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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.

Microsoft announces Windows 11, with a new design, Start menu, and more

76 hours 56 mins; June 25, 2021

Google adds RCS encryption to Messages / Congress gearing up to fight big tech / Windows 11 leaks

80 hours 5 mins; June 18, 2021

WWDC 2021: Apple's iOS 15, spatial audio, macOS Monterey, and more

83 hours 55 mins; June 11, 2021

Huawei’s HarmonyOS arrives / Microsoft's next gen Windows / Apple's WWDC preview

94 hours 4 mins; June 04, 2021

Tim Cook's bad day in Epic vs Apple

37 mins; May 21, 2021

Google I/O announcements and iPad Pro M1 review

101 hours 7 mins; May 21, 2021

Starlink, Epic v. Apple, and laptops laptops laptops

80 hours 7 mins; May 14, 2021

Apple v Epic week 1 roundtable

73 hours 33 mins; May 07, 2021

iOS 14.5 update features / Apple sales skyrocket / Podcast platforms amp up their product

72 hours 5 mins; April 30, 2021

Apple announces new iMacs, AirTags, and iPad Pro / Congress is diving into the App Store fight

76 hours 32 mins; April 23, 2021

LG quits the smartphone business / Sonos Roam review / Apple "Spring Loaded" event preview

65 hours 18 mins; April 16, 2021

Land of the Giants: The Google Empire

43 mins; April 09, 2021

The rise of Clubhouse competitors / Apple's WWDC rumors / What is Google Chrome FLoC?

79 hours 32 mins; April 02, 2021

OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro review / Zuckerberg, Dorsey, and Pichai testify before Congress once again

76 hours 42 mins; March 26, 2021

Samsung Unpacked 2021 / Zack Snyder's Justice League is in 4:3 aspect ratio / EVs, e-bikes, and batteries

85 hours 20 mins; March 19, 2021

NFTs explained / Sonos' new bluetooth speaker / Asus ROG phone 5 review

74 hours 42 mins; March 12, 2021

A conversation about Section 230 and the future of the internet

44 mins; March 08, 2021

Jack Dorsey’s Square, Inc. buys Tidal / Microsoft Mesh and the future of Microsoft Teams / Apple not switching to USB-C iPhones

68 hours 26 mins; March 05, 2021

Spotify's big plan for podcasting / Where 5G is headed in 2021 / Everything to know about Paramount Plus

83 hours 42 mins; February 26, 2021

Australia's bargain with Google and Facebook / Apple TV on Chromecast / Nintendo Direct's biggest announcements

87 hours 40 mins; February 19, 2021

Google's mysterious lack of app updates / Apple’s rumored VR headset / Microsoft’s Surface Duo price drops to $999

67 hours 37 mins; February 12, 2021

Jeff Bezos steps away as Amazon CEO / Ford's electric Mustang Mach-E / Apple Car rumors

88 hours 16 mins; February 05, 2021

GameStop, Reddit, and Robin Hood: How r/WallStreetBets gamed the stock of GameStop

69 hours 43 mins; January 29, 2021

Galaxy S21 Ultra review / Apple redesign rumors / Paramount Plus and 2021's streaming services

76 hours 45 mins; January 22, 2021

CES 2021 / Samsung’s S21 lineup and Galaxy Buds Pro

62 hours 43 mins; January 15, 2021

Trump banned from Twitter, Facebook, and others / Parler banned from app stores

70 hours 31 mins; January 12, 2021

The HDMI Holiday Spec-tacular

78 hours 38 mins; December 24, 2020

Two new antitrust lawsuits against Google / AirPods Max review / iOS 14.3 has arrived with ProRAW for iPhone 12 Pro

72 hours 8 mins; December 18, 2020

Apple announces AirPods Max / Qualcomm president Cristiano Amon interview

65 hours 59 mins; December 11, 2020

The FTC is suing Facebook to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp

