The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, Ashley Carman, and Alex Heath discuss Meta's rough week: Facebook reported its first-ever quarterly decline of daily users globally, along with lower-than-expected ad growth that sent its stock plunging roughly 20 percent.
The crew also discuss Spotify's response to the Joe Rogan controversy and how it will be handling mo ... Show More
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The real story of the iPhone 18 Pro's camera
This week's iPhone 18 Pro discourse made aperture a priority, but today on Vergecast we zoom out to talk about the state of smart phone photography at large. Executive editor Jake Kastrenakes, guest host David Imel and senior reviewer Allison Johnson get into manual controls, "bu ... Show More
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Your AI apocalypse questions, answered
Last week, an Anthropic researcher resigned and posted on X, "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade." These warnings are nothing new, but this one managed to break into the mainstream. So, do the people making AI really think ... Show More
31m 46s
Feb 2022
Tech News: Investors Change Their Relationship Status With Facebook To "It's Complicated"
Yesterday, Meta/Facebook held an earnings call and things went poorly right out of the gate. By the time the call was over, the company was poised to shed 200 billion dollars in value. What happened? Plus, more news in tech. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartp ... Show More
38m 58s
Nov 2022
Timcast IRL #657 Pharma LOSES BILLIONS After Fake Tweet, Twitter IN CHAOS w/Corin Nemec, Amanda Milius
Tim, Ian, Luke, & Serge join Corin Nemec & Amanda Milius to discuss a big pharma stock tanking after a verified user poses as the official account, Facebook firing over 11,000 employees, GOP winning the Nevada governor race, Mexico using footage from Philadelphia to keep kids off ... Show More
2h 3m
Oct 2022
Meta’s Mega Loss, & Credit Suisse’s Major Overhaul 10/27/22
<p>Facebook parent <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/27/meta-stock-falls-23percent-on-earnings-miss-analyst-downgrades.html">Meta reported disappointing quarterly results</a>, prompting a plunge in its stock price. In spite of Wall Street’s doubters, CEO Mark Zuckerberg defen ... Show More
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