Billy Disney | The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2025-01-30T17:04:45+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/authors/billy-disney/rss https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Billy Disney <![CDATA[On The Verge is returning]]> https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/24/4361462/on-the-verge-promo 2013-05-24T00:23:11-04:00 2013-05-24T00:23:11-04:00

New weekly shows. New fascinating guests. New exciting antics. Absolutely no pants.

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The Verge explores what Google did to fix its design game, improving its web services and iPhone and Android apps.
Featuring Dieter Bohn and Ellis Hamburger.
Video by Jordan Oplinger and Billy Disney.
Interviews with Angela Strange, Brian Rakowski, Andrey Doronichev, Jon Wiley, Matias Duarte, Jason Cornwell, and Darren Delaye.

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David Pierce and Nilay Patel go hands-on with the Oculus Rift at CES 2013.

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Hisense, Huawei, and others hawked smartphones, TVs, refrigerators, and themselves at this year’s CES.

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Joshua Topolsky interviews Sony president and CEO Kaz Hirai at CES 2013.

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The fifth installment of a five day look at America’s doomsday obsession. Follow this series at thevergeprophecies.com
Pastor Harry Walther explains how he believes two raptures will bring the antichrist and the second coming of Jesus to Earth.

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The second installment of a five day look at America’s doomsday obsession. Follow this series at thevergeprophecies.com
Author Lawrence E. Joseph explains his concerns about solar activity and how an EMP from the sun could take out our power grid.
Neil deGrasse Tyson clip courtesy of Kristopher Hite.

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Quote Oscar Wilde, “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” With that in mind, and in honor of the anniversary of his death a little over a century ago, we have decided to put a David Pierce mask on top of one of our interns. Let’s see what happens.

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Joshua Topolsky visits Google’s headquarters to take a look at their new Nexus devices.

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