The Vergecast
The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours.
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Google I/O recap: AI is taking over Search
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the big announcements and takeaways from Google I/O 2023.
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Google AI and foldable phones
Google I/O 2023: the future of Google and our first impressions of the Pixel 7A, the Pixel Tablet, and the Pixel Fold.
73 min
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Bluesky's rise and AI's fall
Google announces the Pixel Fold, the ‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google, and Bluesky is starting to feel like Twitter.
70 min
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The director’s episode: how tech makes movies
The flagship podcast of questionable .mkv files
74 min
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Apple’s headset, Humane’s weird demo, and the p...
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Andrew Hawkins discuss what's happening in the world of EVs. Also: more Apple headset rumors and whatever the heck that Humane demo was last week.
95 min
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ActivityPub is the next big thing in social
Also, what makes a good weather app?
74 min
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AI Drake, AI friends, AI everything
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz wish you happy 420
80 min
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How a TikTok ban could actually work
TikTok banning attempts, the best Android phones, and the year of OLED TVs
66 min
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HBO vs. Max and Twitter vs. Substack
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Warner Bros. Discovery's new streaming service, Sony's mobile gaming move, and Twitter's feud with Substack.
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The best streaming services in 2023
The Vergecast's first annual streaming draft
52 min
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Twitter blue check chaos and CarPlay squabbles
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss The end of Twitter and the future of infotainment.
79 min
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How to use Microsoft’s AI Copilot, laptop micro...
Today on the flagship podcast of peer-to-peer wireless networking
70 min
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The swaggy AI Pope and Apple headset rumors
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss AI image generators getting better, WWDC 2023 rumors, and the other biggest stories in tech this week.
82 min
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The best laptops for school, tablets for readin...
The Verge answers questions from The Vergecast Hotline.
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TikTok goes to Washington
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, David Pierce, and Makena Kelly react to the TikTok hearing going on in Washington
79 min
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How to buy an iPad, hike 2,600 miles, and watch...
Today on the flagship podcast of over-the-air interactive television
77 min
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Solo Acts: Marco Arment and his podcast app Ove...
For the final episode of our Solo Acts mini series, Ashley Esqueda talks with Marco Arment about being a solo app developer for years, going from Tumblr to Instapaper to his podcast app Overcast.
30 min
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GPT-4 is coming for your work tools — and your job
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, David Pierce, and James Vincent discuss OpenAI announcing GPT-4, the next generation of its AI language model.
89 min
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Samsung's fake moon photos and Silicon Valley B...
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Samsung faking photos of the moon on its phones, what happened with Silicon Valley Bank, and hottest topic of the season: ChatGPT and AI
46 min
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Solo Acts: Tinymakesthings' custom keycaps
Ashley Esqueda talks with Tiny of tinymakesthings, who makes artisan keycaps for mechanical keyboards.
32 min
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Spotify's redesign, streaming boxes suck, and G...
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Richard Lawler discuss Spotify's changes within its app, what happening this week at Twitter, Gigi Sohn withdrawing her nomination for FCC commissioner, and a whole lot more.
97 min
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Giles Martin and Sonos CEO Patrick Spence on th...
They join The Vergecast to discuss Sonos’ new Era 300 and 100 speakers, the ins and outs of spatial audio, and why this is the time to get behind it.
58 min
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Solo Acts: Madison Karrh on her adventure puzzl...
On episode three of our Solo Acts miniseries, Madison Karrh, an indie game developer who launched her most recent game Birth a few weeks ago.
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MWC 2023 gadgets, Meta's AR / VR roadmap, and T...
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Richard Lawler discuss the phones and laptops announced at Mobile World Congress, Meta's AR / VR hardware roadmap for the next few years, Tesla's "Master Plan", and more of this week's tech news.
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Apple glucose monitor rumors, Marvel fatigue, a...
Today on the flagship podcast of hyper specific wearable sensors
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