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The Vergecast
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The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz 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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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Telegram CEO being charged in a French criminal investigation over content moderation, Yelp suing Google for antitrust violations, a week in AI-generated nonsense, and more.
Telegram says CEO has ‘nothing to hide’ after being arrested in France
French authorities arrest Telegram’s CEO
Why the Telegram CEO’s arrest is such a big deal
Telegram CEO charged in French criminal investigation
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov faces court questioning in France.
French prosecutors explain why they arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov
How Pavel Durov, Telegram’s Founder, Went From Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg to Wanted Man
Can Tech Executives Be Held Responsible for What Happens on Their Platforms?
How Telegram played itself
Yelp sues Google for antitrust violations
TikTok must face a lawsuit for recommending the viral ‘blackout challenge’
California State Assembly passes sweeping AI safety bill
Mark Zuckerberg responds to GOP pressure, says Biden pushed to ‘censor’ covid post
Google Gemini will let you create AI-generated people again
xAI’s new Grok image generator floods X with controversial AI fakes
X’s Grok directs to government site after sharing false election info
Smart home company Brilliant has found a buyer
ESPN ‘Where to Watch’ feature helps find where to stream sporting events
Plaud’s NotePin is an AI wearable for summarizing meetings and taking voice notes
The maker of the Palma has a new cheaper e-reader
The Dyson Airwrap i.d. is a smarter hair curler
Snapchat finally launched an iPad app
Instagram adds what photos have always needed: words
Apple’s iPhone 16 launch event is set for September
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Today on the flagship podcast of the native resonance of your smartphone:
02:32 -The Verge’s David Pierce tries to find out if those YouTube videos promising to remove water from your phone with sounds actually work.
32:42 - Then, David chats with The Verge’s Alex Heath about some AR glasses that are reportedly set to launch from Snap and Meta this fall.
59:16 - Later, David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about competition in the AI industry.
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You can learn a lot about somebody just by learning about how they get things done. Are they the sort of person who might have a perfectly color-coded email inbox, a flawlessly organized to-do list, and what’s that, they just sent you a calendar invite for happy hour next week? Or are they more likely to have a giant pile of sticky notes they never look at, a computer desktop with so many files you can’t even see the wallpaper, and today’s main tasks written on their arm? Neither is wrong, but they’re very different.
On this episode of The Vergecast, the second in our three-part miniseries about work and productivity and how to get more done in a digital world, we decide to get to know our colleagues in a new way: by asking them to share their own productivity systems. We didn’t give them much specific instruction or homework, other than to come ready to answer a question: how do you get stuff done? Eight Verge staffers showed up, with eight very different ideas about what being productive means and how best to pull it off. Along the way, we found some ideas to steal, a few new apps and tools to try, and a lot of new thoughts about our co-workers.
If you want to know more about the things we discuss in this episode, here are a few links to get you started:
A Googler’s guide to getting things done
TickTick
Upnote
Notion
Google Keep
Google Calendar
The Rhodia #16 spiral notepad
Papier’s productivity planners
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The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, Allison Johnson, and Richard Lawler discuss the Google Pixel 9 review and its controversial reimagine AI feature, a Chick-fil-A streaming service, Sonos app updates, and more.
Further reading:
Google Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL review: AI all over the place
Google’s AI tool helped us add disasters and corpses to our photos
This system can sort real pictures from AI fakes — why aren’t platforms using it?
The AI photo editing era is here
Donald Trump posts a fake AI-generated Taylor Swift endorsement
From Digital Trends:I tried Google's new Pixel Studio app, and it's a mess
OpenAI exec says California’s AI safety bill might slow progress
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A new $6 billion bid to take over Paramount could undo plans to merge with Skydance.
I hope the next CEO of Disney is just Bob Iger with a fun mustache.
