Yesterday

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

Jul 1

The movie and TV tech we actually want to use

One way to think about the tech industry is just as a series of people trying to build stuff they saw in movies and on TV. Some of that tech is great, some of it is deeply dystopian, and most of it would make the world a very different place if it suddenly existed. In this episod ... Show More

1h 33m

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

Apr 11

Trump's Tariff Pause, Apple's Highs and Lows, and Musk v. Navarro

Kara and Scott discuss President Trump pausing tariffs for 90 days, the escalating trade war with China, and the fallout for Apple amidst the tariff chaos. Then, Elon Musk and trade adviser Peter Navarro are feuding, but it’s okay, because as The White House says, “boys will be b ... Show More

1h 2m

Apr 11

Big Tech's Tariff Chaos + A.I. 2027 + Llama Drama

This week, with the tech world in chaos over President Trump’s tariffs, we look at how four specific companies are navigating the new day-to-day reality. Then, the A.I. researcher Daniel Kokotajlo returns to the show to discuss a new set of predictions for how artificial intellig ... Show More

1h 9m

Apr 25

US tariffs bite Chinese industry

Apple plans to shift the assembly of all US-sold iPhones to India as soon as next year, factories in China have begun slowing production and furloughing some workers in the aftermath of US tariffs, and Alphabet shares rose after it reported first-quarter profit surged 46 per cent ... Show More

11m 5s

Apr 10

Trump’s tariff reversal

US stocks surged on Wednesday after Donald Trump paused ‘reciprocal’ tariffs for 90 days. Plus, the EU and China are working on a new trade relationship because of the levies. Meanwhile, Apple is looking to boost production in India. Mentioned in this podcast:EU calls for ‘negot ... Show More

9m 46s

Apr 9

U.S. Stocks Soar as President Trump Pauses Some Tariffs

P.M. Edition for April 9. U.S. stocks stage a furious rally after Trump announces a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs. WSJ investing columnist Spencer Jakab discusses the market reaction, and markets reporter Ryan Dezember breaks down what the tariff pause means in practice, as ... Show More

11m 47s

May 9

Trump Floats Lower China Tariff Ahead of Trade Talks

P.M. Edition for May 9. In a social-media post, President Trump said lowering tariffs on Chinese goods to 80% “seems right.” Meanwhile, Beijing moved to enforce restrictions on exports of rare-earth metals before this weekend’s talks in Switzerland. But when it comes to the futur ... Show More

14m 23s

Apr 24

Tariffs, Free Trade, Export Controls, H20 & Rare Earth Ban | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner

Open Source bi-weekly convo w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner on all things tech, markets, investing & capitalism. This week they revisit arguments about free trade, and discuss updates on tariff negotiations, export controls, the new AI cold war, NVIDIA H20 chip ban, rare earth b ... Show More

1h 2m

May 23

President Trump Threatens New Tariffs on the EU and Smartphones

P.M. Edition for May 23. In posts on social media and statements from the Oval Office today, President Trump threatened a 50% tariff on imported goods from the European Union, as well as new duties on iPhones and other smartphones made overseas. WSJ reporter Gavin Bade joins to d ... Show More

13m 16s

May 13

A sigh of relief on US-China tariffs

Global stocks surged after the US and China slashed tariffs for 90 days, and Brussels is preparing to use capital controls and tariffs against Russia. Plus, OpenAI and Microsoft are rewriting the terms of their multibillion-dollar partnership in a high-stakes negotiation. Mention ... Show More

10m 20s

Feb 2025

US companies endure tariff whiplash

Alphabet’s cloud services missed growth expectations last quarter, American companies are scrambling to protect their supply chains in the face of all the back and forth on tariffs, and China is hitting back at the US for imposing new levies. Plus, India is set for a blockbuster ... Show More

10m 38s

How the tech world is responding to tari...