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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz follow up on all the rest of the gadgets and tech seen at CES 2024.

Further reading:

• CES 2024: all the TVs, laptops, smart home gear, and more from the show floor
• The Rabbit R1 is an AI-powered gadget that can use your apps for you
• Rabbit sells out 10,000 units of its R1 pocket AI companion in one day
• Samsung’s Ballie robot is now a projector that follows you around  
• Wi-Fi 7 quietly took off while everyone was looking at AI
• Wi-Fi 7 certification is now underway for new routers and devices  
•  Belkin made an iPhone dock that can track you around the room 
•  Satechi’s new Qi2 charging stands are stylish and storable
• Have yourself some more Thunderbolt 5.
• Behold: the first Thunderbolt 5 port we’ve seen on an actual PC.
• I just watched the first interactive broadcast TV channel in the US
• Thread Group is finally fixing Thread border routers  
• The Aqara Hub M3 launches at CES 2024 
• Google and Samsung team up to simplify Android sharing
• Intel: ‘We are bringing the AI PC to the car’
• Hyundai says hydrogen will play a ‘prominent role’ in going carbon neutral  
• BMW turns inward for CES, announcing new gaming, streaming, AR, and AI features  
• VW’s software division and Bosch are testing robot parking and EV charging  
• Volkswagen says it’s putting ChatGPT in its cars for ‘enriching conversations’  
• Kia’s ‘Platform Beyond Vehicles’ is a family of modular electric minivans for businesses  
• Mercedes-Benz taps Will.i.am to create an ‘interactive musical experience’ for its cars
• Mercedes-Benz’s best-in-class voice assistant is getting an AI boost
• Honda debuts new global EV series, Honda Zero, coming in 2026
• Google Chrome is coming to your car
• Sony’s Afeela needs to be more than a feeling

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz are discuss all the things with screens announced at CES 2024.

Further reading:

• I’ve looked through LG’s new transparent OLED TV and seen something special
• Samsung’s got its own transparent display.
• Samsung’s new OLED TV could make annoying glare a thing of the past 
• Samsung finally puts the TV at the heart of its smart home
• The Frame has become such a hit that Samsung is making a speaker version  
• Intel’s new 14th Gen mobile processors are here for 2024’s gaming laptops  
• Lenovo’s latest 2-in-1 crams Windows and Android into one device 
• Razer gaming laptops at CES 2024: Blade spec bumps and display upgrades   
• Alienware’s M16 R2 trims the behind for less power and more portability   
• MSI Claw hands-on: the Steam Deck rival with Intel inside  
• MSI’s Claw is an Intel-powered Windows competitor to Valve’s Steam Deck
• What if your Samsung flip phone could flip further?
• Apple Vision Pro launches February 2nd  
• Apple Vision Pro prescription lenses will cost $149 extra
• Xreal’s new AR glasses are aimed at the Apple Vision Pro
• Asus targets Apple’s Vision Pro (with M2) with the AirVision M1

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz kick off the new year with a preview of what we're excited to see at CES 2024 next week, but not before a brief discussion on copyright, the open web, and the first movements of a battle between The New York Times and OpenAI.

Further reading:

• The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
• Here’s how major media companies are handling OpenAI.
• Read the lawsuit!
• For the second year in a row, Sony won’t have new TVs at CES
• CES 2024: Dell’s XPS laptop lineup is about to look very different
• Samsung’s new AI-enabled smart fridge can design recipes for you
• Jony Ive imagined the Vision Pro giving you Zoom eyes and sunglasses
• Alamo Drafthouse blames ‘nationwide’ theater outage on Sony projector fail
• Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th

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The Verge’s Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz start the final show of 2023 with some chat about the state of USB-C: the ups and downs of charging gadgets, the ubiquity of one cable, and what the future looks like for gadgets with ports.

The crew competes in a few rounds of USB-C Price is Right, a game we completely made up to show how confusing USB-C and its specs can be. Nilay, David, and Alex each play for a Vergecast listener to win an awesome Verge swag basket from our merch store. Check out the video version of the game below.

David and Nilay end the holiday show with Noah Dentzel, the CEO and co-founder of Nomad Goods, to talk about how USB-C on the iPhone has changed his business, the challenges of building cables, and what tech accessories he’s most excited about in 2024.

Have a happy, safe, and fast-charging holiday. We’ll see you in 2024!

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Richard Lawler discuss Apple pulling the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 from its website, the potential Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount merger, and what the biggest stories were on The Verge Dot Com.

