The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss the Tesla Cybertruck event, the latest with OpenAI leadership, and what Elon Musk and Bob Iger said at Dealbook Summit 2023.

Getting close — but not too close — to the Tesla Cybertruck

Tesla Cybertruck delivery event: Elon Musk hands over the first trucks to customers

Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’

Sam Altman is back, so what’s next for OpenAI and ChatGPT?


Interview: Sam Altman on being fired and rehired by OpenAI 


ChatGPT is winning the future — but what future is that? 

Ikea debuts a trio of affordable smart home sensors

DealBook Summit 2023: Elon Musk, Bob Iger, and more

How to find your 2023 Spotify Wrapped


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The Cybertruck lives, and so does OpenAI

Today on the flagship podcast of multi-drone camera setups:
03:19 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with Planet Earth III producer Alex Walters and director Theo Webb about the gear used to make the latest nature documentary series.
30:13  - Netflix's Pat Flemming joins the show to discuss how Netflix figures out what to show when you open the app, and how to keep you coming back.
1:20:29 -The Verge's publisher Helen Havlak and editor-in-chief Nilay Patel join the show to answer this week's hotline question.

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How Planet Earth — and the Netflix homepage — get made

The Verge's Nilay Patel and Alex Heath join David Pierce after a long, winding weekend reporting on the dramatic shakeup at OpenAI, still in progress.
Further reading:

Turmoil at OpenAI: after firing Sam Altman, what's next for the creators of ChatGPT?

Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI

OpenAI’s new CEO is Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear

OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO

Emmett Shear named new CEO of OpenAI by board

Hundreds of OpenAI employees threaten to resign and join Microsoft


Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 


How ChatGPT Fractured OpenAI - The Atlantic 


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Emergency podcast: chaos at OpenAI

In episode three of our video game miniseries, The Verge's David Pierce and Polygon's Russ Frushtick and Chris Plante discuss the state of the industry's blockbuster games like Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, Overwatch, Fortnite, and others — and what they signal for the future of gaming.

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Fortnite, GTA VI, and the fate of AAA games

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple announcing it will support RCS next year, AI news that came out of Microsoft Ignite, YouTube's new policy on deepfakes, and much more.
Further reading:

Apple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024

Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage

Meta will fight the EU over regulating Messenger

Microsoft Ignite 2023: all the AI news from Microsoft’s IT pro event

Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT

Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs 

Microsoft Copilot Studio lets anyone build custom AI copilots

Microsoft is finally making custom chips — and they’re all about AI 

YouTube is going to start cracking down on AI clones of musicians

Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music

Nothing is bringing iMessage to its Android phone 


On 'Chinese knockoffs' and why Leica works with Xiaomi 


Taylor Swift fans used record amounts of data during the Eras Tour in North America 

PlayStation Portal impressions: hands-on with Sony’s remote play handheld for PS5


Opal's second camera is the Tadpole, a tiny webcam for laptops 

The first OLED Roku TV is here after a long, long wait

Sonos teases a major new product coming next year


Sonos fixes its Dolby Atmos loud pop issue after years of complaints 


Taylor Swift fans used record amounts of data during the Eras Tour in North America 


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Apple’s in on RCS — and everybody’s out on Bing

Today on the flagship podcast of machine learning-based recommendation systems:
03:31 - The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Spotify’s co-president and chief product officer Gustav Söderström about recommendations, audiobooks, app design, what Spotify wants to be, and whether it’s possible to do it all well. 
Spotify - The Verge

44:08 - Alex Cranz joins the show to discuss a bunch of recent streaming news, including the plan to combine Disney Plus and Hulu. 
Streaming - The Verge

1:10:28 - Chris Welch joins the show to help answer this week’s Vergecast Hotline question about mp3 players. 

The Mighty — an iPod shuffle for Spotify — finally arrives for $85

bemighty.com


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Spotify and Disney have everything-app dreams

In episode two of our gaming mini series, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Polygon's Russ Frushtick and Chris Plante about the obstacles around both preserving and emulating video games from discontinued hardware.

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The fight to save old games

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss the debut of Humane's AI Pin, OpenAI's DevDay, GPT-4 updates, and more.
Further reading:


Exclusive leak: all the details about Humane's AI Pin, which costs $699 and has OpenAI integration 

Humane officially launches the AI Pin, its OpenAI-powered wearable 

All the news from OpenAI’s DevDay conference

OpenAI is letting anyone create their own version of ChatGPT

OpenAI wants to be the App Store of AI 

ChatGPT subscribers may get a ‘GPT builder’ option soon

OpenAI turbocharges GPT-4 and makes it cheaper

OpenAI’s GPT builder interface is dead simple to use.

