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    The Vergecast

    The Vergecast is the flagship daily podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And Monday through Thursday, 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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    Montana bans TikTok. Also, FREE TV May 19, 2023
    Show notes

    The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Adi Robertson discuss Montana being the first state to ban TikTok, the Supreme Court ruling against reexamining Section 230, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifying before the Senate.

    Then, David interviews vlogger Hank Green about the TikTok ban in Montana.

    Later, Verge senior news editor Richard Lawler joins the show to discuss this week in gadgets, from the free Telly TV to the Beats Studio Buds Plus.


    • TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to know
    • Montana bans Telegram, WeChat, and Temu from government devices
    • Full Hank Green interview here
    • TikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform
    • Supreme Court puts off showdown over Texas and Florida social media laws
    • Supreme Court rules against reexamining Section 230
    • Congress hates Big Tech — but it still seems optimistic about AI
    • This free TV comes with two screens
    • The free TV company briefly wasn’t sure what it should do with data from kids
    • Amazon’s latest Echo Buds have an all-new design and much cheaper price
    • Amazon’s new Echo Pop is a $40 smart speaker
    • Beats Studio Buds Plus review: it’s cool to be clear
    • CueCat
    • YouTube is bringing unskippable 30-second ads to TV
    • Max promises shorter ad breaks than other streamers when it launches May 23rd
    • Netflix’s ad tier has attracted almost 5 million users
    • Apparently, they were all losers in the race to 5G.
    • Tesla’s humanoid robot can pick things up and put them down


    Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.

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    Into It: The Conversation We’re NOT Having About AI May 17, 2023
    Show notes

    Today we're sharing an episode of Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders

    AI is making fake Drake/The Weeknd songs, weird images, and there’s a worry that TV and movie scripts could be written by ChatGPT. But it’s also about to dramatically change the way we consume, share, and obsess over pop culture. Nilay Patel, Editor-in-Chief of The Verge, explains to Sam how pretty much everything we search on the internet is mediated by Google… and how AI is about to disrupt it all.

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    Google I/O recap: AI is taking over Search May 12, 2023
    Show notes

    The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the big announcements and takeaways from Google I/O 2023.

    Further reading:

    • The nine biggest announcements from Google I/O 2023
    • The AI takeover of Google Search starts now
    • Google Perspectives: the new search feature helps you find human information online
    • Google rebrands AI tools for Docs and Gmail as Duet AI — its answer to Microsoft’s Copilot
    • Google’s new Magic Editor uses AI to totally transform your photos
    • Google drops waitlist for AI chatbot Bard and announces oodles of new features
    • Google announces PaLM 2 AI language model, already powering 25 Google services
    • Google teases Project Tailwind — a prototype AI notebook that learns from your documents
    • Android’s new generative AI can reply to your texts and design its own wallpaper
    • Google’s Find My Device will soon use billions of Android devices to locate your stuff
    • Google is bringing YouTube, Waze, and Zoom to cars with native Android software
    • The Pixel Fold is Google’s $1,800 entry into folding phones
    • Google’s new Pixel Tablet is a $500 slate for the home
    • Google Pixel 7A review: a better deal
    • Google’s new Project Starline prototype isn’t a giant booth
    • Disney is finally combining Hulu and Disney Plus into the same app
    • Apple launches Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro on iPad with new subscription pricing

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    Google AI and foldable phones May 10, 2023
    Show notes

    Today on the flagship podcast of unfolded aspect ratios:

    01:03 -The Verge's David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Alex Cranz discuss the present and future state of Google — it’s this big, complicated, massively successful company that suddenly feels like it’s under threat in a huge number of ways. The crew lay out the stakes and try to figure out where Google is headed. Hot takes included.

    38:55 - David, Allison Johnson, and Dan Seifert talk about the hardware revealed at Google I/O: the Pixel 7A, the Pixel Tablet, and the Pixel Fold.

    Further reading:

    • Google I/O 2023: news, rumors, and announcements
    • What happens when Google Search doesn't have the answers?
    • The Pixel Fold is Google’s $1,800 entry into folding phones
    • Google’s new Pixel Tablet is a $500 slate for the home
    • Google Pixel 7A review: a better deal


    Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.

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    Bluesky's rise and AI's fall May 05, 2023
    Show notes

    The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Sarah Jeong discuss Bluesky gaining popularity and why it may be Twitter's most chaotic successor.

    Also: is AI going too far too soon?

    Further reading:

    • shop.theverge.com
    • Google announces the Pixel Fold
    • Everything happening on Bluesky, Twitter’s most chaotic successor
    • Bluesky is starting to feel like Twitter
    • Mozilla’s new Mozilla.Social Mastodon instance is an attempt to reinvent content moderation
    • ‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google with regrets and fears about his life’s work
    • White House rolls out plan to promote ethical AI
    • Snapchat is already testing sponsored links in its My AI chatbot
    • New ChatGPT Zillow plug-in rolls out to select users today
    • AI is being used to generate whole spam sites
    • AI offers new tools for making games, but developers worry about their jobs
    • Writers are striking and AI rights are on the table.
    • Microsoft is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge, and IT admins are angry
    • Microsoft’s Bing chatbot gets smarter with restaurant bookings, image results, and more
    • Andreessen Horowitz saw the future — but did the future leave it behind?
    • Now Gmail has blue verified checkmark icons too
    • Google accounts now support passkeys for password-free sign-in

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    The director’s episode: how tech makes movies May 03, 2023
    Show notes

    Today on the flagship podcast of questionable .mkv files:

    02:46 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with Matt Johnson, director of the upcoming movie BlackBerry about what tech movies get wrong, why the BlackBerry really died, and how to portray the rise and fall of a top-of-the-world gadget.

