Auto-Tune always and forever
For the second episode in our three-part miniseries about the future of music, Charlie Harding, a music journalist and co-host of the Switched on Pop podcast, joins the show to tell the story of Auto-...
10 Nov 20241h 2min
The PS5 Pro made us sit closer to the screen
Nilay and David talk about the election, and how The Vergecast plans to cover and talk about the next four years of the Trump administration. But only for a minute. Then it's onto our reviews of the n...
8 Nov 20241h 35min
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