Valve reveals the Steam Deck OLED: $549 buys better screen, battery, and more

Steam Deck OLED review: better, not faster

This smart garage door controller is no longer very smart

YouTube pages are getting a TikTok-like For You feed 


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Humane Pins and your own ChatGPT

Today on the flagship podcast of anti-steering provisions:
02:57 - The Verge's David Pierce and Makena Kelly discuss Epic v. Google, a trial about the future of app stores.

The Epic v. Google trial may come down to simple v. complicated

Epic v. Google: a battle over Fortnite fees goes to court 


28:49 - Liz Lopatto joins the show to detail her experience covering the Sam Bankman-Fried trial from start to finish.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is guilty of fraud 

Sam Bankman-Fried gambled on a trial and his parents lost


58:27 - Richard Lawler helps answer this week's Vergecast Hotline question.

Disney’s new vision for ESPN might include part ownership by the NBA, NFL 

Disney finally revealed how many billions ESPN pulls in. 


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The tech trials keep coming

In the first episode of our series about the future of gaming, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Polygon's Chris Plante and Russ Frushtick about handheld game consoles. Is this portable, all-in-one form factor where all of gaming is headed? 

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Handheld gaming is the future — again

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the takeaways from Apple's Mac event, the problem with SEO on the internet, streaming news, and much more.
Further reading:

Apple ‘Scary Fast’ Mac launch event: the 4 biggest announcements

Goodbye, Touch Bar, you held incredible promise

Here’s what Apple means when it says its event was ‘shot on iPhone’

Amanda Chicago Lewis’ excellent piece about the web SEO built

Some thoughts about The Verge article on SEO

Sundar Pichai argues in court that Google isn’t evil, it’s just a business

Disney is about to own all of Hulu 

Joe Rogan’s big Spotify decision

HBO Bosses Used ‘Secret’ Fake Accounts to Troll TV Critics

Max is taking 4K away from its legacy ad-free subscribers

Netflix’s ad-supported plan will reward binge watchers with ad-free episodes

Streaming is more expensive than ever — and it’s only going up from here

YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers

There's a surprising new top-five player in the smartphone market

Excuse me, it’s “really an aftermarket sound solution.”

The best robot vacuum for me is the one I hacked 

Chrome on iOS now lets you move the address bar to the bottom

Google is officially trying to make .ing domains a th.ing

The EV transition trips over its own cord 

Closing time for Sam Bankman-Fried 

What stalking a delivery robot taught us about AI’s limits


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Apple events, SEO, and other fights

Today on the flagship podcast of spec bumps: 
02:21 - The Verge’s David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Dan Seifert discuss the announcements from Apple’s “Scary Fast” Mac event. 
Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ Mac event: all the news from Apple’s online keynote

27:56 - Becca Farsace joins the show to share her thoughts on smartphone photography in 2023, and if the “Pro” branding can live up to its name. 

iPhone 15 Pro Max camera: 1000 photos later, it’s still missing something 

1,000 photos with the Pixel 8 Pro: AI, UI, and Pro stuff 


52:06 - Adi Robertson answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline.
Xreal’s Air 2 AR glasses ship in November in the US

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Macs and M3s, shot on iPhones

Today on the flagship podcast of network-attached storage:
This is the fourth in our four-part series all about connectivity. This week we're talking about software: how software connects us, how we connect to software, and how software connects to other software.

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An impossible journey into self-hosting

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the next Apple event, a Twitter successor, and Windows Phone regrets.
Further reading:

Apple plans ‘Scary Fast’ product event just before Halloween 

Apple’s future AirPods roadmap just leaked, and big changes are coming 

Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike — and other Apple subscriptions are, too

The Apple Watch’s double tap points at a new way to use wearables 

iOS 17.2 Beta Introduces Journal App - MacRumors

Meta’s Threads app has almost 100 million users, says Mark Zuckerberg

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake

Here’s your first look at Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater gameplay


Humane's AI Pin is Here’s your first look at Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater gameplay


Google reportedly pays $18 billion a year to be Apple’s default search engine

Is my co-worker AI? Bizarre product reviews leave Gannett staff wondering


In the end, the FTX trial was about the friends screwed along the way

The obsessive tormentor who made professors’ lives miserable

The restaurant nearest Google


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The next Macs and the next Twitter

The Verge's David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Alex Cranz dedicate the show to talk about their feelings. The crew answer a bunch of questions from listeners about The Vergecast, The Verge website, and the future of it all.