Paramount Plus plans are 50 percent off ahead of the 2024 NFL season
The 2024 Olympics were a big win for TV of all kinds
The Acolyte has been canceled
Chick-fil-A is reportedly launching a streaming service for some reason
Apple Podcasts now has a web app
Spotify star Alex Cooper is jumping to a new podcast network
JBL made its charging case touchscreen more useful with a size boost
Meta and Snap are about to show off their new AR glasses
Amazon cancels the Echo Show 8 Photos Edition’s main feature — focusing on photos
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Today on the flagship podcast of hydrogen futures:
The Verge’s William Poor, Andrew Marino, and Alex Parkin head to California to figure out why hydrogen fuel cell technology, once a super-promising successor to gasoline, lost out to battery electric cars. They also put the embattled tech to the test with a road trip across California’s “hydrogen highway.”
Further reading:
Check out the interactive map of our trip here, and the video version of the story here.
Read Andrew Hawkins’ story about the future of hydrogen fuel cell tech here.
Read Justine Calma’s coverage of federal green hydrogen programs here.
Go deep into California zero emission transportation policy here.
Credits:
Fact Check by Jasmine Arielle Ting
Thanks to:
Bill Elrick, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Partnership
Michael McCurdy, California State Library
Archival footage courtesy of Global ImageWorks, LLC
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Laura Mae Martin is a big believer in the settings menu. Martin is Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor, and spends much of her time working with other Googlers on improving their productivity and communication systems — and one of the things she often recommends is taking a few minutes to poke through the options. “With your phone, with your email, your Slack, all these things, the features are there but we don’t take the time to dive into them,” she says. She even thinks you should maybe have to look at settings before you can use the app. “Like, you can’t get into the app unless you spend 10 minutes figuring out what it can do.”
On this episode of The Vergecast, the first in our three-part miniseries about all things productivity and work, we talk to Martin about how she sees things changing. Four years after the pandemic forced us all to work from home, are we finally figuring out remote and hybrid work? Are managers realizing that butts-in-seats isn’t, and maybe was never, a good metric for productivity? And is the era of the hard-charging hustle bro finally giving way to a healthier, more holistic way of thinking about being productive? Martin sees all these things from so many perspectives, and has lots of thoughts on everything from communication styles to energy flows.
We also talk about the rise in digital productivity tools like Notion and Slack, and why email is still so important — and still so terrible. One of Martin’s jobs at Google is to consult with the teams building Workspace apps like Docs and Gmail, and she has lots of thoughts on how those product works and how they could be better. We also talk about whether AI stands to change the way we get things done, and whether it’ll help us do more or just give us more to do.
Along the way, Martin offers us lots of practical tips on how to manage our digital lives a little better. Charging your phone outside the bedroom, no-tech Tuesdays, and a couple of prettier email labels might actually go a long way. And if you have too many notes in too many places, it’s time to get a Main List going.
If you want to know more on everything we talk about in this episode, here are a few links to get you started:
Laura Mae Martin’s website
Her book, Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing’
The Google Workspace guide to productivity and wellbeing
The Verge’s favorite tools to stay organized
The best note-taking apps for collecting your thoughts and data
All I want is one productivity app that can handle everything
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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss AI tools announced at this weeks Pixel 9 event, Nilay's TV competition, tech regulatory news, and more.
Further reading:
AI overshadowed Pixel at the Pixel event
All the AI features coming to Google's Pixel 9 series
Google debuts Pixel Studio AI image-making app
Google makes your Pixel screenshots searchable with Recall-like AI feature
Every time Google dinged Apple during its Pixel 9 launch event
Google Gemini’s voice chat mode is here
Using Gemini Live was faster than Google, but also more awkward
Google Pixel 9 launch event: all the announcements and products
Google's Pixel 9 lineup is a Pro show
The Pixel 9 Pro XL showed me the future of AI photography
Google’s Zoom Enhance camera trick is finally available
Inside the competition that named the Sony A95L the best TV of 2024
Patreon adds Apple tax to avoid getting kicked out of the App Store
Apple is finally going to open up iPhone tap-to-pay
Apple relents and approves Spotify app with EU pricing
AltStore PAL drops its annual subscription thanks to a grant from Epic
Epic judge says he’ll ‘tear the barriers down’ on Google’s app store monopoly
The FTC’s fake review crackdown begins this fall
Ex-Google CEO: AI startups can steal IP, hire lawyers to “clean up the mess”
Flipboard is going to let you follow fediverse accounts right inside the app
Halide’s Process Zero feature captures photos with no AI processing
Realme’s 320W fast charging can fully charge a smartphone in four and a half minutes
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Today on the flagship podcast of the correct height-to-width ratio of a foldable phone:
The Verge’s David Pierce, Allison Johnson, Victoria Song, and Chris Welch discuss all the new gadget announcements from Google’s Pixel event — including the Pixel 9, the Pixel Watch 3, the Pixel buds, and more.
