Hello old friend. I knew you would be back. I didn’t know how or when, but I knew we would be reunited again. It turns out all it would take was a cratering smartphone market to bring you back around. Google, of course, famously stood its ground on the importance of the 3.5 mm for the first Pixel, only to drop it a generation later. Now that the company’s g ... Show More
Yesterday
FAA orders investigation into Blue Origin’s New Glenn mishap; 44% of songs uploaded to Deezer are AI-generated; and the NSA is using Anthropic’s Mythos
-The New Glenn rocket will have to stay grounded while the company investigates what caused the apparent failure of its upper stage. -Deezer says consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, between 1-3% of the total streams, and that 85% of these streams ... Show More
8m 14s
Apr 21
Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?
After 15 years, Tim Cook will hand off his role as Apple CEO to John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering. Also, Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It's investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return. ... Show More
7m 15s
Apr 20
Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon; Cracks are starting to form on fusion energy’s funding boom
The winning time is a massive improvement over last year’s race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes. Also, fusion startups and investors risk deepening fissures if some key disagreements aren't settled amicably. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod ... Show More
7m 33s
Oct 2021
Apple’s Unleashed event / Facebook is planning to rebrand the company / Google holds Pixel 6 event
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Facebook's plan to rebrand the company with a new name, the products announced at Apple's Unleashed event, and what happened at Google's Pixel 6 event. On The Verge is happening October 22nd and 23rd, and yo ... Show More
1h 10m
Oct 2019
Reviewing the Pixel 4, the calm before the streaming war, and a Foxconn Wisconsin update
Stories discussed this week: Foxconn finally admits its empty Wisconsin ‘innovation centers’ aren’t being developed Foxconn’s giant glass dome in Wisconsin is back, baby Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL review: more than the sum of its sensors Google to update Pixel 4 face unlock with eye ... Show More
1h 31m
Oct 2023
Pixel 8, Pixel Watch 2, and a lot of AI
Techtober starts off with a bang! This week, Google had an event where it (officially) announced all of its products! Marques, Andrew, and David start it off with the Pixel Buds Pro update and the new Pixel Watch 2 before going deep on the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. They talk about ... Show More
1h 20m
Nov 2017
Pixel 2XL screen saturation update, an iOS11 bug, and Harmony Link hub services shut down
There’s a lot of little tech news this week, and we’ve got the perfect podcast to sum it all up. This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Paul, and Dieter run through topics like Samsung’s ad that mocks the iPhone, the update to Pixel 2 XL screens, and Logitech shutting down Harmony Li ... Show More
1h 16m