Why the Zune never killed the iPod
Why the Zune never killed the iPod The Microsoft Zune is mostly just a footnote in tech history. Microsoft spent years – and vast sums of money – trying to create a true competitor to Apple’s iPod, without ever coming close to actually pulling it off. The Zune was simply too little, too late. You […]
God will be declared by a panel of experts
God will be declared by a panel of experts What is AGI? We know it stands for Artificial General Intelligence. That’s a good start. But what does AGI mean, really? And how do we know when we’ve achieved it? For that matter, who decides we’ve achieved it? Does the AGI decide? This week, as OpenAI […]
How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet
How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet Hello, and welcome to Decoder. This is Sarah Jeong, features editor at The Verge. I’m standing in for Nilay for one final Thursday episode here as he settles back into full-time hosting duties. Today, we’ve got a fun one. I’m talking to Cory Doctorow, prolific author, internet activist, and […]
GM isn’t ready to rip off the CarPlay/Android Auto band-aid quite yet
GM isn't ready to rip off the CarPlay/Android Auto band-aid quite yet Last week, General Motors CEO Mary Barra caused a stir when she said that the company would eventually kill Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in all of its gas cars. The company had already successfully removed phone mirroring capabilities from most of its […]
LexisNexis CEO says the AI law era is already here
LexisNexis CEO says the AI law era is already here Today, I’m talking with Sean Fitzpatrick, the CEO of LexisNexis, one of the most important companies in the entire legal system. For years — including when I was in law school — LexisNexis was basically the library. It’s where you went to look up case […]
Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay
Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay We’ve got a special episode of Decoder today. I’m talking to General Motors CEO Mary Barra and new GM Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson about a lot of big news the company just announced. That includes a Google Gemini-powered AI assistant that’s coming to new […]
Zocdoc CEO: ‘Dr. Google is going to be replaced by Dr. AI’
Zocdoc CEO: 'Dr. Google is going to be replaced by Dr. AI' Today’s Decoder episode is a special one: I’m talking to Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz, and we chatted live onstage at the TechFutures conference here in New York City. You’re almost certainly familiar with Zocdoc — it’s a platform that helps people find and […]
The Sony Watchman was must-see TV
The Sony Watchman was must-see TV To understand the Sony Watchman, you have to go back. Way back. Back to when “TV” wasn’t just a way to refer to any piece of content between 20 and 89 minutes, available on every screen everywhere for a few bucks a month. In 1982, when Sony first started […]
AI can’t even turn on the lights
AI can't even turn on the lights Large language models are currently everyone’s solution to everything. The technology’s versatility is part of its appeal: the use cases for generative AI seem both huge and endless. But then you use the stuff, and not enough of it works very well. And you wonder what we’re really accomplishing here. […]
Google gadgets, ranked
Google gadgets, ranked Is a smartwatch better than a smartphone? Not which one is more important or which would you rather have, but simply which one is better? This is the kind of question you really never need to ask – but we’re here to ask it. Why? Because Google has had a terrific year […]