Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman talks with Kara Swisher about spending a decade at the helm of the local-recommendations site, and the new challenges posed by private companies that can out-raise the public Yelp. He also explains why he thinks quasi-competitor Google has ?lost its mind.? Later on: Kara Swisher and Lauren Goode don virtual reality headsets that ar ... Show More
Sep 14
Adam Conover explains how YouTube ruined everything
Adam Conover is a familiar face to anyone who’s spent time on the internet. He got his start at CollegeHumor back in the day, before transitioning into cable TV with Adam Ruins Everything, then onto Netflix, and all the way back to YouTube again, where he posts videos and hosts a ... Show More
1h 5m
Sep 10
Why the current tech backlash feels different
We’re back with another Decoder mailbag special. This time, we focused on feedback to Nilay’s “software brain” video essay, our ongoing coverage of AI and Big Tech backlash, surveillance, interviewing politicians ahead of the midterms, and more. Remember: we really do read every ... Show More
54m 35s
Jun 2023
Google’s Sundar Pichai Talks Seach, AI, and Dancing with Microsoft
Nilay Patel, editor in chief of The Verge, talks to Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and Alphabet about what he thinks of the future of search, and his vision for Google.Listen to more from Nilay in the feed of Decoder with Nilay Patel.
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44 m
Jul 2025
First Time Founders with Ed Elson – This Founder is Disrupting Our Addiction to Our Phones
Ed speaks with Graham Dugoni, founder and CEO of Yondr, a company that creates lockable pouches to promote phone-free spaces. They discuss how smart phones have negatively impacted society, why schools have struggled to go phone-free, and how he runs his company without a smart p ... Show More
55m 56s
Apr 2022
Startups vs. Big Corporations, Regulating Monopolies, and Tech Folly — with Noam Bardin
Noam Bardin, the former CEO of Waze and the VP of Product at Google, joins Scott to discuss all things tech — including what followed when Noam sold Waze to Google, how to think about regulating monopolies, and what founders need to consider when starting a business. Follow Noam ... Show More
1h 8m
May 2024
Google Speaks, OpenAI Listens
Step aside, Siri. A new generation of AI voice assistants has arrived.
First, (00:21) Asit Sharma and Mary Long dive into today’s inflation report and talk through the latest AI offerings from Alphabet and OpenAI.
Then, (16:03) Ricky Mulvey asks Jason Hall whether co-CEOS are e ... Show More
28m 45s
Sep 2016
What's next in virtual reality? -- full show
Jefferson Graham peeks into the future of virtual reality with reps from 3 L.A. VR studios on the extended weekend edition of the #TalkingTech podcast, Nathan Burba, the CEO of Survios, Gil Baron, CEO of Visionary VR and Wevr CTO Marcel Samek. See Privacy Policy at https://art19. ... Show More
35m 2s