The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, 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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The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, 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.
There’s a lot of gadget news this week! But we begin the show in an unprecedented way: with a bit of Brendan Carr is a Dummy, America’s favorite podcast within a podcast. Nilay pops on the show to discuss what happened to Jimmy Kimmel, why the FCC’s assault on speech is so dangerous, and why a couple of broadcast TV companies matter so much to the story. After that, Jake Kastrenakes and Richard Lawler join to talk about all of Meta’s new smart glasses, including the company’s first pair with a built-in display. Finally, in the lightning round, we talk about Reddit’s new AI deal with Google, Nvidia’s new chip deal with Intel, and Samsung’s terrible plan to put ads on your fridge.
Further reading:
Here’s the Jimmy Kimmel clip that got him pulled off the air
Jimmy Kimmel Live pulled after FCC threat over Charlie Kirk joke
Republicans are honoring Charlie Kirk’s memory by declaring war on the First Amendment
Charlie Kirk’s death got complicated by “extremely online” culture
The right wing is creating a society of snitches
Meta Ray-Ban Display hands-on: the best smart glasses I’ve ever tried
Oakley Meta Vanguard hands-on: what athletes actually want
Meta’s new Ray-Ban smart glasses have twice the battery life
Conversation focus is the first new feature on deck.
I sat down with Mark Zuckerberg to try Meta’s impressive new Ray-Ban Display glasses
Meta is opening up its smart glasses to developers | The Verge
Snap OS 2.0 is a small step towards AR glasses you might actually wear
Android’s next flagship processor is the ‘Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5’
Nothing wants you to talk to your earbuds’ charging case
Nvidia invests $5 billion into Intel to jointly develop PC and data center chips
The US and China might finally have a TikTok deal
U.S. Investors, Trump Close In on TikTok Deal With China
Samsung brings ads to US refrigerators
Reddit wants a better AI deal with Google: users in exchange for content
YouTube is inching closer to becoming a shopping channel
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The Vergecast
The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, 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.