Further reading:
Google Pixel 9 launch event live coverage: all the news
Google’s Pixel 9 lineup is a Pro show
Google’s new Pixel Buds Pro 2 seem better in every way that matters
The Pixel 9 Pro XL showed me the future of AI photography
Google Pixel Watch 3 hands-on: a big leap forward
The Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting for
Why Google decided now’s the time to move on from Chromecast
The Nest Learning Thermostat gets its biggest upgrade in over a decade
Google’s Pixel Fold one year later: I can’t wait for the sequel
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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, Alex Heath, and Lauren Feiner discuss a federal judge ruling that Google violated US antitrust law, X suing a group of major advertisers over an “illegal boycott”, and the rest of this week's wild tech news.
Further reading:
Judge rules that Google ‘is a monopolist’ in US antitrust case
All the spiciest parts of the Google antitrust ruling
X files antitrust lawsuit against advertisers over ‘illegal boycott’
The Global Alliance for Responsible Media is 'discontinuing' after Elon Musk's X filed an antitrust lawsuit against it
Disney’s password-sharing crackdown starts ‘in earnest’ this September
Disney’s streaming business turned a profit for the first time
The price of Disney Plus is about to go up
Logitech’s ‘forever’ mouse isn’t happening
Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line
The Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting for
Humane’s daily returns are outpacing sales
Samsung’s Frame TV is finally getting the knockoffs it deserves
Microsoft says Delta ignored Satya Nadella’s offer of CrowdStrike help
Hands-on with Google’s new Nest Learning Thermostat
OpenAI won’t watermark ChatGPT text because its users could get caught
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Today on the flagship podcast of what the future of Kindle turns out to be:
We’re once again trying out a couple of our favorite new show formats.
In Version History, we talk through the whole story of Quibi, from its early days as NewTV to its extremely ill-timed launch to its ultimate demise.
From Variety: Quibi Has Raised $1.75B After Closing $750M Round to Fund Launch
From Variety: Jeffrey Katzenberg’s NewTV Closes $1B, Major Studios Among Investors
Quibi’s CES 2020 launch
Quibi app review: short-form streaming in a shifting landscape
Steven Spielberg is writing a horror series you’ll only be able to at night
Quibi’s Super Bowl 2020 commercial
From The Wall Street Journal: Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman Struggle With Their Startup—and Each Other
How Quibi imploded less than six months after launch
11 reasons why Quibi crashed and burned in less than a year
Next, we try out our as-yet-untitled debate show. The Verge’s Kevin Nguyen and Alex Cranz take on a surprisingly contentious topic: is the future of books print or digital?
The Boox Palma is an amazing gadget I didn’t even know I wanted
Kobo’s great color e-readers are held back by lock-in
From The Wall Street Journal: How the Kindle Became a Must-Have Accessory (Again)
The Playdate makes a surprisingly good e-reader
Later, producer Andru Marino answers a question from The Vergecast Hotline about a very unusual shopping situation for MP3 players.
NW-E394 Walkman Digital Music Player
Mighty’s ‘iPod shuffle for Spotify’ gets upgraded battery and Bluetooth
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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Allison Johnson, and Victoria Song discuss Apple iOS 18.1 beta. upcoming Pixel 9 rumors, Olympics coverage, AI deepfake regulation, and more.
