The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Google's algorithm leak, OpenAI content deals, and more tech news from this week.
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Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation
Google confirms the leaked Search documents are real
An Anonymous Source Shared Thousands of Leaked Google ... Show More
Jan 13
How Lego’s Smart Brick works
January brings two things in Vergecast-land: CES, and New Years' Resolutions. We start this episode with a dive into the story of this year's biggest tech show, the Lego Smart Brick, which is either a clever way of thinking about creativity or the end of creativity as we know it. ... Show More
1h 12m
Jan 9
Live from CES: What is the point of a robot that falls over?
The theme of CES 2026 is gadgets. It's always gadgets. This year more than most, though, the world's biggest tech show is about how fast the hardware world is moving — and how much work the software, and the AI, have to do to catch up. On stage live at the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Ve ... Show More
1h 4m
Jan 6
The robots, phones and Lego of CES 2026
2026 is just beginning, and it's already time for the biggest gadget event of the year. As the Verge team heads to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, David and Nilay run through as many of the newly announced products as they can. There are robots, art TVs, phones, more ... Show More
1h 32m
Aug 2024
Made By Google Recap: Pixel 9, Pixel Watch 3, Pixel Buds Pro 2, and Android 15
Today's episodes is a rundown on all the key the announcements and moments from the 2024 Made by Google event, including a few on stage hiccups.
Google introduced its latest Pixel 9 series, with Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro Fold, all of which are powered by the new Tensor G4 ... Show More
5m 5s
Apr 2025
#144: ChatGPT’s New Memory, Shopify CEO’s Leaked “AI First” Memo, Google Cloud Next Releases, o3 and o4-mini Coming Soon & Llama 4’s Rocky Launch
Returning from Google Cloud Next, Paul and Mike are back with some major AI updates. They kick things off with ChatGPT’s new memory feature and unpack what that means for you. Then it’s onto Shopify’s leaked memo: no new hires until AI proves it can’t do the job. Databox takes th ... Show More
1h 31m