If you’ve been reading The Verge this week, then you know Samsung announced a few products. We got our hands on the Galaxy Note 9, the Galaxy Watch, and we even got to look at that Home speaker as well. That news is covered in a big chunk of The Vergecast this week, but there was also so much other stuff that happened.
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Yesterday
The US is losing its lead in AI
Since the beginning of the AI revolution, a few companies have claimed to be building the best and most powerful AI models. All of them were American. More recently, a few Chinese companies seem to have caught up, shipping models that are much cheaper and maybe also just as good. ... Show More
34m 18s
Jul 17
Apple's plot to crush OpenAI
It's public beta season, which means David and Nilay have been upgrading some devices this week. We talk through the good and bad of our early experiences with Siri AI, and what it'll take for next-gen Siri to be a hit. After that, we discuss the real reason Apple decided to sue ... Show More
1h 33m
Jul 16
The one AI detector people actually trust
AI text detectors have been notoriously unreliable, but that's starting to change. This year, Pangram keeps coming up as the trusted source in identifying AI-written text. We sit down with Pangram CEO Max Spero to find out how the system was made, how much we should trust it, and ... Show More
37m 48s
Jul 2025
Samsung’s Tri-Fold Phone is Coming!
This week, there is a bunch of news to talk about. Marques, Andrew, and David jump right into the news that ChromeOS is merging with Android before then talking about the new Sony point-and-shoot camera that's going viral for all the wrong reasons. After that, they talk about the ... Show More
1h 24m
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
Dec 2021
Sustainable Smartphones, A Retractable Camera, and Pixel watch rumors!
This week Marques and Andrew talk a little bit about everything. First, they go over a new electric flying vehicle from Sweden before diving into some gadget news. They talk about everything from playing games on a Tesla to the new Oppo phone tease before going over the Fairphone ... Show More
1h 4m
Jan 2024
Galaxy S24 and Vision Pro are Here!
This week, Marques, Andrew, and David go right into Samsung Unpacked which happened right before we sat down to record. After that, Marques and David talk about their latest demo with the Apple Vision Pro and give some last-minute hands-on impressions before pre-orders begin. Aft ... Show More
1h 18m
Aug 2020
Microsoft Surface Duo, Samsung "Nope" 20, & an Airpower Competitor
In this week's episode we announce some exciting upcoming schedule additions for Waveform. We then move on to cover a multitude of new products including the RED Komodo, Samsung Galaxy Note 20, Microsoft Surface Duo, and Nomad's much-anticipated Airpower competitor! Links: https: ... Show More
1h 2m
Jul 2024
Unpacking Galaxy Unpacked 2024!
This week, Marques, Andrew, and David go over a few quick news stories including YouTube adding an audio eraser feature, the CMF Phone 1, and Spotify adding comments to podcasts, but most of the episode is about all of the new Samsung devices that were just announced! They talk a ... Show More
1h 34m
Jun 2023
New Pixel Fold, Tablet, and a ZenFone Too!
Andrew was supposed to be on vacation this week so it's just Marques and David bringing you the news. They talk about YouTube testing games in its app, the new Pixel Fold and Tablet, and even a new Zenfone! They wrap it up with a bunch of EV news before finishing it all up with t ... Show More
1h 17m