Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Loren Grush discuss NASA's plan for launching the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to NASA’s Hubble telescope.
Second half of the show, the crew go through all the gadgets and software updates announced this past week.
Stories discussed this week:
NASA’s massive next-generation space telescope arrives in So ... Show More
Yesterday
We play a brutal quiz of our gadget memories
Do you remember your first BlackBerry? Do you remember when that first BlackBerry launched? On this episode taped before David Pierce went on leave, producer Travis Larchuk leads David, Nilay, and The Verge’s Sean Hollister through a game of memory and history and a surprising am ... Show More
25m 40s
Aug 20
We ask Gemini and Alexa to track cats and give advice
For better or worse, Amazon Alexa and Google Home's smart voice assistants have been imbued with the powers of generative AI. The promise is that you can use natural language with your smart speaker to adjust your thermostat, lock the doors, and find out what your pets have been ... Show More
39m 22s
Jul 2022
MacBook Air M2 review, Apple betas and James Webb’s space pics
This week on the show, Cherlynn and Devindra dive into Apple’s new MacBook Air M2 and its recent batch of OS betas. It turns out a redesign and a whole new chip makes the MacBook Air even more compelling than before (at least more than the 13-inch MacBook Pro). Also, we chat with ... Show More
1h 14m
Oct 2024
Tesla's We, Robot Event: Let’s Not Get Nuanced
This week, Marques, Andrew, and David discuss everything from the new Kindles that were just announced to the We, Robot Tesla event. We also get into the SpaceX rocket that was caught after its launch and some of the new AI Adobe features that were announced at Adobe Max. There w ... Show More
1h 37m
Apr 2023
A Symposium, a wet dress, a new fund, and it’s only Monday. [T-Minus Space Daily]
Brace yourselves, it’s Space Symposium week! Wet dress rehearsal for Starship. UK launches the International Bilateral Fund. Orbit Fab gets a series A round. Boeing announces their anti-jam payload for WGS. The FAA wants to balance air travel and space travel. Our interview with ... Show More
25m 41s