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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 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. 

    Are we really about to ban TikTok?

    Are we really about to ban TikTok?

    The Verge 's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the US House of Representatives passing a bill that could ban TikTok, the streaming news of the week, a Dyson robot, and more.
    Further reading:

    Lawmakers introduce bill that would punish app stores for hosting TikTok

    TikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform 

    House passes bill that could ban TikTok

    TikTok’s fate now lies with the Senate after House advances path to a ban

    There might be a “TikTok Photos” app in the works to take on Instagram.

    TikTok CEO tells users to “make their voices heard” against a bill that could ban the app in the US.

    Nancy Pelosi is playing TikTok-toe.

    Donald Trump has even more to say about the TikTok ban.

    President Biden says he’ll sign a TikTok ban, if passed.

    TikTok is urging users to call Congress about a looming ban

    The TikTokers are revolting.

    Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is apparently eyeing TikTok.

    YouTube is revamping its TV app to make videos feel way more interactive 

    Spotify now has music videos 

    Neil Young’s music is back on “low res Spotify” two years after Rogan protest

    Neil Young says the MacBook Pro has ‘Fisher-Price’ audio quality

    Elon Musk cancels Don Lemon’s show on X after a ‘tense’ interview


    Linda Yaccarino on X: "X is becoming a video first platform”

    Roku hackers breach 15,000 accounts and are selling them online

    British monarchy rocked by bad Photoshop job

    The Kate Middleton photo scandal is a rare — and consequential — flub


    SpaceX successfully launches Starship in third flight test 

    Apple to allow iOS app downloads direct from websites in the EU

    Hands-on with the Dyson 360 Vis Nav robot vacuum

    Nikon is acquiring US camera manufacturer RED


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    • 1 hr 39 min
    The 2024 Streaming Draft (live from SXSW)

    The 2024 Streaming Draft (live from SXSW)

    The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz choose their picks for The Vergecast Streaming Draft of 2024 in front of a live audience at SXSW.
    Watch video version with a scoreboard on YouTube
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    • 59 min
    Hello and goodbye to the MacBook Air

    Hello and goodbye to the MacBook Air

    The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple's upgraded MacBook Air, the EU's Digital Markets Act deadline for tech’s biggest “gatekeepers”, and a bunch of tech news from this week.

    Further reading:

    Apple announces upgraded MacBook Air laptops with M3 chips

    The MacBook Air’s wedge is truly gone — and I miss it already

    Apple may not do a spring event this year

    How the EU’s DMA is changing Big Tech: all of the news and updates

    How every tech ‘gatekeeper’ is responding to the DMA 


    iOS 17.4 is here and ready for a whole new Europe 

    Apple hit with a nearly $2 billion fine following Spotify complaint 

    Spotify and Epic criticize Apple’s iOS changes as ‘a mockery of the DMA’

    Spotify will show pricing options outside its iOS app in the EU — if Apple lets it

    Apple kills Epic’s iOS game store plans over App Store criticism

    Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to the iPhone

    Apple unbanned Epic so it can make an iOS games store in the EU

    Alternative iOS app stores won’t work (for long) outside of the EU.

    Here’s the new iOS default browser nag for iPhone users in Europe.

    Apple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU

    Apple’s decision to drop iPhone web apps comes under scrutiny in the EU

    Now Apple says it won’t disable iPhone web apps in the EU




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    • 1 hr 37 min
    AI gadgets, bendy phones, and more from MWC

    AI gadgets, bendy phones, and more from MWC

    Today on the flagship podcast of region locked phones: 
    The Verge’s Allison Johnson and Jon Porter report back on all the tech we saw at Mobile World Congress this past week. 

    MWC 2024: all the phones, wearables, and gadgets announced in Barcelona


    Peering through Lenovo’s transparent laptop into a sci-fi future 


    What if phones actually bent to our needs? 

    The Phone 2A makes a guest appearance at Nothing’s MWC event.

