Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchApple and Google are building a coronavirus tracking system into iOS and Android
Nilay Patel talks with The Verge's Adi Robertson, Casey Newton, and Nicole Wetsman about Apple and Google announcing a system for tracking the spread of the new coronavirus, allowing users to share d…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Quibi's launch week, Asus laptop reviews, and Sony's PS5 controller
Episode 400
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Webcams have become impossible to find, and prices are skyrocketing Why the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theories don’t make sense UK mobile carriers politely ask people to …Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on AI for rural America
Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott about his new book Reprogramming the American Dream: From Rural America to Silicon Valley―Making AI Serve Us All.
Learn more about…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Zoom's privacy concerns, Apple buys Dark Sky, and Sprint is dead
Episode 399
Nilay, Dieter, and Paul talk to Tom Warren about Zoom's privacy and security concerns.
The crew also looks back at the history of Sprint after it finally merged with T-Mobile.
Paul's weekly segment "If…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Amy Webb is a quantitative futurist
Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to founder and CEO of The Future Today Institute Amy Webb.
Amy is also a professor at NYU's Stern School of Business and recently came out with a book called Th…
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
Reviews for the Macbook Air and iPad Pro (2020) and how the coronavirus is affecting tech companies and culture
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Amazon warehouse workers are outraged after a coworker tested positive for COVID-19 and they weren’t notified ‘We’re all going to get sick eventually’: Amazon workers are…Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
Impossible Foods CEO Patrick Brown on a new kind of meat
Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to Impossible Foods CEO Patrick Brown about Impossible's mission to replace animal-derived meat worldwide and what that would mean for our climate and culture.…
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
Apple announces new iPad Pro and Macbook Air, Sony reveals PS5 specs, and confusion around the coronavirus testing website
Episode 397
Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss the new iPad Pro and Macbook Air that Apple announced this week, the confusion around Google's coronavirus testing website, and the specs revealed for the PS5.
Stories …
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on broadband access across America
Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and Verge policy reporter Makena Kelly talk to FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel about American broadband policy and the advocacy for internet access, broadband c…
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
Galaxy S20 review and leaks of iOS 14, watchOS 7, and Pixel 4a
Episode 396
Stories discussed this week:
Dr Disrespect is the villain who could change the future of TV This backpack has it all: Kevlar, batteries, and a federal investigation The art and craft of scientific gl…Published on 5 years, 9 months ago