Alexa at 10: Amazon's assistant is a winner and a failure
November 6th marks 10 years to the day since Amazon surprise-launched a new, cylindrical device called the Echo. It introduced the world to smart speakers, and to the idea that you might be able to ge...
5 Nov 20241h 13min
Your favorite musician's favorite TikTok show
For the first episode in our three-part miniseries on the future of music, we tell the story of Track Star, a music game show that has become a viral hit on TikTok and Instagram. Jack Coyne, the show'...
3 Nov 202451min
The AI garage door mystery
Nilay and David discuss a big week in AI news, including the new web search features in ChatGPT and the reporting that Meta is working on something very similar. They also briefly talk about this quar...
1 Nov 20241h 48min
Two possible futures for AI
Kylie Robison joins the show to talk about the recent dueling AI blog posts from OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei. What do these CEOs think the future of AI looks like? Then, Will Poor...
29 Okt 20241h 33min
The confusing state of Apple Intelligence
Nilay, David, and Richard Lawler talk about all of the coming Apple gadgets and software, from the new iPad Mini to the upcoming week of Mac announcements to the many flavors of iOS and Apple Intellig...
25 Okt 20241h 30min
AirPods are good for your (hearing) health
The Verge's Victoria Song joins the show to talk about her year of testing smart rings, and which of the many new options is the one you should buy. Then Chris Welch takes us through his testing of th...
22 Okt 20241h 19min
The tech YouTuber who opened a coffee shop
For the last eight months, David Cogen has been living a double life. By day: a YouTuber and creator, the face of the TheUnlockr channel, reviewing phones and testing ebikes and explaining how food sm...
20 Okt 202444min
The future of the Kindle with Panos Panay
Nilay and David talk about the week in gadget news, after scoring their predictions on last week's Tesla event. (Spoiler alert: nobody did very well.) They talk about the new iPad Mini, the new Sonos ...
18 Okt 20241h 55min