    The Humane AI Pin worked better than I expected — until it didn’t 

    Samsung has big ambitions for the Galaxy Ring 

    A short gif of Infinix’s color-changing charging E Ink phone concept.

    Now there’s a 28,000mAh battery with a phone in it 

    Xiaomi’s new Watch S3 has a bezel you can swap as easily as a strap.

    Honor’s Magic 6 Pro launches internationally with AI-powered eye tracking on the way

    HMD is making a Barbie flip phone alongside a smartphone for tinkerers


    Later, David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about web crawlers and AI. 
    With the rise of AI, web crawlers are suddenly controversial

    The Vergecast and Decoder are live at SXSW this weekend, March 8th and 9th. SXSW attendees can see both shows live on the official Vox Media Podcast Stage at the JW Marriott, presented by Atlassian. Learn more at voxmedia.com/live.

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    • 46 min
    How smart is the smart kitchen, really?

    How smart is the smart kitchen, really?

    The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy has as smart a kitchen as any reasonable person possibly could; she has smart appliances, a smart sink, a smart fridge, and more voice assistants than anyone could ever talk to. And for a few days, she tried to let her kitchen do the work: telling her what to cook, getting everything set up just right, and even taking some of the cooking and cleaning load off her shoulders. Jen kept a diary during her adventures, and then joined The Vergecast to tell the tale. The fun, frustrating, exciting, harrowing tale.
    Links:

    The Thermomix

    The Samsung Food app

    The Fresco app

    The GE Profile Smart Smoker

    The Smart Instapot Pro

    The Traeger Smart Wood Pellet Grill

    The Typhur Smart Air Fryer

    Tovala Smart Countertop Oven

    My favorite smart oven is toast


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    • 48 min
    The Apple Car crash

    The Apple Car crash

    The Verge's Nilay Patel and David Pierce talk through the weird and winding history of Apple's "secret" car project now that it's officially dead. And later, senior policy reporter Lauren Feiner makes her Vergecast debut to catch us up on the arguments made this week in the Supreme Court about online speech and the First Amendment.

    Further reading:

    Apple’s electric car project is dead

    RIP to the Apple Car, we hardly knew ye

    Behind Apple’s Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns

    Supreme Court hears arguments on the future of online speech: all the news

    The Supreme Court is about to decide the future of online speech

    Why Uber and Etsy came up so much in the Supreme Court’s social media arguments

    Google CEO says Gemini AI diversity errors are 'completely unacceptable'

    TikTok is removing even more songs as music rights battle drags on


    The Humane AI Pin worked better than I expected — until it didn’t 

    Ford offers EV owners free Tesla Supercharger adapters until July

    Attention English majors: now you can add handwritten notes to Google Docs


    The Vergecast and Decoder are live at SXSW this weekend, March 8th and 9th. SXSW attendees can see both shows live on the official Vox Media Podcast Stage at the JW Marriott, presented by Atlassian. Learn more at voxmedia.com/live.

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    • 1 hr 31 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
349 Ratings

349 Ratings

theevg ,

Alex Cranz is my favourite podcaster!

I’ve listened to Vergecast for many years and I’ve appreciated all the people that are there and the ones that have left. But hands down, Alex is my favourite so far! She is the funniest person who’s been there and brings the best kind of energy absolutely needed in every podcast!

Flood4 ,

Great show, not perfect but still the best.

I love David Pierce always thoughtful, and Richard Lawler too (and quite funny in is own way)!
Alex Cranz is a hit or miss. Something she gives relevant comments, sometimes… not really.
Nilay… you like him or hate him. I happen to like him but I would understand if someone would not enjoy his attitude.

All in all, I tried to listen to other tech podcasts(mkbhd, Engadget, wired and probably 1-2 more), but this one is still the best.

maattp ,

Used to be Great

I used to really enjoy this show back when had balanced, thoughtful hosts. Now it’s just Nilay bragging about how he’s such a great boss and some other childish hosts who are too afraid to challenge him.

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