Some products are so successful they become snynonymous with their whole category — nobody asks for a facial tissue, they ask for a Kleenex, you know? Today's episode is, at least in part, about two of those products. First, The Verge's Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins the show to chart the rise and fall of the Roomba, the robot vacuum that practically invented ... Show More
Jul 8
A quest for the best headphone mics
On this episode of The Vergecast, we kick off Hot Girl Vergecast Summer with a classic Vergecast segment: the mic test. Guest host Victoria Song is joined by Vergecast producers Andru Marino and Erick Gomez to see how the Nothing Headphone 1, Sony WH-1000XM6, Apple AirPods Max, a ... Show More
1h 6m
Jun 27
What Meta and Anthropic really won in court
It's already the heat of summer, and the news keeps coming. Nilay, David, and Jake start the show with a bunch of tech news, including the latest on Tesla's robotaxi launch, some updates on the Trump Phone, new devices from Fairphone and Unihertz, and Meta's shifting strategy for ... Show More
1h 46m
Dec 2024
#437 - James Dyson - Dyson - “Failure is more exciting than success”
A life of failures, a life of success.Two opposing directions, yes one destiny — that of Sir James Dyson: “Failure is far more fascinating than success.”An inventor to his core, he developed a passion for engineering and, in the 1980s, created the world’s best vacuum cleaner.To s ... Show More
1h 56m
May 13
🎤 Pourquoi ce bras robotique va changer la préparation des colis Amazon (Johannes Kulick, Amazon Robotics)
Dans les coulisses d'Amazon, une nouvelle génération de robots est en marche. Leur nom : Vulcan. Capables de manipuler des objets avec une étonnante finesse grâce à un « sens du toucher » artificiel, ces bras robotisés sont en train de transformer le travail dans les centres de d ... Show More
7m 10s
Mar 2025
Why AI Voice Feels More Human Than Ever
AI voice technology has been around for years — think Siri or Alexa — but the magic has been missing. That’s changing, and quickly!In this episode, Anish Acharya, General Partner at a16z, and Olivia Moore, Partner at a16z, explore why AI voice is reaching a breakthrough moment, h ... Show More
43m 19s
Apr 2024
TikTok is cleaning up its ‘For You’ recommendations, Menteebot is a human-sized AI robot, X’s AI bot is so dumb
TikTok is trying to clean up its ‘For You’ recommendations … Command your human-sized AI robot with natural language … and X’s AI bot is so dumb it can’t tell the difference between a bad game and vandalism. It's Thursday, April 18th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about yo ... Show More
11m 12s