The toxic transformation of Warcraft maker Blizzard
Today, I’m talking to Jason Schreier, a Bloomberg journalist and author of the new book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment. If you don’t know Blizzard, you do know its gam...
3 Okt 202449min
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable
Matt Strauss is the Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer at NBC Universal. That’s a big fancy title that means he’s not only in charge of Peacock but also every other streaming video offering the company ha...
30 Sep 20241h 11min
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era
We have a very special episode of Decoder today. It’s become a tradition every fall to have Verge deputy editor Alex Heath interview Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the show at Meta Connect. This year, be...
25 Sep 20241h 6min
Arc creator Josh Miller on why you need a better browser than Chrome
Today, I’m talking with Josh Miller, co-founder and CEO of The Browser Company, a relatively new software maker that develops the Arc browser. The company also has a mobile app called Arc Search that ...
23 Sep 20241h 8min
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown
Google’s in the middle of its antitrust case in just as many months, after it lost a landmark trial in August over anticompetitive search practices. This time around, the DOJ is claiming Google has an...
19 Sep 202431min
How Philips CEO Roy Jakobs is turning the company around after major recall
Today, I’m talking with Roy Jakobs. He’s the CEO of Royal Philips, which makes medical devices ranging from MRI machines to ventilators. Philips has a long history —- the company began in the late 19t...
16 Sep 20241h 7min
Why AI image editing isn’t “just like Photoshop”
We’ve been covering the rise of AI image editing very closely here on Decoder and at The Verge for several years now — the ability to create photorealistic images with nothing more than a chatbot prom...
12 Sep 202441min
Anthropic’s Mike Krieger wants to build AI products that are worth the hype
Today, I’m talking with Mike Krieger, the new chief product officer at Anthropic, one of the hottest AI companies in the industry. Anthropic’s main product right now is Claude, the name of both its in...
9 Sep 20241h 19min