Further reading:

• Apple to pull Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 this week due to ITC ban
• Apple loses attempt to halt Apple Watch sales ban
• Why the Apple Watch is being banned — and how Apple can avoid it
• Masimo CEO thinks Apple can’t code its way out of the Watch ban.
• Apple Watch ban: everything you need to know
• Beeper is giving up on its iMessage dream
• Apple reportedly plans Vision Pro launch by February
• Apple’s immersive next-gen CarPlay will start with Porsche and Aston Martin
• Bird’s goose is cooked.
• Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount in discussions for a max merger
• Adobe explains why it abandoned the Figma deal
• Adobe won’t compromise on UK’s attempt to block Figma merger
• Peloton’s oldest bike tablet will be cut off from classes in a few months
• Peloton’s app now pairs with third-party treadmills for some subscribers
• Inside Elon Musk’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter
• Elon Musk predicts X will replace banks in 2024
• Mark Zuckerberg agrees to Elon Musk cage match challenge
• Apple Vision Pro is Apple’s new $3,499 AR headset
• I wore the Apple Vision Pro. It’s the best headset demo ever.
• Sam Bankman-Fried gambled on a trial and his parents lost
• Amazon has just opened up its Sidewalk network to give any gadget free low speed data
• Sony’s portable PlayStation Portal launches on November 15th for $199.99
• Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI
• OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
• FTC v. Microsoft: all the news from the big Xbox courtroom battle
• Buckle up because El Niño is almost here, and it’s going to get hot
• iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max in titanium: price, features, and release date 
• This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a lift-to-wake controller
• Samsung caught faking zoom photos of the Moon
• The Steam Deck wasn’t born ready, but it’s ready now
• Inside the AI Factory: the humans that make tech seem human
• SodaStream is a bad deal, and modding your own is better
• Did SEO experts ruin the internet or did Google?

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple responding to Beeper's iMessage for Android and the various other text-based platform news from this week.

Sean Hollister joins the show to discuss his time covering the Epic v Google trial, and what we learned from it all.

Further reading:

• The year Twitter died: a special series from The Verge
• Beeper vs. iMessage is a fight about how tech works — and who's really in charge 
• Apple responds to Beeper’s iMessage for Android: ‘We took steps to protect our users’
• Beeper says Apple is blocking some iMessages, but there’s a fix
• Google Messages might let you edit texts after they’re sent 
• Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration 
• Threads launches for nearly half a billion more users in Europe
• Adam Mosseri’s Threads account is rocketing up the Mastodon followed lists.
• An X outage broke all outgoing links, again
• Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight 
• Epic CEO Tim Sweeney: the post-trial interview 
• 20 things we learned from the Epic v. Google trial
• The Apple TV app now looks more like an all-purpose streaming hub
• E3 is officially over forever 
• Opera’s gamer browser now has a ‘panic button’ for when you’re caught in the act

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Today on the flagship podcast of good tweets:

03:40 - The Verge’s William Poor goes on a vintage tech odyssey in the hopes of future-proofing his family’s heirloom Mac Classic.

28:35 - David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Nilay Patel discuss why they spent so much time on Twitter for so many years.

• The year Twitter died: a special series from The Verge
• How Twitter broke the news
• Extremely softcore: the old Twitter was an idealist’s workplace and a naive business
• The great tweet archive
• Twitter was a harassment machine  
• It’s time for the Excel World Championships!

1:05:40 - David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about organizing your digital photos.

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Dan Seifert discuss Google Gemini's attempt to compete with ChatGPT, Beeper Mini bringing iMessage to Android, and shakeups in the podcast industry, and much more.

Further reading:

• “Welcome to hell, Elon” has now been cited in a Supreme Court brief.
• Google launches Gemini, the AI model it hopes will take down GPT-4 
• Google’s Gemini AI model now powers the Bard chatbot
• Google’s Gemini AI model is coming to the Pixel 8 Pro — and eventually to Android
• Apple joins AI fray with release of model framework
• Bing’s GPT-4-powered Deep Search takes its time with AI questions
• Getty lawsuit against Stability AI to go to trial in the UK
• Beeper Mini brings iMessage to Android
• EU officials think iMessage isn’t ‘popular enough’ with businesses to warrant regulation.
• Spotify cancels industry-favorite podcast Heavyweight 
• Spotify’s not going for Pulitzers anymore
• Spotify’s CFO and general counsel sold millions of dollars worth of stock the day after the layoff.
• Tidal is laying off more than 10 percent of its staff.
• Seems like Apple’s iTunes Movies and TV Shows apps for Apple TV really are going away.  
• Here’s how a bridal photo captured a single person in three poses at once
• Federal judge vows to investigate Google for intentionally destroying chats
• Microsoft is investigating a Windows issue that’s renaming printers to HP LaserJet 
• Motorola Razr 2023 review: not enough of a good thing
• Disney Plus and Hulu’s one-app experience is launching in beta
• The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill

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The Verge's David Pierce, Victoria Song, Dan Seifert, and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy answer questions from the Vergecast Hotline about what to buy for your loved ones this holiday season.

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss the Tesla Cybertruck event, the latest with OpenAI leadership, and what Elon Musk and Bob Iger said at Dealbook Summit 2023.

