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On The Vergecast: Sari Azout, founder of an app called Sublime, joins us. Presented by @MongoDB
The Verge· 2025-12-07 15:00
I I think people talk a lot about how machines are becoming more humanlike, but we don't talk enough about how humans are becoming machine-like. And I think that's even more problematic. Are we going to just work for machines and like optimize and try to, you know, feed the algorithm.And and so I would say that if we zoom out pre-industrial revolution, we lived in a world where our kind of physical strength was everything. Then we kind of moved to a world where our mental strength was everything our intelli ...
Google Glass: everybody’s least favorite wearable | Version History
The Verge· 2025-12-07 13:00
Product Analysis - Google Glass aimed to revolutionize personal computing by placing computers on people's faces [1] - The product faced challenges, including negative public perception, leading to the term "Glassholes" [1] - The Verge and Waveform analyzed the reasons for Google Glass's failure, despite its forward-thinking concept [1] - The analysis covers the history, impact, personal experiences, and technical specifications of Google Glass [1] User Experience & Public Reaction - The report details mixed reactions and controversies surrounding Google Glass, including privacy concerns [1] - Legislative pushback against Google Glass and public reactions to its use are discussed [1] - Google's response to the "Glassholes" phenomenon and the guidelines it implemented are examined [1] Business Strategy & Future - The report explores Google's pivot towards enterprise applications after the decline of Google Glass [1] - The cultural impact and legacy of Google Glass are considered, including its influence on subsequent technology [1] - The analysis concludes with final thoughts and a "Hall of Fame" induction, suggesting a lasting impact despite its initial failure [1]
This week we’re taking a look back at everybody’s least favorite wearable: Google Glass.
The Verge· 2025-12-06 14:01
Our relationship with technology could use a reset. We all spend all of our time just staring down at screens. But what if instead we could stare kind of up and to the right at screens.That's what Google thinks might be the answer. And it's built a product called Glass that puts a screen on your face that might just change everything. From the Verge of Ox Media, this is Version History, a show about the best and worst and strangest and most important products in tech history.I'm David Pierce and on this epi ...
The Frame TV nails the “not looking like a TV” part but struggles with everything else. #Vergecast
The Verge· 2025-12-05 20:13
I'm very upset with you. I bought a Samsung Frame TV on Black Friday because it was on sale. This TV is both like exactly correct and like perfectly does the one job that I hired it to do, which is mostly not look like a television.>> It's awful. The software is bad. Hour and a half to load every single time I want to turn it on.The power button does a different thing every time you press it. This is it's it is simultaneously like the best idea about TVs and the worst TV that I have used in a very long time ...
Is two hinges better than one?
The Verge· 2025-12-04 16:58
Product Launch & Innovation - Samsung has announced the Galaxy Z Trifold, its first double-folding phone, launching in Korea in a couple of weeks [1] - The Galaxy Z Trifold features a 10-inch internal screen with two outer panels that fold inward [2] - The device includes a 200 megapixel camera and is fully water resistant [4] Design & Features - The Trifold has a screen on the back panel, potentially protecting the inner screen, unlike Huawei's Mate XT [3] - The device is powered by batteries in each panel, totaling 5600 milliamp hours [3] Pricing & Availability - Korean pricing is approximately $2,500 [4] - The Galaxy Z Trifold is expected to arrive in the first quarter of 2026 [4] Market Positioning - Only one other company is currently manufacturing a trifold phone, positioning Samsung as a key player in this emerging market [1] - The "Trifold" name has become associated with this type of phone, despite only folding twice [5]
The Ohsnap MCON spring-loaded pocket gamepad is nearly here and I'm toying with an early sample!
The Verge· 2025-12-03 15:31
Today, I'm toying with the O Snap Mcon, the Switchblade gamepad for your pocket. Remember sliding keyboard phones. This sucker is spring-loaded.You press this button to launch it, and I'm surprised how good the controls feel underneath. Real TMR joysticks with substantial throw, nice clicky face buttons, Game Boy Advance SP style D-pad. I could even see myself getting used to these mini hall effect triggers, and teensy bumpers.The foldout grips really help, too. Sadly, it's way too thick to fit my jeans wit ...
Smart TV vs Apple TV #Vergecast
The Verge· 2025-12-03 14:00
I feel like the margin between this is a great set top box and the software that's built into my Samsung TV from seven years ago like sucks hardcore. But it's fine. Like no no it plays Netflix. It plays >> in conscience.I cannot let you say that on this podcast. [laughter] No. >> Okay.>> My smart TV is fine goes against the official stance of >> You know what. I am writing that up. I'm going to write 800 words about how my smart TV is.>> Listen, Allison, it hurts me. >> Allison, you're supposed to have stan ...
iPad vs AirTags #Vergecast
The Verge· 2025-12-02 19:13
Compared to an iPad, I think the Air Tag is more iconic, more universal, uh, better as a product. Listen, >> you think if you just went up to like a random hundred people and you were like, "Air Tag," more of them would know what you're talking about than iPad. >> Yeah.Or chance. No chance. >> Listen, >> you are out of your mind.>> I think I am not out of my mind because I actually had a conversation recently with a friend. She turned down a free iPad and then bought Air Tags. I think of the iPad as a niche ...
The Verge's Mia Sato, is on the scene this week to cover Luigi Mangione's pretrial hearings in NYC.
The Verge· 2025-12-02 18:04
Luigi Manion, who's accused of gunning down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is back in court this week. And the hearings largely focus on what kind of evidence is inadmissible in court. I was in court all day along with several dozen reporters as well as around two dozen members of the public, some of whom had been camping out outside the courthouse since Thursday night.And this is just a pre-trial hearing. We are not in the actual trial yet. Manion's defense team is trying to bar some pieces of evide ...
Are AI-centric products still a dream? Presented by @MongoDB
The Verge· 2025-12-02 15:00
How do you start on a project like this. Like I think a thing that I see a lot of AI developers and people building stuff with these tools do wrong is they try to do the like 100% version of the thing all at once. To me, it seems like the struggle right now is how do we sort of sequence this thing that eventually gets us to the place that we think and hope this technology is going, but that actually works today.Have you figured out how to sort of sequence your way to this magical thing that may someday be t ...