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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 Wednesday, 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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Apple M2 reviews, DOJ sues Google, and this week in Elon
Today on the flagship podcast of staring directly down the barrel of a camera, The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, Richard Lawler, and Monica Chin start the show with an inside look at our M2 MacBook Pro and Mac Mini reviews. After that, the crew breaks down the case the US Department of Justice has filed against Google's ad business and of course we try to make sense of the latest Elon Musk shenanigans.
Further reading:
The Vergecast - YouTube
Apple Mac Mini (2023) review: Mac Studio junior
Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) review: the core count grows
Google is being sued by the US government and eight states over online advertising
Google plans to demo AI chatbot search as it panics about ChatGPT
More details come out on which departments saw layoffs at Google, Microsoft, and Amazon
Tesla made more money in 2022 than ever before, but its future still looks rocky
Elon Musk is theoretically sad that Tesla investors lost money because of his tweets
Elon Musk thinks Twitter is real life
Elon Musk’s Twitter is caving to government censorship, just like he promised
Elon Musk gets serious about 420 at securities fraud trial - The Verge
Tesla’s new $3.6 billion Nevada investment includes a ‘high-volume’ Semi factory
Tesla Cybertruck mass production won't start until 2024
Microsoft Q2 2023: Windows, devices, and Xbox down as cloud holds strong
Senators and Swifties take on Ticketmaster in Washington
GoldenEye 007 is coming to Nintendo Switch and Xbox on January 27th
TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral
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The Last of Us recap, lessons learned from Silicon Valley, and Vergecast Hotline
Today on the flagship podcast of zombie kisses:
02:02 - The Verge’s managing editor Alex Cranz chats with film & TV reporter Charles Pulliam-Moore about HBO’s The Last of Us and how it handles the video game adaptation. [Spoilers for episode 1 + 2]
22:40 - Historian and author of the book The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America Margaret O'Mara talks about how the lack of non-compete clauses shaped Silicon Valley.
38:30 - We answer your questions left on our Vergecast Hotline! Thunderbolt docks, end-to-end encryption, and smart assistants.
Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we'd love to hear from you.
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Apple announces M2 MacBook Pros, a Mac Mini, and a new HomePod
Today on the flagship podcast of automated content creation:
02:23 - The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, Richard Lawler, and Alex Heath start the show with an overview of what we've learned from Elon Musk running Twitter over the past few months.
24:50 - Inside CNET’s AI-powered SEO money machine
48:34 - Apple's Mac and HomePod announcements from this week
Further reading:
Inside Elon Musk’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter
Twitter Blue arrives on Android for $11 a month
Inside CNET’s AI-powered SEO money machine
Apple announces MacBook Pros with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips
Apple announces a Mac Mini with the M2 and M2 Pro
How the new MacBook Pros compare to the rest of Apple's MacBook lineup
Apple is reportedly working on an iPad-like smart display
Apple announces revamped full-size HomePod two years after discontinuing original
Apple’s new HomePod unsurprisingly sounds close to the original
Apple reportedly shelved its plans to release AR glasses any time soon
Reed Hastings is stepping down as Netflix’s co-CEO
Microsoft announces big layoffs that will affect 10,000 employees
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2023's laptops and wearables we may (or may not) see
The Verge’s Alex Cranz talks with senior reviewer Monica Chin about the laptops she saw at CES this year and what it means for 2023’s computer trends. Verge reviewer Victoria Song joins the show to discuss the FDA regulations behind health tech, and whether the stuff we saw at CES will ever be available in the United States.
Further reading:
The Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 3i is the CES 2023 gadget I’m most excited for
Lenovo Yoga Book 9i hands-on: the dual-screen future
OLED plus E Ink: Lenovo’s ThinkBook Twist is halfway to my dream laptop
Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola hands-on: a ThinkPad’s best friend
The new Asus ZenBook Pro 14 leads a line of impressively refreshed OLED laptops
Acer’s new Predator Helios laptops can pack a bright 250Hz Mini LED screen
The LG Gram Style might be the prettiest laptop of 2023
With PC sales down, laptop makers turn to services
The HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook is neat, but what's with the RGB?
The regulatory maze behind health tech vaporware
Withings wants you to pee on its latest device
How do you sell over-the-counter hearing aids when nobody knows who you are?
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Apple might make a touchscreen Mac / Samsung S23 images leak
The Verge's Alex Cranz, Richard Lawler, and Dan Seifert discuss the numerous Apple rumors we heard about this week, a Samsung Unpacked preview, and the latest gadget news.
Further reading:
Apple might finally make a touchscreen Mac
Apple is reportedly making an all-in-one cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth chip
iPhone 16 Pro models could feature under-display Face ID
Apple's next custom hardware trick might be its own Micro LED screens
Apple’s MicroLED dream: what it means for the Apple Watch and beyond
$99 AirPods could ship as early as next year alongside next-gen AirPods Max
Official Samsung Galaxy S23 images leak early
Samsung confirms February 1st Unpacked, its first in-person event in three years
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 Pro can now record lifelike 3D audio
HBO Max’s first price hike raises the monthly rate by $1
John Deere commits to letting farmers repair their own tractors (kind of)
At CES one company was showing off...an E-Ink headset?
The Pinecil is the best soldering iron for most people
Six smart home finds from CES 2023 you may have missed
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The smart TVs, Matter gadgets, and concept cars from CES
The Verge’s Alex Cranz, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Chris Welch, and Andrew Hawkins discuss the best TVs, cars, and smart home gadgets they saw at CES 2023 — from a color-changing car to a vacuum suction system on an OLED TV.
Further reading:
CES 2023: Verge Video’s best of
Why Matter mattered at CES
The $3,000 totally wireless Displace TV is the definition of CES absurdity
Roku does the obvious thing and announces its own TV line
TCL’s 2023 TVs have new branding and are gaming powerhouses
Samsung’s 2023 TV lineup bets everything on picture upgrades and AI tricks
LG’s latest Signature OLED TV receives all of its audio and video wirelessly
LG’s 2023 OLED TVs are brighter (again) and make webOS smarter
LG wants to reinvent how you think of TV picture modes
Sony breaks from tradition and won’t announce new TVs at CES 2023
Sony and Honda just announced their new electric car brand, Afeela
The Peugeot Inception concept is an EV knife aimed straight at the future
The BMW i Vision Dee is a future EV sports sedan that can talk back to you
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Customer Reviews
Alex Cranz ain’t it
Sorry to write this because I’ve been a fan of the show for years and years. I don’t know how to constructively or politely write this, but Alex Cranz is the wrong cohost for this show. She frequently interrupts and derails thoughts with cringey false enthusiasm
Vergecast is an easy listen. I love it
James Vincent's simple explanation of AI generation really helped me understand the basics of AI. Still got a lot to learn but it was a good explanation.
Nilay has become extremely negative - TMZ of tech CEOs
The show has become less about tech news and more about Nilay’s personal opinions on politics and anecdotes about big tech- gossip news. He’s entitled and dismissive to the other presenters. Thankfully the other presenters are more about facts and news. I like the new guy (David?) and Alex a lot. I’m happy to hear their opinions when they’re presented as opinions and not facts. I didn’t realize the degradation of Nilay until he was gone. Now he’s back and it’s more entitled complaining. He’s trying to make the show the TMZ of tech CEOs. I just don’t care about Nilay’s unqualified and unprofessional opining on employment law. Interview a professional.