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- 1 hour 36 minutesIt's code red for ChatGPT
First things first: David and Nilay are both having some TV problems, and they need to talk it out. But then they get to the news of the week, including Samsung's new extra-foldy foldable phone, and a big change in the design departments at both Apple and Meta. What does it all say about the future of smart glasses? After that, the hosts talk through why Sam Altman declared a code red inside of OpenAI in order to redirect focus to ChatGPT — and whether the technology that has made all these products possible is actually the right technology moving forward. Finally, in the lightning round, it's time for Brendan Carr is a Dummy, recap season, "dear algo," and thermostats.
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5 December 2025, 10:00 am - 1 hour 14 minutesApple gadgets, ranked
Apple makes a lot of gadgets. You've probably heard of some of them. Most of them are very good! Few companies in tech, or anywhere, can claim a track record as impressive and consistent as the folks in Cupertino. But only one Apple product can be the best Apple product. The Verge's Victoria Song and Allison Johnson join David to rank Apple's nine product categories — iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, AirPods, AirTags, HomePod, and Apple TV — in order of their best-ness. The gang agrees on a few, disagrees on a few, and gets in one argument that threatens to end the show forever.
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2 December 2025, 10:00 am - 1 hour 3 minutesI just want AI to rename my photos
Raycast is an unusual app with an unusual amount of access: it's a launcher and application platform that can directly interact with all the files and apps on your computer. Raycast didn't start as an AI-centric product, but Thomas Paul Mann, the company's co-founder and CEO, thinks AI is the key to making Raycast even better. For this episode, the first in our two-part miniseries about how developers are using and building AI, Mann explains how he plans to turn models loose on your files and apps, how he's thinking about the security risks and privacy issues associated with that plan, and what it takes to build AI products that actually, you know, work. Mann also talks through how he uses AI, both in and out of Raycast, and how he became a prompt-first computer user.
Further reading:
- From the Raycast blog: One interface, many LLMs
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30 November 2025, 10:00 am - 1 hour 10 minutesThe geek's guide to running faster
It's a holiday week for many of us, which means a lot of Turkey Trots and a lot of TV. We have something for both in this episode! First, Nick Thompson, the CEO of The Atlantic and author of the new book, The Running Ground, joins the show to talk about his lifelong journey as a runner, and all the tech — from smartwatch to shoes to custom GPTs — he uses in training. After that, The Verge's John Higgins makes his first Vergecast appearance to help us understand how motion smoothing works, why you should turn it off, and all the other ways you can improve your TV watching experience this holiday season. Finally, David follows up on a question on the Vergecast Hotline (call 866-VERGE11 or email [email protected]!) with some recommendations on inexpensive earbuds worth cranking up the volume on.
Further reading:
- From The Atlantic: Why I Run
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25 November 2025, 10:00 am - 1 hour 21 minutesVersion History: Vine
Vine was the original short-form video platform, and pioneered so many of the ideas we now take for granted in reels and TikToks. It was a cultural engine whose executives clashed with the creators who made it famous, before everybody decamped for other platforms. Marina Galperina, Sarah Jeong and Mia Sato join David Pierce to revisit their favorite Vines and discuss the platform's lasting impact on creator culture.
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23 November 2025, 10:00 am - 1 hour 33 minutesAI agents are invading your PC
Like it or not, you may not be able to avoid the AI agents for long. David and Nilay discuss the ways Microsoft is pushing agents to practically every corner of Windows, and where Google plans to put Gemini 3 now that it's confident it makes the best model. After that, the hosts dig into the ruling in Meta's monopoly case, which has a lot to say about TikTok — and about the state and future of the internet. Finally, in the lightning round, it's time for an extra-long Brendan Carr is a Dummy, some thoughts on domain names, and a quick Boox screen test.
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21 November 2025, 10:00 am - 1 hour 4 minutesIt's not your job to fix the internet
Enshittification. It's fun to say, hard to spell, and a useful descriptor of exactly how the internet has gone wrong. Cory Doctorow, the author and activist who coined the term a few years ago, recently published a book on the subject, called Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. He was on Decoder a few weeks ago to explain what happened, and joins The Vergecast this week to help us figure out what to do about it. Can we, as regular people on the internet, help to de-enshittify the place? What responsibility do we have, and what kinds of choices should we be making? Cory has lots of thoughts on whether you can shop your way out of a monopoly, and what it really takes to enact structural change online.