• Getting close — but not too close — to the Tesla Cybertruck
• Tesla Cybertruck delivery event: Elon Musk hands over the first trucks to customers
• Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’
• Sam Altman is back, so what’s next for OpenAI and ChatGPT?
• Interview: Sam Altman on being fired and rehired by OpenAI 
• ChatGPT is winning the future — but what future is that? 
• Ikea debuts a trio of affordable smart home sensors
• DealBook Summit 2023: Elon Musk, Bob Iger, and more
• How to find your 2023 Spotify Wrapped

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Today on the flagship podcast of multi-drone camera setups:

03:19 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with Planet Earth III producer Alex Walters and director Theo Webb about the gear used to make the latest nature documentary series.

30:13 - Netflix's Pat Flemming joins the show to discuss how Netflix figures out what to show when you open the app, and how to keep you coming back.

1:20:29 -The Verge's publisher Helen Havlak and editor-in-chief Nilay Patel join the show to answer this week's hotline question.

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The Verge's Nilay Patel and Alex Heath join David Pierce after a long, winding weekend reporting on the dramatic shakeup at OpenAI, still in progress.

Further reading:

• Turmoil at OpenAI: after firing Sam Altman, what's next for the creators of ChatGPT?
• Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI
• OpenAI’s new CEO is Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear
• OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
• Emmett Shear named new CEO of OpenAI by board
• Hundreds of OpenAI employees threaten to resign and join Microsoft
• Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 
• How ChatGPT Fractured OpenAI - The Atlantic

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In episode three of our video game miniseries, The Verge's David Pierce and Polygon's Russ Frushtick and Chris Plante discuss the state of the industry's blockbuster games like Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, Overwatch, Fortnite, and others — and what they signal for the future of gaming.

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple announcing it will support RCS next year, AI news that came out of Microsoft Ignite, YouTube's new policy on deepfakes, and much more.

Further reading:

• Apple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024
• Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage
• Meta will fight the EU over regulating Messenger
• Microsoft Ignite 2023: all the AI news from Microsoft’s IT pro event
• Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT
• Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs 
• Microsoft Copilot Studio lets anyone build custom AI copilots
• Microsoft is finally making custom chips — and they’re all about AI 
• YouTube is going to start cracking down on AI clones of musicians
• Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music
• Nothing is bringing iMessage to its Android phone 
• On 'Chinese knockoffs' and why Leica works with Xiaomi
• Taylor Swift fans used record amounts of data during the Eras Tour in North America 
• PlayStation Portal impressions: hands-on with Sony’s remote play handheld for PS5
• Opal's second camera is the Tadpole, a tiny webcam for laptops 
• The first OLED Roku TV is here after a long, long wait
• Sonos teases a major new product coming next year
• Sonos fixes its Dolby Atmos loud pop issue after years of complaints 
• Taylor Swift fans used record amounts of data during the Eras Tour in North America 

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Today on the flagship podcast of machine learning-based recommendation systems:

03:31 - The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Spotify’s co-president and chief product officer Gustav Söderström about recommendations, audiobooks, app design, what Spotify wants to be, and whether it’s possible to do it all well. 

• Spotify - The Verge

44:08 - Alex Cranz joins the show to discuss a bunch of recent streaming news, including the plan to combine Disney Plus and Hulu. 

• Streaming - The Verge

1:10:28 - Chris Welch joins the show to help answer this week’s Vergecast Hotline question about mp3 players. 

• The Mighty — an iPod shuffle for Spotify — finally arrives for $85
• bemighty.com

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In episode two of our gaming mini series, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Polygon's Russ Frushtick and Chris Plante about the obstacles around both preserving and emulating video games from discontinued hardware.

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss the debut of Humane's AI Pin, OpenAI's DevDay, GPT-4 updates, and more.

Further reading:

• Exclusive leak: all the details about Humane's AI Pin, which costs $699 and has OpenAI integration 
• Humane officially launches the AI Pin, its OpenAI-powered wearable 
• All the news from OpenAI’s DevDay conference
• OpenAI is letting anyone create their own version of ChatGPT
• OpenAI wants to be the App Store of AI 
• ChatGPT subscribers may get a ‘GPT builder’ option soon
• OpenAI turbocharges GPT-4 and makes it cheaper
• OpenAI’s GPT builder interface is dead simple to use.
• Valve reveals the Steam Deck OLED: $549 buys better screen, battery, and more
• Steam Deck OLED review: better, not faster
• This smart garage door controller is no longer very smart
• YouTube pages are getting a TikTok-like For You feed 

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Today on the flagship podcast of anti-steering provisions:

02:57 - The Verge's David Pierce and Makena Kelly discuss Epic v. Google, a trial about the future of app stores.

• The Epic v. Google trial may come down to simple v. complicated
• Epic v. Google: a battle over Fortnite fees goes to court

28:49 - Liz Lopatto joins the show to detail her experience covering the Sam Bankman-Fried trial from start to finish.

• FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is guilty of fraud
• Sam Bankman-Fried gambled on a trial and his parents lost

58:27 - Richard Lawler helps answer this week's Vergecast Hotline question.

• Disney’s new vision for ESPN might include part ownership by the NBA, NFL
• Disney finally revealed how many billions ESPN pulls in.

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In the first episode of our series about the future of gaming, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Polygon's Chris Plante and Russ Frushtick about handheld game consoles. Is this portable, all-in-one form factor where all of gaming is headed? 

