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 ... Show More
Today
The hot new thing in headphones
Bose, Sony, Beats, and seemingly every other headphone maker has recently released a new and excellent set of cans. Or buds. Or both. The Verge's John Higgins explains why the headphone market is suddenly so great, how the companies are competing now, and which new pair is the ri ... Show More
40m 50s
Yesterday
How much should you tell your AI agent?
The next big thing in AI, at least if you ask the tech companies, is assistant agents. David and The Verge's Allison Johnson have both been testing products like Meta's Muse, OpenAI's Dots, and startups like Instinct, in an effort to find out how much you can really get done by m ... Show More
41m 20s
Apr 2023
INSANE AI Phone Scams, Elon's Everything App, Airpods or iPods, Replacing Your Friends on Group Chat
<p>INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/throughtheweb.podcast/<br/>WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/eZjxlq0Doso<br/><br/>Follow us on Twitter to engage with our work: https://twitter.com/throughtheweb<br/><br/>00:00 - Intro <br/>00:15 Our week<br/>12:23 - AI Phonecall Scams <br/ ... Show More
42m 35s
May 2022
E69: Elon Musk on Twitter's bot problem, SpaceX's grand plan, Tesla stories, Giga Texas & more
0:00 Bestie Guestie Elon Musk joins via Zoom at the All-In Summit! 0:43 Benchmarking Twitter's bot problem, thoughts on slights from the Biden Administration 13:26 Breaking down Tesla's 6+ businesses, comparing them to a traditional car company 21:42 Concerns around the Twitter d ... Show More
1h 26m
Feb 2025
The Musketeers Take Washington + Spotify's Ghost Music + Tool Time
<p>This week, we’re joined by the Times reporter Jonathan Swan to discuss Elon Musk’s tech takeover of Washington, D.C. Then, Liz Pelly, author of a new book about Spotify, stops by to discuss “ghost musicians” and how Spotify’s algorithms are reshaping music culture. And finally ... Show More
1h 22m