This week on The Vergecast, Dieter is on vacation, so Silicon Valley editor and host of an upcoming Verge podcast, Casey Newton, joins us. Nilay, Paul, and Casey run through the news of the week, including Samsung Galaxy S9 leaks, Twitter bots, and third-party keyboards.
Also, as a preview of Casey’s upcoming podcast Converge with Casey Newton, Casey takes ... 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
May 2020
Fri. 05/08 – How Good Can an $18 Apple Watch Knock-Off Really Be?
Uber continues the things-could-be-worse tech earnings parade, Google is consolidating all of its messaging efforts under one team, this whole Reliance Jio Platforms story really has me intrigued, a semi-decent $18 Apple watch ripoff, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggest ... Show More
18m 7s
Mar 2021
Samsung’s ‘Awesome’ event, Google’s sleep-tracking display and more!
This week, Cherlynn and Devindra are joined by senior mobile editor Chris Velazco to try and make sense of Samsung’s ‘Awesome Unpacked’ event. The company didn’t just unveil new Galaxy A-series phones, but also tried excruciatingly hard to flex its ‘understanding’ of Gen Z lingo. ... Show More
1h 32m
May 2020
2020 Apple Leaks & Mark Gurman Brings Us Behind the Scenes of the Tight-Lipped Tech World
On this episode, we welcome well-known Apple leaker and Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, who joins us remotely to dive deep behind the scenes of his life as the predominant Apple leaker in today's technology world. He shares the story of how he began his career, some of his favori ... Show More
1h 9m
Feb 2021
Fri. 02/26 – Twitter Does ALL The Things (Even $$$ For Tweets)
Twitter just wants to give us everything all of the sudden, including charging for tweets, sort of groups based on interests, and even blocking and muting accounts. Google gives devs a Sleep API. Why has LastPass decided to piss everyone off all of the sudden? Why Xiaomi is the u ... Show More
18m 16s
Aug 2023
Anything but Coding - Landscaping, Fitness, and more!
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about concerts, getting tired because of being old, landscaping, spinning on your head, gym updates, awful search engines and awful ethics for YouTubers, rewiring old engines, and what’s being streamed. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:49 ... Show More
1h 5m
Aug 2019
Thu. 08/22 - Google Deserts Desserts (h/t The Verge)
Will we see an iPhone Pro next month? Google has a new proposal for ad tracking, Android deserts dessert nomenclature, why hasn’t tech solved parking yet, and why The Irishman might be a major fork in the road for Netflix.Sponsors:PixelUnionBRD.com on Twitter!
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18m 36s