In a bonus episode of The Vergecast this week, Dieter Bohn hosts a Microsoft Surface roundup with deputy editor Dan Seifert and senior editor Tom Warren. The trio go through reviews of this years new product lineup and how they compare with their counterparts.
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Today
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
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
Sep 2020
The Surface Duo w/ Microsoft CPO Panos Panay & LG's Unique New Swivel Phone
Microsoft Chief Product Officer, Panos Panay, joins us to give a behind the scenes look into the development of the Microsoft Surface Duo, all the way back to literal brain scans. We also discuss Andrew's favorite new gaming mouse, as well as LG's crazy new swiveling dual-screen ... Show More
1h 2m
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
Oct 2023
Is the Pixel 8 Pro Worth $1000?
The Pixel 8 reviews are here! this week, Marques, Andrew, and David talk about the Pixel 8 smartphones in detail along with a few interesting topics from X (Twitter). Then they talk about the new Meta Quest 3 before going over some of the AI tools that Adobe launched at its lates ... Show More
1h 34m
Oct 2022
Thoughts on Pixel 7, Pixel Watch, and Meta Quest Pro!
The reviews are in! Marques, Andrew, and David all had the new Pixel phones and watches so they were able to each talk about their experiences with the products. After that, they get into the new Meta Quest Pro and talk about the metaverse and of course Among Us in VR. There's a ... Show More
1h 16m
Sep 2023
Microsoft Leaked the Future of Xbox
This week, Marques, Andrew, and David had their hands full because a lot happened this week! First, Marques and David give some early iPhone 15 Pro impressions while they work on the full review before talking about an old Eve V tablet scandal and a new version of Dall-E. Then th ... Show More
1h 12m
Jun 2021
A Computex bonanza from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel
This week, Cherlynn and Devindra chat about the big news from virtual Computex: NVIDIA’s RTX 3080 Ti and 3070 Ti; AMD’s Radeon 6000M mobile graphics; and the latest chips from Intel. Come learn why these companies are basically a triad of frenemies. Also, they dive into Microsoft ... Show More
1h 42m