Further reading:
- Cory Doctorow on Decoder
- Read Cory's book, Enshittification
- Cory's last Vergecast appearance
- From Pluralistic: How monopoly enshittified Amazon
- AI is killing the old web, and the new web struggles to be born
- FTC files a massive antitrust lawsuit against Amazon
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18 November 2025, 10:00 am - 1 hour 13 minutesVersion History: LimeWire
You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a handbag. But plenty of people used LimeWire and other file sharing services to share music, movies and more. If Napster was the beginning of the piracy story, LimeWire may have been the final chapter. Nilay Patel and Sarah Jeong join David Pierce to chart the history of LimeWire and the legal cases that shaped U.S. copyright law and the lives of college students taxing the bandwidth of their dormitory internet.
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16 November 2025, 10:00 am - 1 hour 40 minutesValve made Microsoft's dream console
The console wars are back on. This week, Nilay Patel sits down with Jake Kastrenakes, Sean Hollister, and special guest Joanna Stern, senior columnist at The Wall Street Journal, to talk about Valve's return to the living room gaming race with the Steam Machine, Steam Controller, and Steam Frame VR headset. Then, Joanna discusses her time putting the Neo robot to the test and seeing whether it's capable of loading a dishwasher. Finally, it's time for the Lightning Round, where the crew is talking the YouTube/Disney spat, Apple's new mini apps, and letting Waymo speed down the highway.
Further reading:
- Valve’s new Steam Controller might be my dream controllerThe Steam Frame is a surprising new twist on VR
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14 November 2025, 10:00 am - 1 hour 22 minutesExtreme smart home makeover
David has a new house, and no idea what to do with it. So he taps The Verge's Jennifer Pattison Tuohy to help him make the place a lot smarter. Jen and David go room by room, figuring out how to improve everything from his lighting to his fridge to his front door. Some of the decisions are easy, like betting on Matter. Some are more complicated: what do you do when you have a split household between Android and iOS? Some are downright existential — how much would you spend for a better cup of coffee? Jen has ideas, and a vast set of product recommendations as well.
- Kitchen:
- Fridge - Bosch 100 Series
- I found the first Matter smart fridge
- Samsung
- Bosh Home Connect app
- Echo Show 8/11
- Echo Show 15
- Echo Dot Max
- Thermomix
- My smart kitchen: the good, the bad, and the future
- GE Profile Nugget Ice maker
- Typhur Dome 2 air fryer
- Instant Pot Pro
- Bosch 800 Series Coffee Machine
- Living Room
- FireTV Omni
- FireTV Stick with voice remote
- Inovelli smart switches
- Philips Hue essentials bulbs
- Philips Hue lights get bigger, brighter, and cheaper with a major product refresh
- Philips Hue Bridge Pro / Motion Aware
- Inside Philips Hue’s plans to make all your lights motion sensors
- Ikea Bilresa Buttons
- Lutron Caseta
- SmartWings shades
- Sonos / Hue
- Bedroom:
- Philips Hue Twilight
- Fall into smarter lighting
- Switchbot Air Purifier table
- AIDot WeLov Air Purifiers
- Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor
- Ikea Alpstuga air quality monitor
- Belkin Boost Charge Pro Echo Spot
- Big Ass Fans
- Office Basement:
- Philips Hue downlights
- Nanoleaf downlights
- Nanoleaf Blocks
- Nanoleaf Skylight
- Sense Plus Switch
- Nanoleaf launches a smart switch after eight years of trying
- Govee Floor lamp
- Philips Hue Floor Lamp
- Nanoleaf Floor Lamp
- Nanoleaf 4D Screen Mirror
- Gardyn Studio Gen 2
- Aqara Smart Lock U300 Lever Lock
- Garden
- Hue Festavia Globe Outdoor Lights
- Nanoleaf String Lights
- Lifx String lights
- Eve Aqua
- Apollo PLT-1 indoor plant multisensor
- Others:
- All Ikea’s new stuff
- Shelly Relays
- Third Reality Zigbee sensors
- Zooz Z-Wave sensors
- Eve Energy smart plug
- Home Assistant
- The little smart home platform that could
- Home Assistant Green
- Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1
- Home Assistant Z-Wave
- Home Assistant Energy Management
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11 November 2025, 10:00 am - 1 hour 22 minutesVersion History: Fire Phone
In 2014, the tech world was abuzz with the prospect of a phone made by Amazon. When the Fire Phone arrived, it was chock full of ideas — a "dynamic perspective" feature that created 3D illusions, an image-recognition feature called "Firefly," and many, many opportunities to buy Amazon products. Allison Johnson and Sean O’Kane join David Pierce to discuss why, unlike Amazon's successful e-readers, this device was a gigantic flop.
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