast as MagSafe
Philips Hue has three new smart security cameras
Jlab’s $39.99 Jbuds Mini are the smallest yet.
How Google made the world go viral
We sent the top ANC headphones to a lab to test their noise-canceling abilities
This USB button helps Jeopardy! contestants get their buzz on
The future of Tesla is in China
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Published 09/01
Who built the internet? And who will save it?
Today on the flagship podcast of social media monetization strategies:
04:05 -The Verge''s David Pierce and Nilay Patel chat with Taylor Lorenz about her new book Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet
55:26 - Adi Robertson joins the show to explains why publishers, and the music industry, would have a bone to pick with the Internet Archive.
1:23:13 -Vjeran Pavic helps out with this week's Vergecast Hotline question.
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Published 08/30
Threads' big moment, and Sony's big controller
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Richard Lawler discuss Threads' new web app, Sony's Playstation handheld, NFL 4K streaming, AI music copyright, and a whole lot more.
Further reading:
Elon Musk says (yet again) that X will stop letting you block users
X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014
X fixed the ‘bug’ that broke images attached to tweets from before 2014
X tests removing headlines from links to news articles
Elon Musk says news organizations can get a share of X’s advertising revenue, too.
Threads on the web is here
NFL Sunday Ticket has arrived on the Google TV homescreen
Amazon is bringing a whole lot of AI to Thursday Night Football this season
Sony’s portable PlayStation Portal launches later this year for $199.99
Sony’s PlayStation wireless earbuds will cost a whopping $199.99
Sony’s PlayStation division is acquiring headphone maker Audeze
This batarang houses Qualcomm’s next big bet on gaming
Somebody already unboxed the Quest 3
Microsoft kills Kinect again
Corsair’s first standing desk is designed for gaming, streaming, and more
Google and YouTube are trying to have it both ways with AI and copyright
Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel
Netflix is going to let DVD subscribers keep unreturned discs for free
White Noise Podcasters Are Costing Spotify $38 Million a Year - Bloomberg
Sonic Spectrum: a journey into noise white, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple & violet
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Published 08/25
Mythical computers and super apps
Today on the flagship podcast of payment processing fees:
04:36 - The Verge's David Pierce travels to meet Keegan McNamara, an artisan who is making unique computers for more purposeful use cases.
A visit to the one-man computer factory
27:11 - Liz Lopatto and Alex Heath join the show to discuss the future of "super apps" in the United States — notably the one Elon Musk is trying to build with X, formerly known as Twitter.
Everything Elon Musk told Twitter employees in his first company meeting
Can Elon Musk turn Twitter into an ‘everything app’?
Here’s what Elon Musk wants to do with X, his ‘everything app’
1:09:54 - Keep listening for this week's Vergecast Hotline question.
What is a custom feed and how do I make one? – Reddit Help
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Published 08/23
Big screens, bigger screens, suitcase screens
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Dan Seifert discuss the iMac's 25th anniversary, the state of streaming, a TV in a suitcase, and a whole lot more.
Further reading:
Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls
They Review Movies on TikTok, but Don’t Call Them Critics
YouTube is adding chat, highlights, and Shorts to NFL Sunday Ticket
It’s official, people aren’t watching TV as much as they used to
iMac at 25: a visual history of Apple's iconic all-in-one computer
How the iMac saved Apple
For a generation of students, the iMac was a gateway to the future
In a world full of laptops, is there a place for the iMac?
Apple moved the end call button again in iOS 17
These iOS 17 Features Won't Be Available at Launch - MacRumors
Everything New in iOS 17 Beta 6 - MacRumors
DisplayPort: A Better Video Interface | Hackaday
LG now sells this bizarre TV in a suitcase, and I must have it
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 family review: easier choices
Google Chrome will summarize entire articles for you with built-in generative AI
OpenAI wants GPT-4 to solve the content moderation dilemma
An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban
The Biden administration urges the Supreme Court to take up content moderation cases
Special counsel obtained ‘some volume’ of DMs from Donald Trump’s Twitter account
Microsoft to hold ‘special event’ in New York City on September 21st
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Published 08/18