Further reading:
The best way to watch the Olympics is on TikTok
Apple releases iOS 18.1 developer beta with the first ‘Apple Intelligence’ iPhone features
Apple’s iOS 18.1 developer beta adds AI call recording and transcription
A first look at Apple Intelligence and its (slightly) smarter Siri
Apple’s new AI features will reportedly miss the iOS 18 launch and wait for iOS 18.1.
Google Pixel 9 event: rumors and what to expect
Pixel 9’s ‘Add Me’ feature puts you in a group photo even when you’re not there
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra review: if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
Samsung hypes the Galaxy Z Flip as a great police bodycam
Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber wants your next mouse to last forever
Microsoft wants Congress to outlaw AI-generated deepfake fraud
Google tweaks Search to help hide explicit deepfakes
Lawmakers want to carve out intimate AI deepfakes from Section 230 immunity
Elon Musk posts deepfake of Kamala Harris that violates X policy
The Copyright Office calls for a new federal law regulating deepfakes.
Senators will introduce the No Fakes Act to keep AI ...
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Today on the flagship podcast of dedicated streaming hardware:
We try out a couple of show formats we’ve been planning for a while.
In Version History, we tell the story of the Roku Netflix Player, debate its legacy, and try to decide whether this thing belongs in the Version History Hall of Fame.
From Fast Company: Inside Netflix’s Project Griffin: The Forgotten History Of Roku Under Reed Hastings
From CNBC: How Roku used the Netflix playbook to rule streaming video
From CNN: Netflix Player offers PC-free movie watching
From Wired: Review: Roku Netflix Set Top Box Is Just Shy of Totally Amazing
From The New York Times: Why the Roku Netflix Player Is the First Shot of the Revolution
After that, it’s time for debates. Nilay Patel and David Pierce yell at each other about who should own the screens in your car. Are CarPlay and Android Auto the answer, the solution to universally crappy automaker software?
Car companies haven’t figured out if they’ll let Apple CarPlay take over all the screens
The rest of the auto industry still loves CarPlay and Android Auto
Everybody hates GM’s decision to kill Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its EVs
Rivian CEO says CarPlay isn’t going to happen
Apple’s fancy new CarPlay will only work wirelessly
Later, David answers a question from The Vergecast Hotline about political spam texts.
From The Washington Post: How to stop receiving spam texts
From PCMag: Stop Robotexts: How to Block Smishing and Spam Text Messages
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On this episode of The Vergecast, we look at why TV and movie recommendations are so complicated, and whether AI might be able to make them better. If Spotify can build infinite playlists of music you’ll like, and YouTube and TikTok always seem to have the perfect thing ready to go, why can’t Netflix or Hulu or Max seem to get it right?
If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are a few links to get you started:
Movievanders
Reelgood
The internet is a constant recommendations machine — but it needs you to make it work
Netflix’s Greg Peters on a new culture memo and where ads, AI, and games fit in
From Scientific America: How Recommendation Algorithms Work—And Why They May Miss the Mark
From Google: Multimodal prompting with a 44-minute movie
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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Jake Kastrenakes discuss OpenAI's new SearchGPT product, Amazon's plan to launch a paid version of Alexa, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold review, and whole lot more.
Further reading:
OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine
Bing’s AI redesign shoves the usual list of search results to the side
Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay
Google had a massive quarter thanks to Search and AI
Amazon’s paid Alexa is coming to fill a $25 billion hole dug by Echo devices
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 is a great phone that’s out of ideas
Asus ROG Ally X review: the best Windows gaming handheld by a mile
Samsung Galaxy Ring review: keeping you in Samsung’s orbit
Apple’s first foldable iPhone could arrive in 2026
Apple Maps launches on the web to take on Google
The Disney Plus, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle is now available
Rivian CEO says CarPlay isn’t going to happen
The NBA’s new TV deals put a lot of games on Amazon’s Prime Video starting in 2025
Reddit’s NFL, NBA deals bring more sports highlights — and ads
Spotify CEO confirms a ‘deluxe’ version with hi-fi audio is coming soon
Sonos CEO apologizes for disastrous rollout of new app
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Today on the flagship podcast of configuration changes:
The Verge's Tom Warren joins the show to to talk about the story and legacy of the CrowdStrike crash.
