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
Aug 22
Google's AI-stuffed Pixel 10 event
It’s Pixel week. Jake, Vee, and Allison are chatting about all things Google. First, there’s the Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, and 10 Pro Fold, which get a mix of hardware upgrades (dust-proofing on a foldable!) and downgrades (a worse camera on the Pixel 10?) and a ton of new AI ... Show More
1h 39m
Aug 19
Do we really want Rosie the Robot?
This week on The Vergecast, the co-founder and former CEO of iRobot, Colin Angle, joins The Verge’s smart home reviewer, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, to discuss what the ideal home robot is. Are we close to creating a Rosie the Robot — an all-in-one humanoid robot that can take care ... Show More
1h 37m
Aug 15
Vibe coding through the GPT-5 mess
GPT-5 is here, and it’s not going so well. This week on The Vergecast, Jake, Vee, and Hayden discuss the bumpy launch of OpenAI’s latest model and why GPT-5 isn’t as big of a leap as GPT-4. Then, everyone shares their vibe coding projects and the bumpy journey to making anything ... Show More
1h 21m
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
Jun 27
Legendary Consumer VC Predicts The Future Of AI Products
Kirsten Green, founder of Forerunner Ventures, has backed some of the most iconic consumer brands of the past two decades — from Warby Parker to Chime to Dollar Shave Club. In this conversation with Garry, she shares how great products (not marketing tricks) still win, why AI is ... Show More
35m 46s
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