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Today on the flagship podcast of spatial computing:
The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Victoria Song and Wes Davis about using the Vision Pro for the five months that it's been available to the public. The group details what works, what doesn’t, and what’s next for the device.

Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not

Apple announces visionOS 2 with 3D photo transformations and an ultrawide Mac display

The Vision Pro isn’t destroying your eyes, but maybe get eye drops

The Vision Pro is a computer for the age of walled gardens

Apple’s Vision Pro team is reportedly focused on building a cheaper headset

The Vision Pro will get Apple Intelligence and ‘Go Deeper’ in-store demos


David chats with the folks at Sandwich Vision, who create Vision Pro apps called Television and Theater, about why they made 3D-rendered versions of CRT TVs in virtual reality.
Sandwich Vision

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The Verge's Nilay Patel and David Pierce chat with Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding about the RIAA lawsuit against AI music startups Udio and Suno. Later, Nilay and David discuss the rest of this week's tech and gadget news.
Further reading:

What the RIAA lawsuits against Udio and Suno mean for AI and copyright 

Major record labels sue AI company behind ‘BBL Drizzy’ 

Good 4 who? How music copyright has gone too far 

Samsung just announced a date for its next Unpacked

Google announces surprise Pixel 9 hardware event in August

Motorola’s 2024 Razr phones are ready to make a splash 

Beats Pill review: much easier to swallow this time

Ultimate Ears announces new Everboom speaker, Boom 4 with USB-C, and more 

Ludacris Performs Free Concert With JBL Speaker: Here's Where You Can Buy One for Summer

Apple will soon offer better support for third-party iPhone displays and batteries

Distance Technologies augmented reality car heads-up display hands-on

Seven things I learned about the Sony car while playing Gran Turismo inside one 

Rivian teases five new vehicles, and I have no idea what they are

A group of Rabbit R1 jailbreakers found a massive security flaw

Meta is connecting Threads more deeply with the fediverse

ChatGPT’s Mac app is here, but its flirty advanced voice mode has been delayed

Verizon’s new V logo arrives as the lines blur between 5G, Fios, and streaming

Supreme Court rules Biden administration’s communications with social media companies were not illegal coercion

Tesla Cybertruck recalled again, this time over faulty wiper and trim


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Today on the flagship podcast of the many definitions of electronic paper: 
03:12 -The Verge’s David Pierce takes a look at the Boox Palma, a phone-shaped e-reader that runs Android. He also compares notes with Clockwise’s Matt Martin and writer Craig Mod. 

The Boox Palma is an amazing gadget I didn't even know I wanted


New Pop-up Walk, Reading Digitally in 2024 — Roden Newsletter Archive 


30:06 - The Verge’s Nathan Edwards and Tom Warren join the show to discuss their experience using Microsoft’s new Surface Copilot PCs. They also answer a question from The Vergecast Hotline.

Surface Laptop 7th Edition review: Microsoft’s best MacBook Air competitor yet

With Copilot Plus, the new and improved Windows PCs are here 

Microsoft’s embarrassing Recall 

Microsoft makes Copilot less useful on new Copilot Plus PCs 


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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Apple's Vision Pro team reportedly refocusing on a cheaper headset, Meta launching a new "Wearables" organization, a new AI company startup from former OpenAI chief scientist, and a whole lot more tech news.
Further reading:

Apple’s new hands-free unlocking feature won’t work with existing smart locks

Apple’s fancy new CarPlay will only work wirelessly

Android’s AirTag competitors are off to a poor start.

This universal remote wants to control your smart home sans hub

The Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptops

The Beats Solo Buds have a great look and an even better price

Xreal’s new Beam Pro is an Android tablet designed to work with your AR glasses

Apple’s Vision Pro team is reportedly focused on building a cheaper headset

Meta forms new Wearables group and lays off some employees

OpenAI’s former chief scientist is starting a new AI company

Perplexity continues to piss off publishers.

An AI video tool just launched, and it’s already copying Disney’s IP

Anthropic has a fast new AI model — and a clever new way to interact with chatbots

AIs are coming for social networks

TikTok ads may soon contain AI avatars of your favorite creators

McDonald’s will stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, for now

Nvidia overtakes Microsoft as the world’s most valuable company

US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel

Tech CEOs are hot now, so workers are hiring $500-an-hour fashion consultants


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Today on the flagship podcast of super helpful humanoid helper robots: 
05:07 - The Verge’s David Pierce and Andy Hawkins discuss the latest at Tesla: new products, new initiatives, and a payday for Elon Musk. 

Tesla’s 2024 shareholder meeting: all the news about Elon Musk’s $50 billion payday

Let’s speculate wildly about Tesla’s three mystery vehicles 

Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk’s massive pay package — was there ever any doubt?

Whatever Elon wants, Tesla gets


40:21 - Vee Song joins the show to discuss updates to the Apple Watch, a new Samsung Galaxy Watch, and more wearable news. 

Finally, the Apple Watch will let you rest - The Verge

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch FE is its new entry-level smartwatch - The Verge

The Pixel Watch 2 can now detect when you’ve been in a car crash

Apple announces watchOS 11 with new training features and Live Activities

Samsung sues Oura preemptively to block smart ring patent claims


1:02:54 - David and Liam James answer a question from the Vergecast Hotline about weather apps. 
Forecast Advisor

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss takeaways from WWDC, this week's gadget news, and Elon Musk dropping his lawsuit against OpenAI.
Further reading:

Apple and OpenAI aren’t paying each other yet, says Bloomberg

MKBHD interviewed Tim Cook.

Tim Cook is ‘not 100 percent’ sure Apple can stop AI hallucinations

Can Apple Intelligence fix the iPhone’s broken notifications system?

The AI upgrade cycle is here

Here’s how Apple’s AI model tries to keep your data private

The best small updates Apple didn’t mention at WWDC

Apple IDs are becoming Apple Accounts

Apple skipped over the best visionOS 2 updates

iOS 18 will let you record calls — and tells everyone for their privacy

SharePlay is coming to Apple TV, HomePods, and Bluetooth speakers 

Finally, offline maps with turn-by-turn guidance.

The new versions of iOS and macOS will let you rotate your Wi-Fi address to help reduce tracking.

Xbox boss: ‘I think we should have a handheld, too’

Microsoft announces a discless Xbox Series X console in white

Xbox chief confirms more games are coming to other platforms

Jabra’s earbuds are going away, but the impact they made isn’t

The best thing about Jabra’s new earbuds is the case 

The Light Phone 3 adds a better screen, a camera, and new ways to replace your smartphone

The Windows on Arm chip race heats up with a challenger to Qualcomm

Did startup Flow Computing just make CPUs 100x faster? Here’s the white paper and FAQs

Google is putting more Android in ChromeOS

Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI

Elon Musk has unusual relationships with women at SpaceX, WSJ reports

Sony buys Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Pew: A growing number of Americans are getting their news from TikTok


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