47 mins; December 10, 2020

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 processor for 2021 Android phones / Warner Bros. will release new 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20th

70 hours 27 mins; December 04, 2020

Decoder: Alamo Drafthouse CEO on the future of movie theaters

45 mins; December 01, 2020

Decoder: Microsoft's Phil Spencer on launching the new Xbox

72 hours 16 mins; November 24, 2020

Apple Macbook Air with M1 review / Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15 percent / end-to-end encryption for RCS in Android

95 hours 22 mins; November 20, 2020

Decoder: The future of remote learning with Sal Khan of Khan Academy

58 mins; November 17, 2020

Apple announces M1 chip computers / iPhone 12 mini and Pro Max review / HomePod mini review

66 hours 8 mins; November 13, 2020

Introducing Decoder with Nilay Patel: Mark Cuban on the future of American business

56 mins; November 10, 2020

Xbox Series X, Series S, and PS5 review / Apple announces 'One More Thing' event for November 10th

54 mins; November 06, 2020

Facebook, Twitter take steps to limit the president’s false election claims

44 mins; November 06, 2020

Tearing down the iPhone 12 with iFixit

52 mins; November 03, 2020

This week's Section 230 hearing / gadgets go to QVC / Motorola Razr 2020 review

73 hours 13 mins; October 30, 2020

iPhone 12 and 12 Pro review with Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel

58 mins; October 27, 2020

Quibi is shutting down / Google faces antitrust charges / Foxconn’s LCD factory is Wisconsin isn’t real

83 hours 34 mins; October 23, 2020

Pixel 5 with Android Central and Android Police

49 mins; October 20, 2020

Apple announces iPhone 12, MagSafe charger, HomePod mini

77 hours 36 mins; October 16, 2020

Samsung 2020 with Marques Brownlee

50 mins; October 13, 2020

Congress releases tech antitrust report / Apple’s next iPhone will be announced on October 13th

98 hours 37 mins; October 09, 2020

Pixel vs Nexus with UrAvgConsumer

40 mins; October 06, 2020

Google announces Pixel 5, Chromecast with Google TV, and Nest Audio

78 hours 41 mins; October 02, 2020

Apple Watch Series 6 with WSJ's Joanna Stern

45 mins; September 29, 2020

Amazon announces Ring security drone, new Echo devices, a gaming service, and a whole lot more

85 hours 42 mins; September 25, 2020

Microsoft Surface Duo with Engadget's Cherlynn Low

51 mins; September 22, 2020

Apple announces Watch Series 6 and new iPad Air / PS5 reveals price tag / Oculus announces Quest 2

74 hours 44 mins; September 18, 2020

We ask a biostatistician about the timeline of a COVID-19 vaccine

62 hours 46 mins; September 15, 2020

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 review / Android 11 review / Xbox Series S and X preview

76 hours 2 mins; September 11, 2020

Marc Levoy on moving from Google to Adobe and the ethics of computational photography

53 mins; September 08, 2020

IFA 2020 gadgets / Intel announces 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPUs / Nvidia announces RTX 3080 and 3090

68 hours 47 mins; September 04, 2020

Recording police brutality: how technology is driving the new civil rights movement

52 mins; September 01, 2020

Surface Duo hands on / Amazon's Halo fitness tracker / Epic vs Apple: the latest

84 hours 38 mins; August 28, 2020

Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman welcomes you to Team Antitrust

48 mins; August 25, 2020

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra review / Galaxy Watch 3 review / BlackBerry 5G?

69 hours 23 mins; August 21, 2020

How money and payments have become social media

49 mins; August 18, 2020

Fornite kicked off the App Store and Microsoft’s Surface Duo arrives on Sept 10th

89 hours 42 mins; August 14, 2020

How a TikTok ban would affect the influencer economy

54 mins; August 11, 2020

Samsung Unpacked, Google Pixel 4a review, and Apple's new 27-inch iMac

86 hours 14 mins; August 07, 2020

Sen. Ron Wyden says Trump’s Section 230 FCC shuffle is a ‘disaster’

37 mins; August 04, 2020

Tech antitrust hearing: the important moments and what comes next

67 hours 44 mins; July 31, 2020

Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers

46 mins; July 28, 2020

Big tech antittrust hearing preview and the Xbox Games Showcase breakdown

83 hours 8 mins; July 24, 2020

Election cybersecurity: How ready are we for November 3rd?

