Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Ashley Carman, and Sean O'Kane highlight the most important, weird, and surprising things The Verge saw at CES 2020.
Stories from this episode:
Sonos said what every smaller tech company was thinking: working with big tech sucks
Amazon’s hardware boss responds to Sonos accusations of stolen technology
Sony’s electric car is the b ... Show More
Yesterday
The 'AI is inevitable' trap
The AI vibes continue to find all-time lows. David and Nilay open the show by talking through the absurd Allbirds pivot to AI, the attacks on Sam Altman, and the increasing divide between what AI companies say is inevitable and what people actually want. Then, the Hype Desk crew ... Show More
1h 32m
Apr 10
Fear and loathing at OpenAI
In a week filled with important news about important people, David and Nilay start the show with the biggest news of all: their silly tech projects. After some updates on iMac repurposing and vibe-coded productivity tools, the hosts turn to the state of OpenAI, and the big story ... Show More
1h 23m
Jan 2020
New Year, New Decade, & Bold Predictions: CES Part 1
In the spirit of CES and the new year, we hunker down in a hotel room to share our predictions for the near future in the tech world, talk about our first day at CES 2020, and wrap it up with a discussion about what we're looking forward to seeing at the remainder of the Consumer ... Show More
51m 26s
Nov 2019
The Worst Tech Event of My Career, Tesla's New Cybertruck, & the 16-inch MacBook Pro
This week, Marques talks about the disaster that was the Motorola foldable RAZR unveiling event, Tesla's new homage to Blade Runner, and his first impressions of the new 16-inch MacBook Pro. Finally, he wraps it all up with a regularly-scheduled Listener Q & A and the one thing h ... Show More
48m 1s