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Everything you’ve always wondered about The Vergecast

In episode three of our connectivity mini series, The Verge's David Pierce explores the idea of POSSE and PESOS, two syndication models for posting on the internet that don't rely on a single platform.
Buckle in, it gets nerdy.

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The poster’s guide to the new internet

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss a whole bunch of tech news from this week — a new Apple Pencil, the latest Cybertruck confusion, streaming updates, and more.
Further reading:

Apple Pencil joins the iPad confusion zone	

Apple announces entry-level Apple Pencil with USB-C charging

Elgato’s new $279.99 Prompter is an all-in-one teleprompter and extra monitor

Analogue is making a 4K Nintendo 64

OnePlus Open review: right size, wrong price

Elon Musk says ‘we dug our own grave with Cybertruck,’ offers new delivery date

Elon Musk answers Tesla pricing question with anti work-from-home rant

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/18/23923256/musk-dodges-question-about-accepting-legal-liability-for-tesla-full-self-driving-cars

Tesla profits dip as it invests in factory upgrades and AI development

https://www.threads.net/@keubikooriginal/post/CyjavWouN0w

X will start charging new users in two countries $1 per year

ChargePoint is bringing Tesla’s NACS plug to its vast network of EV chargers

These space-saving public EV chargers are ridiculously fast and rolling out now

FCC kicks off fight to restore net neutrality

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/19/23923617/nokia-announces-14000-job-cuts-amid-5g-downturn

Here comes another Netflix price hike

Netflix’s first live sports broadcast pairs up F1 drivers with pro golfers 

Spotify launches hub for artists’ merch 

YouTube might make an official way to create AI Drake fakes

Get ready to see a lot more product ads in YouTube videos

YouTube wants to get you watching more news from ‘authoritative sources’

There’s no way you’ll miss YouTube’s like and subscribe buttons now

There's no way you'll miss YouTube's like and subscribe buttons now

How Ecobee is becoming the smart home company Nest should have been


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Into the iPad Confusion Zone

Today on the flagship podcast of glassholes: 
The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Victoria Song about her experience using the new Ray-Ban smart glasses from Meta. 
Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses hands-on: in pursuit of content 

The Verge’s Sean Hollister and iFixit’s Kyle Wiens join the show to discuss the latest legislation in the right to repair and what’s next for the future of fixing your own gadgets. 
Right-to-repair is now the law in California

The Verge’s Nathan Edwards answers this week’s Vergecast Hotline question. 
The iPhone 15 and 15 Pro launch with ‘future Qi2 wireless charging.’ Here’s why.

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The smart glasses era is (kind of) here

In episode two of our connectivity mini series, The Verge's David Pierce chats with Eric Migicovsky co-founder of Beeper. Beeper is a universal messaging app trying to take all your messages from all your apps and put them in one place. Is this the future of chat?
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The better, smarter future of messaging

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the Meta Quest 3 review, Google gadgets, and Threads continuing to compete with X.
Chris Welch joins the show to discuss the result of Sonos' legal battle with Google.
Further reading:

Google Pixel Watch 2 review: better battery, better watch

Pixel 8 and 8 Pro review: in Google we trust?

WordPress now offers official support for ActivityPub 

Threads is getting an edit button — and you don’t have to pay for it

@mosseri • We’re not anti-news

At US v. Google antitrust trial, the Apple search deal takes center stage 

Judge blasts Sonos for abusing patent system and throws out $32.5 million win against Google

Google is already bringing back the software features it removed because of Sonos’ lawsuit 

Sonos vows to keep fighting Google for the benefit of smaller companies – and its own revenue

Ruling pdf: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/znpnznkjgpl/GOOGLE%20SONOS%20TRIAL%20ruling.pdf


Google has fixed its recent history of terrible speakers with the Pixel 8 Pro 

Alameda’s paper trail leads straight to Sam Bankman-Fried

Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple 

Sony’s new PS5 with a removable disc drive launches in November


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