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New chips, new screens, new gadgets
On The Vergecast: how an E Ink screen changes a smartphone and how Qualcomm chips and AI might change the PC world.
Tesla’s big, epic, confusing future
On The Vergecast: what comes after being a car company, why Apple Watch rest days are such a big deal, and the weather app you need now.
Apple and OpenAI make a deal
On The Vergecast: the inner workings of Apple Intelligence, Xbox handhelds, and the future of movie theaters.
Apple Intelligence, iPhones, and the rest of WWDC 2024
On The Vergecast: Apple makes its AI move, and all the new stuff coming to your phone, tablet, laptop, watch, and TV this year.
Inside the Google algorithm
On The Vergecast: what we know about how Google works, the media’s deal with OpenAI, and a party speaker cameo.
Why Microsoft bet on Surface
On The Vergecast: a 12-year laptop journey, what’s new in the smart home, and why Google Zero matters.
Seeing the real world inside a virtual one
On The Vergecast: we fall down the flight simulator rabbit hole.
The smells and tastes of a great video game
On The Vergecast: a multi-sensory dive into the world of video games you experience with all five senses — including the two you’ve probably never thought about.
AI assistants are so back
On The Vergecast: what’s new from OpenAI and Google, the future of search, and more.
Delta’s 10-year journey to the top of the App Store
On The Vergecast: the rise of the emulator, the case for voice notes, and the point of AI gadgets.
On The Vergecast: AI gadgets, iPads, and antitrust
On The Vergecast: the state and future of AI gadgets, the next iPads, and the billion-dollar AI race.
Early bird pricing starts at $399 via Indiegogo, with shipments expected to start in May. It’s advertised as the first device with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 that’s designed to chase the booming gaming handheld market.
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Anyone want to buy TikTok?
On this episode of The Vergecast: the $100 billion sale coming soon, the Rabbit R1, Tesla earnings, and more.
Emulators are taking over the App Store
On The Vergecast: what Delta means for the future of the iPhone, Google’s big reorg, Mini LEDs, and more.
The internet really is a series of tubes
On The Vergecast: the vast world of undersea cables and the maybe upgrade coming to your PC.
How much MacBook is enough MacBook?
On The Vergecast: MacBook RAM, TikTok ban, and the only printer you’ll ever need.
Due to a series of vacations and illnesses this week, we decided that instead of bringing you a Vergecast today, we’d play you an episode of Power User, the new show from our friend Taylor Lorenz and our friends at the Vox Media Podcast Network. Taylor and I chatted for a few minutes about podcasts, TikTok bans, and more, and then we rolled the tape on her first episode.
We’ll be back next week, and hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did. Rock and roll.
Apple’s antitrust fight begins
On The Vergecast: the case against Apple as a monopoly, how super apps became part of an antitrust fight, and why your Apple Watch can’t hang on Android.
Are we really going to ban TikTok?
On The Vergecast: what we do and don’t know about TikTok, why all the other apps are trying to be TikTok, and the photo scandal rocking the royals.
The 2024 Vergecast streaming draft
What are the good streaming services? Why does Alex Cranz think Netflix is going to go away? What is Mubi, anyway? All the big questions on this episode of The Vergecast.
Hello and goodbye to the MacBook Air
On The Vergecast: a requiem for the wedge, Big Tech’s future in the EU, the Elon Musk / OpenAI lawsuit, and much more.
AI gadgets, bendy phones, and more from MWC
On The Vergecast: some big ideas about wearables, Android phones, and why your life might need a transparent laptop.
How smart is the smart kitchen, really?
For part two of our Vergecast smart kitchen series, we let the kitchen do the cooking. Chaos ensues.