After a week of Facebook-intensive news, The Vergecast is here to break it all down for you. Nilay is out this week, so Dieter and Paul welcome senior editor Natt Garun and Silicon Valley editor Casey Newton to the show to go over all the news.
Even though Mark Zuckerberg took up most of the site this week, there was a still a lot of other stuff happening. ... Show More
Feb 27
The Galaxy S26 is a photography nightmare
Samsung just launched its newest phones, the Galaxy S26 lineup, and wow is it full of Vergecast stories. There’s the very cool new Privacy Display, which seems genuinely useful; there’s the AI-powered camera, which seems like a disaster waiting to happen; and there’s the new agen ... Show More
1h 35m
Feb 24
How Claude Code Claude Codes
Few AI products have found the kind of product-market fit we’ve seen from Claude Code. On the eve of the product’s first anniversary, Anthropic’s Boris Cherny explains why Claude Code is so powerful, all the work left to do, and why he no longer writes any code himself. After tha ... Show More
1h 20m
Feb 19
The speech police came for Colbert
Once again, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and his bad ideas about free speech have rankled a late night host. And once again, Nilay and David talk through what the equal-time rule actually means, why organizations keep caving, and why it's apparently up to people like Stephen Col ... Show More
1h 30m
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 37s
Sep 2021
Did Apple Just Prove the iPhone Could be Cheaper? - WAN Show September 17, 2021
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[0:00] Chapters.
[1:31] Intro.
[1:56] Colton blames Geoff for no sponsors.
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1h 28m
Jan 2022
Apple Headset news heats up, iPad Pro redesign details
Benjamin and Zac follow up with even more Apple headset rumors, discuss whether ProMotion will trickle down the iPhone lineup, new details about the 2022 iPad Pro redesign, and the App Store has a date with the Dutch authorities.
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56m 41s
Jun 2021
Spatial Audio, Beats Studio Buds, and Apple hardware rumors
This week 9to5Mac's Benjamin and Zac discuss the long-awaited release of Apple Podcast Subscriptions, Spatial Audio in Apple Music, the new Beats Studio Buds, and rumors about upcoming new Apple devices.
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1h 24m
May 2024
Everything you want to know about the new iPads! (CultCast #646)
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2453212/open_sms">Send us a text!</a></p><p>This week, you know what’s up — it’s ALL about the new iPads! The surprises, the disappointments, the questions answered. But most importantly… who won the pred ... Show More
1h 11m
<p>How and why Apple Music chose its Best 100 albums, plus what's coming to the Music app in iOS 18, and getting into the details of the nano texture iPad Pro.</p><p>Contact your hosts</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.threads.net/@williamgallagher_">@williamgallagher_ on Threads</ ... Show More