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the takeaways from Apple's Mac event, the problem with SEO on the internet, streaming news, and much more.

Further reading:

• Apple ‘Scary Fast’ Mac launch event: the 4 biggest announcements
• Goodbye, Touch Bar, you held incredible promise
• Here’s what Apple means when it says its event was ‘shot on iPhone’
• Amanda Chicago Lewis’ excellent piece about the web SEO built
• Some thoughts about The Verge article on SEO
• Sundar Pichai argues in court that Google isn’t evil, it’s just a business
• Disney is about to own all of Hulu 
• Joe Rogan’s big Spotify decision
• HBO Bosses Used ‘Secret’ Fake Accounts to Troll TV Critics
• Max is taking 4K away from its legacy ad-free subscribers
• Netflix’s ad-supported plan will reward binge watchers with ad-free episodes
• Streaming is more expensive than ever — and it’s only going up from here
• YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers
• There's a surprising new top-five player in the smartphone market
• Excuse me, it’s “really an aftermarket sound solution.”
• The best robot vacuum for me is the one I hacked 
• Chrome on iOS now lets you move the address bar to the bottom
• Google is officially trying to make .ing domains a th.ing
• The EV transition trips over its own cord 
• Closing time for Sam Bankman-Fried 
• What stalking a delivery robot taught us about AI’s limits

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Today on the flagship podcast of spec bumps: 

02:21 - The Verge’s David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Dan Seifert discuss the announcements from Apple’s “Scary Fast” Mac event. 

• Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ Mac event: all the news from Apple’s online keynote

27:56 - Becca Farsace joins the show to share her thoughts on smartphone photography in 2023, and if the “Pro” branding can live up to its name. 

• iPhone 15 Pro Max camera: 1000 photos later, it’s still missing something 
• 1,000 photos with the Pixel 8 Pro: AI, UI, and Pro stuff 

52:06 - Adi Robertson answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline.

• Xreal’s Air 2 AR glasses ship in November in the US

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Today on the flagship podcast of network-attached storage:

This is the fourth in our four-part series all about connectivity. This week we're talking about software: how software connects us, how we connect to software, and how software connects to other software.

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the next Apple event, a Twitter successor, and Windows Phone regrets.

Further reading:

• Apple plans ‘Scary Fast’ product event just before Halloween 
• Apple’s future AirPods roadmap just leaked, and big changes are coming 
• Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike — and other Apple subscriptions are, too
• The Apple Watch’s double tap points at a new way to use wearables 
• iOS 17.2 Beta Introduces Journal App - MacRumors
• Meta’s Threads app has almost 100 million users, says Mark Zuckerberg
• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake
• Here’s your first look at Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater gameplay
• Humane's AI Pin is Here’s your first look at Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater gameplay
• Google reportedly pays $18 billion a year to be Apple’s default search engine
• Is my co-worker AI? Bizarre product reviews leave Gannett staff wondering
• In the end, the FTX trial was about the friends screwed along the way
• The obsessive tormentor who made professors’ lives miserable
• The restaurant nearest Google

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The Verge's David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Alex Cranz dedicate the show to talk about their feelings. The crew answer a bunch of questions from listeners about The Vergecast, The Verge website, and the future of it all.

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In episode three of our connectivity mini series, The Verge's David Pierce explores the idea of POSSE and PESOS, two syndication models for posting on the internet that don't rely on a single platform.

Buckle in, it gets nerdy.

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss a whole bunch of tech news from this week — a new Apple Pencil, the latest Cybertruck confusion, streaming updates, and more.

Further reading:

• Apple Pencil joins the iPad confusion zone
• Apple announces entry-level Apple Pencil with USB-C charging
• Elgato’s new $279.99 Prompter is an all-in-one teleprompter and extra monitor
• Analogue is making a 4K Nintendo 64
• OnePlus Open review: right size, wrong price
• Elon Musk says ‘we dug our own grave with Cybertruck,’ offers new delivery date
• Elon Musk answers Tesla pricing question with anti work-from-home rant
• https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/18/23923256/musk-dodges-question-about-accepting-legal-liability-for-tesla-full-self-driving-cars
• Tesla profits dip as it invests in factory upgrades and AI development
• https://www.threads.net/@keubikooriginal/post/CyjavWouN0w
• X will start charging new users in two countries $1 per year
• ChargePoint is bringing Tesla’s NACS plug to its vast network of EV chargers
• These space-saving public EV chargers are ridiculously fast and rolling out now
• FCC kicks off fight to restore net neutrality
• https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/19/23923617/nokia-announces-14000-job-cuts-amid-5g-downturn
• Here comes another Netflix price hike
• Netflix’s first live sports broadcast pairs up F1 drivers with pro golfers 
• Spotify launches hub for artists’ merch
• YouTube might make an official way to create AI Drake fakes
• Get ready to see a lot more product ads in YouTube videos
• YouTube wants to get you watching more news from ‘authoritative sources’
• There’s no way you’ll miss YouTube’s like and subscribe buttons now
• There's no way you'll miss YouTube's like and subscribe buttons now
• How Ecobee is becoming the smart home company Nest should have been

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Today on the flagship podcast of glassholes: 

The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Victoria Song about her experience using the new Ray-Ban smart glasses from Meta. 

• Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses hands-on: in pursuit of content 

The Verge’s Sean Hollister and iFixit’s Kyle Wiens join the show to discuss the latest legislation in the right to repair and what’s next for the future of fixing your own gadgets. 

• Right-to-repair is now the law in California

The Verge’s Nathan Edwards answers this week’s Vergecast Hotline question. 

• The iPhone 15 and 15 Pro launch with ‘future Qi2 wireless charging.’ Here’s why.

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In episode two of our connectivity mini series, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Eric Migicovsky co-founder of Beeper. Beeper is a universal messaging app trying to take all your messages from all your apps and put them in one place. Is this the future of chat?

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the Meta Quest 3 review, Google gadgets, and Threads continuing to compete with X.

Chris Welch joins the show to discuss the result of Sonos' legal battle with Google.

Further reading:

• Google Pixel Watch 2 review: better battery, better watch
• Pixel 8 and 8 Pro review: in Google we trust?
• WordPress now offers official support for ActivityPub 
• Threads is getting an edit button — and you don’t have to pay for it
• @mosseri • We’re not anti-news
• At US v. Google antitrust trial, the Apple search deal takes center stage 
• Judge blasts Sonos for abusing patent system and throws out $32.5 million win against Google
• Google is already bringing back the software features it removed because of Sonos’ lawsuit 
• Sonos vows to keep fighting Google for the benefit of smaller companies – and its own revenue
• Ruling pdf: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/znpnznkjgpl/GOOGLE%20SONOS%20TRIAL%20ruling.pdf
• Google has fixed its recent history of terrible speakers with the Pixel 8 Pro 
• Alameda’s paper trail leads straight to Sam Bankman-Fried
• Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple 
• Sony’s new PS5 with a removable disc drive launches in November

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Today on the flagship podcast of AI-generated wallpapers:

03:22 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with Allison Johnson about her review of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.

• Pixel 8 and 8 Pro review: in Google we trust?

29:18 - Victoria Song joins the show to discuss her review of the updated Pixel Watch 2.

• Google Pixel Watch 2 review: better battery, better watch

56:02 - Monica Chin stops by to explain the new "Chromebook Plus" certification on higher-end Chromebooks.

• Chromebook Plus is Google’s new certification for premium Chromebooks

1:22:42 - Keep listening for the Vergecast Hotline question all about music playlists.

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In episode one of our miniseries all about connectivity, The Verge’s David Pierce talks with Ilya Pozin, founder and CEO of Telly, a new startup promising to give you a free 55-inch TV with an additional second screen for ads and apps.

Before founding Telly, Ilya Pozin also founded PlutoTV, one of the first and most successful ad-based streaming services. There are many similarities between these two companies, and Ilya has a grander vision for how he sees the world and how he thinks he can revolutionize the TV hardware and TV show business.

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The Verge’s Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the announcement of Google’s Pixel 8 phone, along with the new AI tools that raise lots of questions.

Further reading:

• Google Pixel 8 launch event: the 7 biggest announcements
• Google Pixel 8 hands-on: a little bit smaller and a little bit smarter 
• The Pixel 8 Pro hands-on: better cameras, a brighter screen, and new AI 
• Google Pixel 8 will get seven years of Android updates
• Google Photos’ new AI tools for Pixel 8 raise messy questions 
• Google releases Android 14 for Pixel phones
• Android 14 gets AI-generated wallpapers on Google’s latest Pixels
• Google Pixel Watch 2 hands-on: new sensors, longer battery, better accuracy
• Google announces new colors and features for its Pixel Buds Pro earbuds 
• Netflix is planning to raise prices... again
• Streaming service price increases: the latest on Netflix, Disney Plus, Max, Hulu, and more
• Paramount uploads Mean Girls to TikTok across 23 video clips 
• The Humane Ai Pin makes its debut on the runway at Paris Fashion Week 
• https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/Cx8M6xqAWeC/
• Apple addresses iPhone 15 overheating with a new iOS 17 update
• Paris Hilton gets special deal to post on X
• LG is dropping ATSC 3.0 from its TVs next year 
• The Verge and dbrand have partnered on new skins for the Pixel 8, iPhone 15, and more
• iPhone 15 Pro Max camera: 1000 photos later, it’s still missing something

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Today on the flagship podcast of The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890: 

01:43 - The Verge’s David Pierce chats with policy editor Adi Robertson and reporter Makena Kelly about US v. Google, and what we’ve learned so far. They also talk about the FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon, which could be the next big tech trial. 

• US v. Google antitrust trial: updates 
• Amazon reportedly used a secret algorithm to jack up prices
• Satya Nadella tells a court that Bing is worse than Google — and Apple could fix it
• Why the US is suing Amazon

28:46 - Later, senior correspondent Liz Lopatto joins the show to preview the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX.

• FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried is on trial for fraud and conspiracy

52:36 - Keep listening for this week’s Vergecast hotline question with Alex Cranz.

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The Verge's David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Alex Cranz break down an awkward interview out of the Code Conference from X (formerly Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino. Then, the crew gets into all the big news from Meta's Connect event where the Quest 3 and Meta Smart Glasses were announced.

Further reading:

• The Code Conference 2023: news, interviews, and more
• Linda Yaccarino defends Elon Musk, X, and herself at Code 2023 [FULL INTERVIEW] 
• AMD CEO Lisa Su on the GPU shortage, the AI revolution, and Nvidia | Decoder
• Yoel Roth warns new X CEO about Elon and company status [FULL INTERVIEW]
• Artifact is becoming Twitter, too, thanks to new posts feature
• The Quest 3 is Meta’s last chance to win the headset war before it truly begins
• The Meta Quest 3 is sharper, more powerful, and still trying to make mixed reality happen
• Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg on Threads, the future of AI, and Quest 3
• Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses: livestreaming, headphone-replacing eyewear
• Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses hands-on: in pursuit of content
• The new WGA contract will change how Hollywood works
• Summary of the 2023 WGA MBA
• Streaming giants have banded together for lobbying power
• Apple and Google are changing how you listen to podcasts
• Google Podcasts shut down in 2024 as podcasts debut globally for YouTube Music
• Logitech now sells a $299 folding chair
• Former Amazon hardware boss Dave Limp will take over as CEO of Blue Origin

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Today on the flagship podcast of the laserdisc resurgence: 

While Netflix’s DVD.com service shuts down later this week, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Bill Rouhana, the CEO of Chicken Soup for The Soul Entertainment, about the potential of Redbox and physical media in 2023. 

• Netflix’s DVD service shuts down: here’s the complex tech behind it

Later, David and Alex Cranz talk with New York Magazine’s John Herrman about his recent story on social media metrics and what they actually mean. 

• Lies, Damned Lies, and Social-Media Metrics

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In part three of our AI mini series, David Pierce dives into the decades-long endeavor to build a virtual assistant. What can a virtual assistant do? What do we want it to do?

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss all the announcements from Amazon's fall product launch event and Microsoft's Surface and AI event.

Further reading:

• Amazon’s fall 2023 product launch event: live news, announcements, and more
• Amazon is set to supercharge Alexa with generative AI 
• The Fire TV should be at the heart of Amazon's smart home 
• The new $269.99 Echo Frames look a whole lot more like glasses. 
• Alexa Eye Gaze offers a new way to control Alexa on a Fire tablet 
• In the new Echo Show 8, Alexa will be 40 percent faster. 
• Finally some hardware...for kids.
• YouTube is going all in on AI with background and video topic suggestions
• YouTube made a video editing app — just like TikTok 
• Microsoft Surface event: the 6 biggest announcements 
• Microsoft’s new Xbox controller borrows great ideas from Stadia, Steam, and Sony
• This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a lift-to-wake controller
• Microsoft’s next Xbox, coming 2028, envisions hybrid computing
• Microsoft addresses the huge Xbox leaks: here’s Phil Spencer’s full memo
• Microsoft’s Phil Spencer says acquiring Nintendo would be ‘a career moment’ 
• Microsoft announces the Surface Laptop Studio 2 with upgraded chips and ports
• A first look at Microsoft’s upgraded Surface Laptop Studio 2 
• Microsoft announces the new Surface Laptop Go 3
• Hands-on with the Surface Laptop Go 3 
• The Surface Go 4 comes with a much-needed performance boost 
• Microsoft 365 Copilot launches in November
• Windows 11’s next big update arrives on September 26th with Copilot, RAR support, and more
• Microsoft announces Surface Hub 3 with portrait mode 
• The cable bundle of the future is officially here
• Google’s Bard chatbot can now find answers in your Gmail, Docs, Drive
• The Home Assistant Green is here to make the most powerful smart home platform more accessible

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Today on the flagship podcast of the Action Button:

03:34 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with Allison Johnson and Dan Seifert about their reviews of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro.

41:02 - Victoria Song joins the show to talk about her review of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2.

1:07:58 - David chats with Isaac Mosna and Widgetsmith's David Smith about customizing your iPhone wallpaper and widgets.

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In episode two of The Vergecast's AI mini series, David Pierce sits down with Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding and music producer Ian Kimmel to share how they made an entire song from scratch using a bunch of AI tools.

Later, Nilay Patel joins the discussion to talk about the future of AI in the music industry.

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It's been a week! The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz rejoin the studio to process all the tech news and announcements. Apple had its annual hardware event where the iPhone 15 and new Apple Watch lineup were shown off.

Later, senior tech and policy reporter Adi Robertson joins the show to walk us through the US v Google antitrust trial that kicked off earlier in the week.