CrowdStrike and Microsoft: all the latest news on the global IT outage
Major Windows BSOD issue hits banks, airlines, and TV broadcasters
What is CrowdStrike, and what happened?
CrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoft
CrowdStrike outage: Photos, videos, and tales of IT workers fixing BSODs
Then we talk with The Verge's Victoria Song and Zombies, Run creator Adrian Hon about making exercising fun without making it competitive and awful.
Zombies, Run
Adrian Hon’s Substack
Finally, the Apple Watch will let you rest
This walking app let me whack my co-workers with a baseball bat
Ignore your fitness tracker and walk to Mordor instead
Finally, we answer a hotline question about handheld gadgets for new parents — because there's a lot of time to kill when there's a baby around.
Backbone One review: the best mobile gaming controller yet
Handheld consoles are the future of gaming
Holedown
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On this episode of The Vergecast, senior producer Will Poor explores the AI-tinged worlds of Dries Depoorter. Depoorter has built all manner of quirky and provocative installations and online experiments. There’s a clock that tells you how much of your life you’ve already lived; a phone charger that only works when your eyes are closed; a mobile chat app that you can only use when your phone has less than 5% battery.
His most eyebrow-raising work, though, is around AI and surveillance. In his projects Depoorter takes publicly available webcam footage from around the world, and uses it to stalk celebrities, catch jaywalkers in the act, keep politicians honest, and generally make you wonder about your own privacy and anonymity.
We talked with Depoorter about how he creates his work, how he thinks about the future of AI, and how he responds to the people who see his art and want to turn it into commerce. It’s a wild conversation, so check it out above. To see all of Dries’ work, head over to his portfolio.
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Nilay, Alex, and David talk about what's happening on social media — and around the web — in the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Then they talk about their early impression of Apple's public betas, from the redesigned homescreens to the iPad's fancy new math abilities. After that, it's time for a bunch of gadgets all asking the same idea: is this anything? Then it's off to the lightning round, filled with 4K streams and leaky infinity pools.
Further reading:
A custom sticker printer infuriated clients with a pro-Trump mass text message
Shooting conspiracies trend on X as Musk endorses Trump
Donald Trump likes TikTok, not Zuckerberg.
The FBI said it found the Trump rally shooter’s Steam account, then took it back
The Trump rally shooter had a Discord account, company says
The Trump rally shooting is a cash cow for the dropshippers
The FBI says it has ‘gained access’ to the Trump rally shooter’s phone
J.D. Vance likes Lina Khan and crypto, hates ‘Big Tech’
Elon Musk, Joe Lonsdale, and tech elites back a pro-Trump super PAC
Apple’s public betas: all the news on iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and more
Apple is finally embracing Android’s chaos
iOS 18 might help you rescue photos you thought were gone forever
The watchOS 11 beta slowed me down, in a good way
RCS in iOS 18: Apple’s new messaging standard almost solves the green-button problem
Testing Math Notes and the Calculator app in iPadOS 18
Phone mirroring on the Mac: a great way to use your iPhone, but it’s still very much in beta
Canon’s long-awaited EOS R1 and R5 Mark II have eye-controlled autofocus
Dyson unmasks its super customizable OnTrac headphones
A long-delayed hands-on with Essential’s skinny Android phone
This case turns your Apple Watch into a tiny iPod
Google solves its Pixel 9 Pro leaks by just showing the phone early
Leaked photos reveal Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
Xreal Beam Pro review: an AR tablet with good ideas but not enough power
The OnePlus Pad 2’s vibrating stylus simulates writing on paper
Sling TV adds 4K streaming for free
Comcast will have high bitrate, low latency 4K feeds of the Olympics
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s $27 million mansion is a ‘lemon’ with a leaky pool, lawsuit alleges
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Today on the flagship podcast of nose bridge microphones:
03:10 - The Verge’s David Pierce enlists help from Alex Cranz and Sean Hollister to figure out the best gadget setup for his handheld gaming needs.