    • BlackBerry director Matt Johnson on why the iPhone won and why most tech movies suck


    30:38 - David and Vergecast producer Andru Marino try to find out why it's so hard to find director's commentary on streaming services and the obstacles movie fans go through to listen to them.

    • Where’s the director’s commentary on streaming?


    57:25 - David talks with the directors and producer of the movie Missing about a new genre of movies that take place entirely on a computer screen, and how they get made.

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    Apple’s headset, Humane’s weird demo, and the pretty Prius Apr 28, 2023
    Show notes

    The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Andrew Hawkins discuss what's happening in the world of EVs and where that industry is headed.

    Also: more Apple headset rumors and whatever the heck that Humane demo was last week.

    Further reading:

    • Apple’s AR/VR Headset Plans: iPad Apps, Fitness+, Sports Viewing, Gaming, Music - Bloomberg
    • Apple’s mixed reality headset could connect to a battery pack that looks like the iPhone’s
    • Humane’s wearable screenless AI assistant leaks in first demo clips
    • Apple is reportedly building a paid AI health coach
    • Should we trust Apple with mental health data?
    • 2023 Toyota Prius review: EV reality check
    • GM is ending Chevy Bolt EV and EUV production at the end of the year
    • GM killed the Chevy Bolt — and the dream of a small, affordable EV
    • GM, Hyundai announce EV battery plants for the US
    • Honda’s making a bigger electric SUV to follow the Prologue — due 2025
    • Tesla’s carbon footprint is finally coming into focus, and it’s bigger than the company let on in the past
    • Cruise continues to burn GM’s cash as robotaxis expand to daylight hours
    • Amazon shuts down Halo division and discontinues all devices
    • Disney sues Florida for ‘government retaliation’ in escalating feud y
    • Apple is reportedly developing its own journaling app for the iPhone
    • Dyson Zone review: an absurd pair of air purifying ANC headphones


    Come see a screening of Blackberry with us!

    Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you!

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    ActivityPub is the next big thing in social Apr 26, 2023
    Show notes

    Today on the flagship podcast of overthinking thermometers:

    The Verge's David Pierce and Dan Seifert discuss what’s happening in the weather app world, and hear from the developers of Carrot Weather and Hello Weather.

    • Apple’s Weather chaos is restarting the weather app market
    • A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece
    • forecastadvisor.com
    • Carrot Weather
    • Hello Weather


    Flipboard CEO Mike McCue joins David and Nilay Patel to discuss the potential of ActivityPub, a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook.

    • Can ActivityPub save the internet?

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    AI Drake, AI friends, AI everything Apr 21, 2023
    Show notes

    Today, things got a little loose in the studio of The Vergecast. Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding joins Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce to make their own version of Drake's AI summer classic. We're not saying a laser bong was involved, but we're not not saying that either.

    Then deputy editor Alex Heath stops by to tell us about Snaps latest announcements and give us an update on the latest round of layoffs at Meta.

    Finally, a lightning round with all the big headlines in tech from this week.

    Further reading:

    • AI Drake just set an impossible legal trap for Google
    • Google employees label AI chatbot Bard ‘worse than useless’ and ‘a pathological liar’: report
    • What’s really going on with ‘Ghostwriter’ and the AI Drake song?
    • Family of F1 legend Michael Schumacher plans legal action over fake AI interview
    • Snapchat releases My AI chatbot to all users for free
    • Google’s big AI push will combine Brain and DeepMind into one team
    • Netflix is shutting down its original DVD business after 25 years
    • Netflix is out of the DVD business because streaming won – now, can Netflix still win?
    • Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from all legacy users
    • It’s a laser bong
    • SpaceX’s Starship successfully takes off before bursting into flames
    • BuzzFeed News is being shut down
    • Social media is doomed to die
    • Google Fi has a new name and expanded connectivity support for smartwatches
    • Leak: Google will announce the Pixel Fold at I/O and beat Samsung on battery
    • Everything spy movies get right (and wrong) about smart glasses
    • Microsoft is reportedly working on a smaller Surface Pro and Arm-powered Surface Go 4


    Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.

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    How a TikTok ban could actually work Apr 19, 2023
    Show notes

    Today on the flagship podcast of quantum dots:

    02:33 - Makena Kelly explains the various attempts from the US government to ban TikTok, and how that could actually work.

    • TikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform
    • Inside the US government’s fight to ban TikTok


    25:06 - Allison Johnson explains the state of the Android phone market, and where it’s headed next this year.

    • The best Android phone to buy in 2023


    51:28 - Chris Welch explains why this may be the best time to buy an OLED TV.

    • This is the best time in a decade to splurge on a premium OLED TV
    • Making sense of new TV features in 2022


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    Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we'd love to hear from you.

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