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The Verge’s Hayden Field joins us on The Vergecast to break down OpenClaw, the trending AI agent.
The Verge· 2026-02-10 14:23
OpenClaw is a platform for AI agents that's built as being, you know, particularly useful and like actually useful for everyday consumers. So, you know, creating calendar events, um, you know, checking into your flight for you. But the best part for a lot of people felt the users loved was that you could communicate with your AI agent through typical messaging platform.So, like Telegram, WhatsApp, all those things. >> OpenClaw is just like, ah, just give it access to your computer. It can do everything.Ever ...
Could the Trump Phone be a good phone? | The Vergecast
The Verge· 2026-02-10 13:00
Welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of putting as many megapixels as you possibly can into your selfie camera. I'm your friend David Pierce and I am slowly losing my mind if I'm being completely honest with you. So, like I mentioned last week on the show, I am shopping for a new phone.This is a very fun thing for me to do. For a long time, I was a phone reviewer. So, I'd lived a totally abnormal phone life.I would switch phones like every six weeks based on what I was reviewing. But for the last ...
The Verge news editor Dominic Preston got an exclusive look at the T1 Phone.
The Verge· 2026-02-09 18:03
So, here's the back of the phone. >> After eight long months, I've finally seen the Trump phone, and there's a chance we might even get to try it out in just a few weeks. After launching last June, no one has heard anything about the Trump phone, a gold colored Android device that was meant to be made in the USA.Last week, I finally got the chance to actually see the phone as part of an exclusive interview with Tour Trump Mobile's executive team. They showed me what they say is a pretty final version of the ...
Peloton’s gamble on expensive new hardware has yet to pay off #Vergecast
The Verge· 2026-02-09 14:00
Pelaton, which is just one of the funniest companies around. Their bikes aren't selling well. They just upgraded the bike.They just have a new Android tablet with this camera attachment on the top. And Pelaton will not just sell people the tablet as an upgrade. You have to go buy a new bike.Even though people have gotten like when they've gotten the new bikes, the tablets come in a different box with a sheet labeled upgrade instructions. So, they're like designed to be put on the old bikes. And lots of peop ...
Anthropic says ‘Claude will remain ad-free,’ unlike ChatGPT #Vergecast
The Verge· 2026-02-07 14:01
Improved communication with your mom can bring you closer. Or if the relationship can't be fixed, find emotional connection with other older women on Golden Encounters, the mature dating site that connects sensitive cubs with roaring cougars. >> And then it pops up and it says, "Adds are coming to AI but not to Claude." It's very good.Anthropic also published a blog post explaining in pretty aggressive terms why it will never have advertising in Claude. Neither one of them mentions OpenAI or ChatGpt by name ...
Disney says Josh D’Amaro will replace Bob Iger as CEO #Vergecast
The Verge· 2026-02-06 21:30
Disney announced its new CEO Josh was the the head of the theme parks. A thing I've seen a bunch after this came out is that actually there is not a sense that Disney World and Disneyland and this this like physical business is sort of a you know rounding error next to all this other stuff Disney does that in many ways it is actually like the main thing Disney has going for it. >> It's the biggest business.You know my thesis about Disney is that they made a big bet on content and trying to be as big as Netf ...
Valve’s Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing #Vergecast
The Verge· 2026-02-06 21:01
We've talked a lot about the upcoming Steam machines, but in this blog post, I'm just going to read you this chunk of it because it is like as as honest and brutal as you could possibly ask for. Uh, it says, "We plan on being able to share specific pricing and launch dates by now, but the memory and storage shortages you've likely heard about across the industry have rapidly increased since then. We have work to do to land on concrete pricing and launch dates that we can confidently announce, being mindful ...
How the Surface RT is in the Epstein files. #Vergecast
The Verge· 2026-02-06 16:00
Can you imagine if you were getting fired and you had just had a long email chain of all of the decisions and conversations that were made and you're like, "You know what I should do? I should forward all this to Jeffrey Epstein." So, Bill Gates is in the orbit because of Stephen Sowski, the former head of Windows and his wife. And in the process of leaving Microsoft, which we reported on was a pretty messy split. Sinoski is just forwarding all kinds of emails to Epstein and asking for all kinds of advice.A ...
Big tech names in the Epstein files #Vergecast
The Verge· 2026-02-06 15:30
You thought conspiracy theories ran America before. Anything you want is in there and you can turn it into anything you want. And a lot of it is like, yeah, I guess that was true.The number of ways in which it turned out that Jeffrey Epste intersected with the tech community was just staggering. Elon Musk is all over the files. Bill Gates is all over the files.Sergey Brin shows up over and over. Peter Teal suing Gawker. The founder of 4chan met with Jeffrey Epstein.And then there's this like overwhelming th ...
How Epstein became a tech influencer | The Vergecast
The Verge· 2026-02-06 13:01
Welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of Jmail, the most interesting email client that has launched in recent history. >> I do not support this. Whatever it is you're doing, I do not support this.>> I'm your friend David Pierce. Neil up is here. >> Again, I want to just issue my strong condemnation of Jmail.>> Jmail is uh an email service that exists only to give you a way to browse Jeffrey Epstein's emails. There are just you like to talk about PhD thesis about things like there's there's a PhD th ...