The Steam Deck wasn’t born ready, but it’s ready now
Nintendo Switch OLED review: screentime
Sony PlayStation Portal review: flawed but fun
Asus ROG Ally updated review: it’s a bit better now
This amazing knockoff GBA SP comes stuffed with software piracy
42:10 - Victoria Song joins the show to test out the microphones on a bunch of smart glasses and headsets.
Razer’s new Anzu smart glasses break from the pack with truly wireless audio
The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses actually make the future look cool
Amazon’s latest Echo Frames are more style than substance
Meta Quest 3 review: almost the one we've been waiting for
Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not
01:10:26 - Later, David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline.
North Focals glasses review: a $600 smartwatch for your face
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Humans are terrible at remembering things. On this episode of The Vergecast, we talk to one of the people who has been working on this problem for a very long time: Dan Siroker, the CEO of Limitless. We talk about what it takes to build a great memory aid, how we might use them in the future, and why it’s so tricky to get right.
We also talk about the human side of it all — what does it change about our lives when we stop forgetting things? Is remembering your friend’s birthday different when it’s actually an AI model doing the remembering? And will these tools ever really work outside of work? Tools like Limitless are coming fast and improving quickly, and we’re going to have to figure out how to live with them.
Further reading:
From The New York Times: Can’t See Pictures in Your Mind? You’re Not Alone.
Limitless AI: a new wearable gadget, and app, for remembering your meetings
Recall is Microsoft’s key to unlocking the future of PCs
Microsoft’s all-knowing Recall AI feature is being delayed
The Pixel 9’s ‘Google AI’ is like Microsoft Recall but a little less creepy
Apple announces iOS 18 with new AI features and more customizable homescreen
Notion AI can automatically write your notes, agendas, and blog posts for you
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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the announcements from Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event, Redbox shutting down, and more tech news from this week.
Further reading:
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked: all the news on the Galaxy Ring, Fold, Flip, Watch, and AI
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6 are pricier with minor updates
Samsung’s Galaxy Ring could be the one ring to rule an ecosystem
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra hands-on: ultra déjà vu
Galaxy Watch 7: price, availability, and how to preorder
Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds are blatant AirPod clones in both form and function
Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm are, uh, still doing that XR thing.
Motorola’s 2024 Razr Plus is a fun and flawed flip phone
Redbox shuts down as its parent company declares Chapter 7 bankruptcy
Sling TV is the latest streamer to get those pesky pause ads
Netflix’s next live event is a Joe Rogan comedy special
Spotify is going to let you leave comments on podcast episodes
Paramount agrees to sweetened Skydance merger deal
Instagram is sticking to short videos, says Adam Mosseri
Amazon’s Echo Spot is back with better sound and no camera
Nothing’s CMF launches new supercheap earbuds and a smartwatch
Nothing’s CMF Phone 1 is proof that gadgets can still be fun
Early Apple tech bloggers are shocked to find their name and work have been AI-zombified
Microsoft and Apple ditch OpenAI board seats amid regulatory scrutiny
The developers suing over GitHub Copilot got dealt a major blow in court
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A lot of these episodes seem to be reaching for a target audience of executives and production leaders and less targeted for consumers and users of the tech being talked about. I'm having a hard time finding relevance of the information and opinions being presented lately. It's almost like I'm listening in on some buddies having an insider discussion and very little of what's being presented is any of my business. Lol
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I think the Verge is way biased against samsung watches for some reason. the apple watch looks like a frigging 80's calculator watch. the Samsung galaxy watch pro has amazing battery life and health tracking is great. While performance isn't quite to the same level as the apple watch pro it's also significantly less expensive. The list of ways I disagree with your assessments of the different watches is long but no way is that pixel watch close to looking that much better than the watches that Samsung offers.
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Excellent Podcast, Very much enjoyed.Love the honesty Deb.👍
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That advert for jewelry - natural diamonds, was scripted by a 6 year old. So grim.
Wow that perfunctory discussion was painfull. Let's contradict each other for 40 minutes, starting with a disagreement and back tracking down to point where no one is actually saying anything. Bother were meek and feckless. Meh
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