The real story of the iPhone 18 Pro's camera
This week's iPhone 18 Pro discourse made aperture a priority, but today on Vergecast we zoom out to talk about the state of smart phone phot...
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This Vergecast is your source for an irreverent and informative look at what's happening right now (and next) in the world of technology and gadgets. Hosted by Nilay Patel alongside a cavalc...
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20 of 1,077 episodesApple's new iPhones and Watches are better than the last ones
Senior reviewers Allison Johnson and Victoria Song trade host and guest duties in a Vergecasting ouroboros that's never been attempted befor...
Your AI apocalypse questions, answered
Last week, an Anthropic researcher resigned and posted on X, "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end...
Is social media driving teen mental health issues?
Two years ago, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt released his book, The Anxious Generation. In it, he argued that the rise of social media...
Who is the $1,059 Steam VR headset for?
Sean Hollister got his hands and face on Valve's new VR headset, the Steam Frame. It's expensive, starting at more than $1,000. It's buggy —...
We unfolded the iPhone Duo
Apple did the one more thing: This week it announced its much-anticipated folding phone. It also announced some surprising and controversial...
Schools are catching onto tech’s playbook
For years, big tech companies have embedded their products into the classroom whether through Google's Chromebooks or computer science curri...
The folding iPhone Duo is finally here | The Vergecast Livestream
Live from Apple Park, Nilay Patel and Victoria Song join Jake Kastrenakes, Dominic Preston and Cameron Faulkner to talk about the iPhone Duo...
The tech that made a 2-hour marathon possible
At this year's London Marathon, two runners completed the route in under two hours, becoming the first people to ever do so on an official c...
AGI is whatever you want it to be
OpenAI announced its next big model, GPT-6 Astra, and also, by the way, that AGI is here now.Today on The Vergecast, we've got an all-star p...
Apple Home rumors, ranked
Apple's big hardware event is coming next week. iPhones are the main draw, but senior reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy has her eyes on the r...
What’s happening with US data centers?
Data centers have been a staple of Loudoun County since the early dot-com boom, but recent expansions have left some residents wondering how...
What the AI overlords get wrong about being alive
Elizabeth Lopatto recently wrote about Mark Zuckerberg's 6,500-word AI manifesto in her piece, "Mark Zuckerberg doesn't understand how to li...
Can Fairphone survive the US market
Skyrocketing RAM prices put a spotlight on product longevity and repairability, which makes this a particularly apt time for Fairphone to la...
The iPhone Fold could make concerts even worse
This week Apple announced a Mac Mini made for AI and a Mac Studio made for AI, both with faster M6 and M5 Pro chips made for AI. But that's...
How to buy a laptop when everything’s expensive
If, after months of increasingly dire RAMageddon warnings, you just now find yourself in the market for a new laptop... we're here to help....
Meta will cut teens off of Instagram after two hours
Two-hour usage limits, age verification, and a $17.1 billion payout: We're breaking down today's big settlement in Meta's kids online safety...
Does smart home tech work in a college dorm?
It can be hard enough to set up smart home tech in a house or an apartment, but what about a dorm room? Jennifer Pattison Tuohy recently tes...
We play a brutal quiz of our gadget memories
Do you remember your first BlackBerry? Do you remember when that first BlackBerry launched? On this episode taped before David Pierce went o...
Pixel 11 gets in on the digicam trend
Smart phone cameras have been getting better and better at capturing flawless, true-to-life images. But is that what the people really want?...