Further reading:

• iPhone 15 event: all the news on Apple's new phones 
• Here's why Apple put a Thread radio in the iPhone 15 Pro 
• Rumors of Lightning’s death are just slightly exaggerated
• The iPhone Mini is officially gone, long live the iPhone Mini
• USB-C Backbone One controllers will be ‘upgraded’ to work with the iPhone 15 lineup.
• The iPhone is getting new ringtones with iOS 17
• Apple announces more iOS 17 features coming later this year: Apple Music updates
• How Google plans to win its antitrust trial
• What to expect from the Google Search antitrust trial 
• US v. Google antitrust trial: updates
• Developers respond to Unity’s new pricing scheme
• Unity cancels town hall over reported death threats
• What happens when Google Search doesn't have the answers?
• Google AMP: how Google tried to fix the web by taking it over
• A storefront for robots
• The little search engine that couldn't
• Who killed Google Reader?

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After attending Apple's fall hardware event, The Verge's Nilay Patel, Allison Johnson, Dan Seifert and Victoria Song break down the biggest announcements: the iPhone 15, 15 Pro, the new Apple Watch Series 9 and the Ultra 2.

Further Reading:

• All the big conferences and events in tech, entertainment, and automotive coming this fall
• iPhone 15 event live blog: all the news from Apple's keynote
• Apple iPhone 15 event: the seven biggest announcements 
• Apple announces iPhone 15 with USB-C, a camera upgrade, and the Dynamic Island
• Apple iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max announced with titanium bodies and an Action Button
• iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max hands-on
• A first look at the new iPhone 15 with USB-C and a big camera upgrade
• Apple's cheapest iPhone 15 Pro Max now costs more — but also has double the storage 
• Apple is releasing iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 on September 18th
• Apple announces Apple Watch Series 9, and it has a handy double-tap feature 
• Apple Watch Ultra 2: price, release date, and features 
• Apple is switching the AirPods Pro charging case to USB-C
• Apple’s USB-C AirPods Pro will support lossless audio with the Vision Pro
• Apple's Lightning connector was the first great port — and USB-C might be the last
• Post-process: why the smartphone camera changed photography forever
• The iPhone 7 Plus vs. the original iPhone: a camera showdown 
• The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are the first smartphones with Thread

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In part one of The Vergecast's AI mini series, David Pierce dives into the boom of voice synthesis and artificially generated speech. The process is a lot more accessible for everyone, but how realistic can it sound?

Further reading:

• AI voices are taking over the internet
• Everyone will be able to clone their voice in the future

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The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, Richard Lawler, and Dan Seifert discuss what to expect at Apple's iPhone 15 event, the drama behind the scenes with Disney's CEOs, and some more gadget news.

Further reading:

• iPhone and iPad apps will be available in the Vision Pro App Store by default 
• Sonos announces Move 2 speaker with stereo sound and 24-hour battery life
• Google leaks Pixel 8 Pro again with a 360-degree preview
• GoPro’s new Hero 12 Black will let you film continuously for longer 
• A GoPro Max successor is coming
• What goes into designing a solar-powered Bluetooth speaker
• Bob Iger and Bob Chapek's CEO battle made Disney the pettiest place on Earth
• YouTube is experimenting with longer but less frequent ad breaks on TV
• Roku turns to layoffs (again) and removes streaming content to cut costs 
• Chrome is about to look a bit different
• Google’s cookie-replacing Privacy Sandbox reaches major milestone
• How to disable Chrome’s new targeted ad tracking
• Clubhouse reinvents itself as an audio messaging app
• MrBeast just dropped a new YouTube face

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The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Richard Lawler discuss all the gadgets announced at IFA 2023, the next flagship phone events from Apple and Google, and a whole lot more.

Also: Nilay Patel breaks news about the 5G banana surgery.

Further reading:

• No, they did not do surgery on a banana over 5G
• Apple’s September iPhone event: how to watch and what to expect 
• Google leaked Google’s flagship Pixel 8 Pro, again
• Google sets its Pixel 8 launch event for October 4th
• Google kills Pixel Pass without ever upgrading subscriber’s phones
• Taylor Swift Eras Tour is coming to theaters this October
• Starfield review: a stellar sci-fi refresh of the Bethesda RPG formula 
• Sony is raising PlayStation Plus prices up to $40 per year 
• Dolby might have found a way to make built-in TV speakers sound much better
• Instagram may be making Reels longer to compete with TikTok
• Google’s Duet AI now available in Docs, Gmail, and other Workspace apps 
• IFA 2023: the biggest announcements from Europe’s big tech show
• Alexa and Google Assistant play together nicely, but not perfectly, on JBL’s new speakers
• Anker's new MagGo wireless chargers might charge iPhones just as fast as MagSafe 
• Philips Hue has three new smart security cameras
• Jlab’s $39.99 Jbuds Mini are the smallest yet. 
• How Google made the world go viral
• We sent the top ANC headphones to a lab to test their noise-canceling abilities
• This USB button helps Jeopardy! contestants get their buzz on
• The future of Tesla is in China

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Today on the flagship podcast of social media monetization strategies:

04:05 -The Verge''s David Pierce and Nilay Patel chat with Taylor Lorenz about her new book Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet

55:26 - Adi Robertson joins the show to explains why publishers, and the music industry, would have a bone to pick with the Internet Archive.

