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.
It's already the heat of summer, and the news keeps coming. Nilay, David, and Jake start the show with a bunch of tech news, including the latest on Tesla's robotaxi launch, some updates on the Trump Phone, new devices from Fairphone and Unihertz, and Meta's shifting strategy for face computers. After that, The Verge's Adi Roberston joins the show to talk about two important AI lawsuits that were both decided this week — one involving Anthropic and the other involving Meta — and what this particular battle means for who will win the AI war. Finally, in the lightning round, it's time for another round of Brendan Carr is a Dummy, some huge news in the HDMI world, and the end of the Blue Screen of Death.
Further reading:
Tesla’s robotaxis are operating in a regulatory vacuum
Here’s a running list of all of Tesla’s robotaxi mishaps so far
The Trump Phone no longer promises it’s made in America
The smaller Fairphone 6 introduces swappable accessories
The Titan 2 is a modern BlackBerry with 5G, Android, and two screens
A week in Xbox VR with Microsoft and Meta’s new $399 headset
Meta announces Oakley smart glasses that shoot 3K video
Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books
Meta’s AI copyright win comes with a warning about fair use
Senate confirms Trump’s FCC pick, Olivia Trusty
FCC Seeks Public Comments on Changing Broadcast Ownership Rules
Trump’s FTC agrees to Omnicom merger — with a gift to X
Paramount Plus with Showtime is getting a rebrand
Paramount delays $35M settlement with Trump as media giant fears bribery backlash: sources
The Paramount Risk in Settling Trump’s Lawsuit: ‘Bribery’?
The HDMI 2.2 specification supports 16K video at 60Hz
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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.
