May 8
Instructure hackers claim they stole data from nearly 9,000 schools, Nintendo is raising Switch 2 prices as chip crisis bites, and Bumble replacing swiping
-ShinyHunters, the extortion group that infiltrated cloud-based educational tech provider Instructure, claims to have stolen data from 8,809 schools around the world. -Nintendo is raising the price of its Switch 2 by $50 to $500 in the US as it faces higher memory costs and US ta ... Show More
7m 52s
Mar 2025
OpenAI has a Studio Ghibli problem
In this episode, we do a Studio Ghibli-like rendition of The Vergecast. First, Nilay and David discuss some big news in the gadget world, from the mysteriously viral midrange Canon camera to the upgrades we're expecting out of Apple in the next few months. Plus, is it over for Am ... Show More
2 h
Feb 2025
Jeep Rolls Out In-Car Ads, France Announces Stargate Rival, and FBI Has Secret UFO Office
We're experimenting and would love to hear from you!In this episode of 'Discover Daily', we begin with the controversial roll out of in-car advertisements by Jeep, causing significant backlash among vehicle owners due to intrusive full-screen pop-ups on their infotainment systems ... Show More
7m 6s
Feb 2025
Elon Musk: agent of chaos
On today's episode, once again, it's OpenAI and DOGE. And some other things! Nilay and David start the show by talking about Elon Musk's surprise bid to buy the nonprofit arm of OpenAI, along with the company's plans for new models and new rules for those models. After that, The ... Show More
1h 47m
Apr 2024
Gen Z's Career Shift, AI Home Security, Lifespan Prediction, and the Dark Side of Voice Cloning
We're experimenting and would love to hear from you!In today's episode, we explore how Gen Z is reshaping the job market by increasingly opting for blue-collar careers, driven by economic factors and concerns about AI disrupting traditional office roles. We also delve into the co ... Show More
7m 38s
May 2024
Autonomous Fighter Jets, AI Music Videos, Dorsey leaves Bluesky and Smarter Siri
We're experimenting and would love to hear from you!In this episode of the Discover Daily podcast from Perplexity, we explore how artificial intelligence is transforming various industries. First, we look at the U.S. Air Force's groundbreaking test of an AI-controlled F-16 fighte ... Show More
6m 48s
Feb 2025
Elon Musk's computer coup
Nilay, David, and Richard Lawler take on a big week in confusing news stories. First, they talk through the latest from Elon Musk's DOGE, which is running rampant through government computer systems with little pushback. Then they explain the latest on the US government's tariff ... Show More
1h 36m
Feb 2025
The high stakes for AI Alexa
AI will fix everything, right? In this episode, friend of The Verge (and Waveform co-host) David Imel joins Nilay and David to talk all about Alexa Plus, and the AI-powered voice assistant Amazon thinks can do everything from turn on your lights to order your friend an Uber. The ... Show More
1h 56m
Nov 2024
Bluesky's quest to be the next Twitter
Nilay and David talk about the future of social, in light of Bluesky's recent surge in growth. Threads is huge, Bluesky is ascendent, Mastodon is... around, but can any of them become the next Twitter? Is that even the goal? After that, Kylie Robison joins the show and the gang d ... Show More
1h 27m
-TikTok announced that an ad-free option will roll out to UK users over the coming months, available to anyone with an account who is 18 or older. The monthly subscription will cost £4 ($5.40) per month.
-The big change is that Samsung is adding support for Google Gemini, which has several important implications. By combining Samsung's existing on-device ob ... Show More
<p data-start="83" data-end="476">We're turning up the heat once again! After last year's sizzling Hot Takes episode, we had to run it back for 2025.</p> <p data-start="83" data-end="476">Knownwell CMO Courtney Baker is joined by CEO David DeWolf and Chief Product & Technology Of ... Show More