49 mins; July 21, 2020

Twitter gets hacked / NBC's streaming service Peacock debuts / TikTok in the US is threatened

73 hours 44 mins; July 17, 2020

Will virtual dates stick around after the pandemic?

37 mins; July 15, 2020

How Color of Change helped lead the Facebook boycott

58 mins; July 14, 2020

iOS14 public beta is released, Google’s Pixel 3A is discontinued, and Samsung's event is coming soon

79 hours 32 mins; July 10, 2020

Bug bounties: the good and the bad of computer security

64 hours 5 mins; July 07, 2020

Introducing Land of the Giants: The Netflix Effect

39 mins; June 30, 2020

Apple announces macOS Big Sur, new silicon chips, and iOS 14

94 hours 16 mins; June 26, 2020

Why activists need to think about cybersecurity

57 mins; June 23, 2020

WWDC predictions / Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act

61 hours 43 mins; June 19, 2020

Basecamp CTO David Heinemeier Hansson and Rep. David Cicilline on Apple's monopolistic app store fees

47 mins; June 18, 2020

Sen. Ed Markey on the politics of technology

57 mins; June 16, 2020

Android 11 beta / PS5 reveal / Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft ban facial recognition tech for police

94 hours 54 mins; June 12, 2020

Tinder CEO Elie Seidman on finding love during the pandemic

61 hours 30 mins; June 09, 2020

SpaceX launches humans to space / Facebook's ongoing moderation controversy / Sonos Arc's convincing surround sound

109 hours 38 mins; June 05, 2020

The head of HBO Max on launching without Roku, adding 4K HDR, and the Snyder Cut

54 mins; June 02, 2020

Trump signs executive order targeting social media companies / HBO Max launches in the US

90 hours 37 mins; May 29, 2020

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield on competing with Microsoft, the future of work, and managing all those notifications

65 hours 50 mins; May 26, 2020

Microsoft Build 2020, Elon Musk's factory play, and Joe Rogan moves to Spotify

82 hours 32 mins; May 22, 2020

Sundar Pichai on managing Google through the pandemic

52 mins; May 19, 2020

Questions about Facebook's oversight board, Quibi's popularity, and the rumored Pixel 4a

85 hours 15 mins; May 15, 2020

How pandemic disinformation is affecting social networks

68 hours 19 mins; May 12, 2020

New releases: Surface Go 2, Macbook Pro 13-inch, and the first Xbox Series X gameplay footage (Goodbye Paul)

80 hours 33 mins; May 08, 2020

Sonos CEO discusses the Arc and customer backlash over leaving old products behind

55 mins; May 06, 2020

The 3 new CEOs of Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, Big Tech's quarterly earnings, and Zoom's misleading user numbers

85 hours 3 mins; May 01, 2020

How Amazon's dominance is more visible during a pandemic

58 mins; April 28, 2020

Reviews of Apple's Magic Keyboard, iPhone SE, and Logitech Combo Touch

79 hours 31 mins; April 24, 2020

Interface Live: Casey Newton and Sarah Frier talk Instagram’s hidden history

49 mins; April 22, 2020

Apple's new iPhone SE, OnePlus 8 Pro review, and Verizon buys BlueJeans

80 hours 14 mins; April 17, 2020

Apple and Google are building a coronavirus tracking system into iOS and Android

33 mins; April 10, 2020

Quibi's launch week, Asus laptop reviews, and Sony's PS5 controller

69 hours 2 mins; April 10, 2020

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