@davidpierce.xyz
Editor-at-large at The Verge. I could eat.
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@davidpierce.xyzToday’s Vergecast: Why Big Tech can’t quit smart glasses. A huge portion of the tech industry has decided that smart glasses are the next big thing. But why? Smart glasses are incredibly hard to make, hugely socially... https://www.theverge.com/podcast/955230/smart-glasses-best-features-vergecast
@davidpierce.xyzNone of us can figure out the problem and it is KILLING US. the assets are the same size! It should work!
@davidpierce.xyzOh we’ll talk about it on Friday I’m sure, but no panic necessary! @reckless.bsky.social just hasn’t posted because he’s at Cannes being fancy
@davidpierce.xyzToday’s Vergecast: Is the Steam Machine worth the wait? Valve has been trying to crack the living room for more than a decade, and the new Steam Machine is its best attempt yet. It’s a little bit PC, a little bit console,... https://www.theverge.com/podcast/953895/steam-machine-review-vergecast
@davidpierce.xyzToday’s Vergecast: The best headphone mic we’ve ever tested. Your headphones’ microphone matters. A lot. And yet we never know how we sound to others, or whether we’re clear to our AI assistants! So every once in a while, we... https://www.theverge.com/podcast/951788/best-headphone-mic-vergecast
@davidpierce.xyzHi friends! It's a holiday week so it's WEDNESDAY, I'm putting together this week's Installer, and I want to know what you're into. What are you reading / playing / watching / downloading / doing during World Cup commercials this week? Tell me so I can tell everyone! (And subscribe to Installer!)
@davidpierce.xyzToday’s Vergecast: The Mythos mess and your AI questions, answered. Anthropic and the US government are once again at odds, this time over the Claude Fable 5 model that either is, or is not, or might be, far too dangerous... https://www.theverge.com/podcast/951031/anthropic-mythos-fable-vergecast
@davidpierce.xyz🙌🙌🙌🙌 (also send me that pencils podcast)
@davidpierce.xyzToday’s Vergecast: # The **epic** story of Markdown. Markdown is a system for writing that makes it readable to both humans and computers. It’s all about the symbols. You use – to make a list, * for emphasis, ** for even... https://www.theverge.com/podcast/950082/markdown-history-gruber-vergecast
@davidpierce.xyzGORGEOUS
@davidpierce.xyzGlad you figured it out! Sorry, what a weird thing
@davidpierce.xyzToday’s Vergecast: YouTube is taking over Hollywood. Movies directed by YouTubers are suddenly blowing up at the box office. Backrooms and Obsession are both smash hits, and The Amazing Digital Circus had a big debut... https://www.theverge.com/podcast/948659/youtube-backrooms-hollywood-vergecast
@davidpierce.xyzHi friends! It's Thursday, I just stubbed my toe, I'm putting together this week's Installer and want to know what you're into. What are you watching / reading / listening to / playing / napping with this week? Tell me so I can tell everyone! (And subscribe to Installer!)
@davidpierce.xyzHmm I'm seeing them in the feed — you're in Pocket Casts, right? So am I, and it's working okay. Weird. Will flag to the team!
@davidpierce.xyzFediverse, baby! Now I just gotta figure out how to stay under the character count
@davidpierce.xyzToday’s Vergecast: Your biggest questions from WWDC. Now that we’ve had a couple of days to digest all the Siri AI updates, the new corner radii, and everything else Apple announced at its developer conference, we spend the... https://www.theverge.com/podcast/948039/wwdc-2026-faq-vergecast
@davidpierce.xyzToday’s Vergecast: How Steve Jobs became Steve Jobs. Long before Steve Jobs was the unstoppable force of nature atop Apple, shipping hit product after hit product, he was practically run out of the... https://www.theverge.com/podcast/947222/todays-vergecast-how-steve-jobs-became-steve-jobs
@davidpierce.xyzYou're a monster
@davidpierce.xyzVergecast Live. WWDC. 3:00 ET. Well that was a strange keynote! While Nilay, Vee, and Allison go run around Apple Park trying to learn more about the future of Siri, Hayden Field and Jake Kastrenakes are joining me to break... https://www.theverge.com/podcast/946064/vergecast-live-wwdc-300-et
@davidpierce.xyzSo far, the plan is Mon-Thurs will be mid-afternoon, almost always by 4 but sometimes much sooner, and Friday is gonna be... noonish ET? Still working everything out but that seems to be the way to make it all work for now