Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWordle and the App Store clones / FTC’s Meta antitrust lawsuit moves forward / PCs big year
Episode 481
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Russell Brandom discuss the FTC proceeding with an antitrust lawsuit against Meta, the success of Wordle and its app clones, and more RCS drama.
Verge deputy e…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
CES 2022: all the TVs, concept cars, laptops, and gadgets announced this week
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Alex Cranz run through the huge amount of products announced at the Consumer Electronics Show 2022 this week — from QD-OLED TVs, to EVs, to a hair-coloring g…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
James Webb Space Telescope to launch next week / cool gadgets announced this week
Episode 479
Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Loren Grush discuss NASA's plan for launching the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to NASA’s Hubble telescope.
Second half of the show, the crew go t…
Published on 4 years ago
Can Matter save the smart home?
In our final Vergecast Spec-tacular of the year, Dieter Bohn dives into Matter, the new tech standard that smart home gadgets will use to communicate with each other, making compatibility between gad…
Published on 4 years ago
Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine 5 demo / Snap’s first AR Spectacles / Android games come to Windows in 2022
Episode 478
Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Alex Heath discuss Epic Games' Matrix experience in Unreal Engine 5, Snap’s first AR Spectacles, streaming news, and more.
Stories discussed:
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne…Published on 4 years ago
Behind the scenes of our Treo documentary, Springboard
Live at On The Verge in New York City, Nilay and Dieter discuss The Verge's documentary Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone and conduct at Q&A with the audience.
Springboard i…
Published on 4 years ago
Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter / The future of the blockchain / FTC is suing to block Nvidia’s purchase of Arm
Episode 477
Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn chat with Alex Heath and Casey Newton about Jack Dorsey stepping down as CEO of Twitter and what's going in the world of crypto.
Managing editor Alex Cranz stops by to shar…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Eero CEO Nick Weaver on 5G, Thread, and the future of the smart home
Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn interview CEO of Eero Nick Weaver live at On The Verge in New York City.
The discussion includes how the Ring Alarm Pro came together, Eero supporting Thread and Matter, in…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Apple will make repair manuals and parts available to public / Russia blows up a satellite / Biden signs infrastructure package
Episode 476
Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn chat with policy reporter Makena Kelly about Pres. Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure package and what it will do to improve broadband access in the US.
Senior science repo…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Let's Chat about RCS
The Verge's Dieter Bohn dives into the messy past and uncertain future of Rich Communication Services, or RCS, a new texting standard that Google had been pushing for Android users.
Guests include:
Sa…Published on 4 years, 1 month ago