It's been a wild few months in CPUs, with next-generation releases from both AMD and Intel in their respective Zen 5 and Arrow Lake categories. Now that most all the big parts are out, we break down what's what, including why everyone is finally going disaggregated (and what that means), what's going on with OS updates to make your processor run faster, whic ... Show More
Jun 14
343: Siri Lives on Dynamic Island
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference happened this week, and there was enough going on that we wanted to unpack the whole thing, primarily due to the company's uncharacteristic backpedaling on its... controversial Liquid Glass UI language, not to mention the unusual focus on C ... Show More
1h 13m
Jun 7
342: Faster Thinner Quieter Cooler Cheaper
Computex happened this week, and there was enough to talk about to devote this week's episode to rounding up the high points, including Nvidia's attempt to dominate the consumer Windows market with RTX Spark, the first RGB mini-LED monitors, 8GB laptops becoming common again, PC ... Show More
1h 18m
May 31
341: F2 Is My Most Used F
Question time again! This month we discuss quite a wide range of topics, such as tracking down printer dots with a USB microscope, the dream of going to SIGGRAPH, the legality of scanning and uploading "lost" old magazines, how to stay objective about new stuff as you get older, ... Show More
1h 20m
May 2019
Weird laptops of Computex, new Intel and AMD chips, and a WWDC preview
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller discuss all the new laptops revealed at Computex 2019, the new processor chips from Intel and AMD, what's to come at Apple's WWDC next week, and more updates on the T-Mobile and Sprint merger. Stories discussed this week: Lapt ... Show More
1h 24m
Sep 2025
EA acquired, Snapdragon Elite X2 benchmarks, ChatGPT parental controls + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 does this make any sense 0:19 EA acquired in $55B deal 1:21 Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme benchmarks 2:42 ChatGPT parental controls, Instant Checkout 4:08 Proton! 5:05 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:17 RTX 50 Super series 5:56 ASUS starts to fix ROG laptop stuttering 6:39 Appl ... Show More
9m 53s