Alibaba launched Qwen3.8 Max as Moonshot paused Kimi K3 signups amid demand. The Trump administration weighed a slow squeeze on Chinese AI, Hugging Face used China's GLM-5.2 after US guardrails blocked its breach forensics, and Google built a Gemini chip.
Alibaba launches a 2.4T parameter Qwen3.8 Max preview that it says rivals frontier AI models and is ... Show More
Jul 16
The Delivery Space Consolidates
Uber agreed to acquire Delivery Hero for ~$14.8B, expanding into 99 markets. Thinking Machines released its first open-weight model, Inkling, SpaceXAI open-sourced Grok Build after a data-upload backlash, and sources detailed xAI's chaotic race to catch Claude under new leadershi ... Show More
20m 3s
Oct 2021
Apple's New Macbook Pros, the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro, and more!
Techtober is in full swing! This week Marques and Andrew go over the new gadgets from the Apple event. They discuss the new AirPods, the new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, and of course the new Macbook Pros. After that, they go over the Google event and give their impressions on the Pi ... Show More
1h 12m
Apr 2024
How much MacBook is enough MacBook?
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz discuss the Apple Macbook Air M3 review, Jon Stewart's take on AI, and a whole lot more of this week's tech news. Further reading: Apple MacBook Air M3 review: small upgrades It’s time for a hard reset on notifications Best printe ... Show More
1h 32m
Aug 2019
Galaxy Note 10 Plus review, Apple fall lineup rumors, and green bubble Giphys
This week on The Vergecast...Dieter's got a review for the Galaxy Note 10, Samsung has some blue bubble bashing GIFs, and there are a whole bunch of Apple device rumors.Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus review: should you spend for the stylus?Samsung made a sad Giphy page filled with c ... Show More
1h 22m
Jan 2023
Apple might make a touchscreen Mac / Samsung S23 images leak
The Verge's Alex Cranz, Richard Lawler, and Dan Seifert discuss the numerous Apple rumors we heard about this week, a Samsung Unpacked preview, and the latest gadget news. Further reading: Apple might finally make a touchscreen Mac Apple is reportedly making an all-in-one cellula ... Show More
1h 7m
May 2020
New releases: Surface Go 2, Macbook Pro 13-inch, and the first Xbox Series X gameplay footage (Goodbye Paul)
Stories discussed this week: The disappointing truth about antibody testing Apple is giving $10 million to COVID-19 testing kit company FDA authorizes CRISPR-based test for COVID-19 Sen. Ed Markey wants the FCC to rethink its broadband deployment plans An Amazon warehouse worker ... Show More
1h 20m
Feb 2023
iPhone Ultra, Galaxy S23 bloat, ChatGPT Bing + more!
0:00 tech news is important
0:11 iPhone Ultra
1:30 Samsung Galaxy S23 bloatware
2:33 Microsoft + ChatGPT, Google Bard AI
3:51 Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD
4:22 QUICK BITS
4:35 Dell layoffs
4:58 Ryzen 9 7845HX is fast
5:25 Twitter backs off API stuff a bit
6: ... Show More
8m 8s
Mar 2020
Apple announces new iPad Pro and Macbook Air, Sony reveals PS5 specs, and confusion around the coronavirus testing website
Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss the new iPad Pro and Macbook Air that Apple announced this week, the confusion around Google's coronavirus testing website, and the specs revealed for the PS5. Stories discussed this week: Comcast modestly raises slow internet speeds for low-income ... Show More
1h 19m
Nov 2020
Apple announces M1 chip computers / iPhone 12 mini and Pro Max review / HomePod mini review
Nilay, Dieter, Dan, and Chaim discuss the new computers Apple announced at their "One More Thing" hardware event, as well as their reviews of the iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro Max, and HomePod mini. Stories from this week: US sees two days with over 100,000 reported COVID-19 case ... Show More
1h 6m
Mar 2025
Apple's chip bumps, big and small
Apple's new gadgets this week were pretty minor updates, so of course we talk about them for a long time. Nilay and David are joined by The Verge's Jake Kastrenakes, and the three hosts discuss the latest iPad, iPad Air, MacBook Air, and Mac Studio. All three have... a lot of tho ... Show More
1h 49m
<p>New high-end MacBook Pro models and AirPods are expected at the Oct. 18 “Unleashed” Apple event, initial reviews of Apple Watch Series 7 are out, iPhone 13 Pro case options, and more.</p>
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