1:23:13 -Vjeran Pavic helps out with this week's Vergecast Hotline question.

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Richard Lawler discuss Threads' new web app, Sony's Playstation handheld, NFL 4K streaming, AI music copyright, and a whole lot more.

Further reading:

• Elon Musk says (yet again) that X will stop letting you block users
• X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014 
• X fixed the ‘bug’ that broke images attached to tweets from before 2014 
• X tests removing headlines from links to news articles
• Elon Musk says news organizations can get a share of X’s advertising revenue, too.
• Threads on the web is here
• NFL Sunday Ticket has arrived on the Google TV homescreen
• Amazon is bringing a whole lot of AI to Thursday Night Football this season 
• Sony’s portable PlayStation Portal launches later this year for $199.99 
• Sony’s PlayStation wireless earbuds will cost a whopping $199.99 
• Sony’s PlayStation division is acquiring headphone maker Audeze
• This batarang houses Qualcomm’s next big bet on gaming
• Somebody already unboxed the Quest 3
• Microsoft kills Kinect again 
• Corsair’s first standing desk is designed for gaming, streaming, and more
• Google and YouTube are trying to have it both ways with AI and copyright
• Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel
• Netflix is going to let DVD subscribers keep unreturned discs for free
• White Noise Podcasters Are Costing Spotify $38 Million a Year - Bloomberg
• Sonic Spectrum: a journey into noise white, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple & violet

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Today on the flagship podcast of payment processing fees:

04:36 - The Verge's David Pierce travels to meet Keegan McNamara, an artisan who is making unique computers for more purposeful use cases.

• A visit to the one-man computer factory

27:11 - Liz Lopatto and Alex Heath join the show to discuss the future of "super apps" in the United States — notably the one Elon Musk is trying to build with X, formerly known as Twitter.

• Everything Elon Musk told Twitter employees in his first company meeting
• Can Elon Musk turn Twitter into an ‘everything app’?
• Here’s what Elon Musk wants to do with X, his ‘everything app’

1:09:54 - Keep listening for this week's Vergecast Hotline question.

• What is a custom feed and how do I make one? – Reddit Help

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Dan Seifert discuss the iMac's 25th anniversary, the state of streaming, a TV in a suitcase, and a whole lot more.

Further reading:

• Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls
• They Review Movies on TikTok, but Don’t Call Them Critics
• YouTube is adding chat, highlights, and Shorts to NFL Sunday Ticket
• It’s official, people aren’t watching TV as much as they used to
• iMac at 25: a visual history of Apple's iconic all-in-one computer 
• How the iMac saved Apple
• For a generation of students, the iMac was a gateway to the future
• In a world full of laptops, is there a place for the iMac?
• Apple moved the end call button again in iOS 17 
• These iOS 17 Features Won't Be Available at Launch - MacRumors
• Everything New in iOS 17 Beta 6 - MacRumors  
• DisplayPort: A Better Video Interface | Hackaday 
• LG now sells this bizarre TV in a suitcase, and I must have it 
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 family review: easier choices 
• Google Chrome will summarize entire articles for you with built-in generative AI
• OpenAI wants GPT-4 to solve the content moderation dilemma 
• An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban
• The Biden administration urges the Supreme Court to take up content moderation cases
• Special counsel obtained ‘some volume’ of DMs from Donald Trump’s Twitter account
• Microsoft to hold ‘special event’ in New York City on September 21st

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Today on the flagship podcast of non-exclusive distribution deals: 

02:15 - The Verge’s David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Richard Lawler discuss how the future of sports streaming will have a lot to say about the future of entertainment.

41:57 - David chats with director Alex Winter about his new documentary The YouTube Effect. 

1:12:00 - Keep listening for this week’s hotline question about Windows 11.

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz break down the chaotic and increasingly more expensive state of streaming video. Are we just recreating cable TV? And afterwards, the crew explores the wild world enterprise software.

Further reading:

• Disney Plus and Hulu are about to get even more expensive
• The Emmy Awards are officially delayed because of the writers and actors strikes
• Disney is ‘actively exploring’ ways to crack down on password sharing
• What does Bob Iger think about selling Disney to Apple?
• Paramount says it has a plan to weather the Hollywood strikes.
• Barbie earns $1 billion at the box office worldwide
• Verizon will soon raise prices on certain unlimited plans — yes, again
• Slack’s redesign: new DM and Activity sections and more features in the messaging app 
• Verizon is shutting down BlueJeans, which it bought for $400 million
• Zoom says its new AI tools aren’t stealing ownership of your content
• The LK-99 ‘superconductor’ went viral — here’s what the experts think
• Cadillac’s Escalade IQ is the next GM vehicle to lack Apple CarPlay
• MrBeast’s burger company is suing him for $100 million
• You can now verify your Threads profile on Mastodon

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