David Pierce

Editor-at-Large

David Pierce is The Verge’s Editor-at-Large. In previous lives he worked at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. He owns all the phones. Want to get in touch? You can email [email protected], or send a message to @davidpierce.xyz on Bluesky or davidpierce.11 on Signal.

David PierceApr 22

It’s smart home season on Version History.

We’re recording the next six episodes of Version History next week, and I’d love your input on all of them! We want to feature your stories and memories and try to answer your questions. Here are the next six episodes, all related to the smart home:

The Nest thermostat
The Clapper
The Harmony remote
The Hue lights
The Roomba
The Keurig

If any of those spark any kind of reaction, tell me! I’m [email protected], and you can also call the hotline at 866-VERGE11. Make sure you subscribe to get all the new episodes as soon as they drop. Thanks in advance!

David PierceApr 22

New things from... New Things, from Joanna Stern.

Our pal Joanna recently left The Wall Street Journal to go start her own thing, and just dropped the first episode of her new YouTube show! Casey Neistat makes an appearance, and Joanna writes with a Sharpie on camera, so you know it’s good YouTube.

Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare

David PierceApr 21

The Vergecast Vergecast, 2026 edition

David PierceApr 21

David PierceApr 20

New Apple CEO calls for an emergency Vergecast.

We’ll be live on YouTube talkin’ Ternus, well, any second now. Come hang out!

The AI apps are coming for your PC

David PierceApr 18

The ‘AI is inevitable’ trap

David PierceApr 17

The Cybertruck of e-bikes is here to replace your car

The Infinite Machine Olto is fast, fun, and futuristic. I’m just not entirely sure what it is.

David PierceApr 16

David PierceApr 15

The five-star review system is broken, exhibit #472,304.

Terry Godier, who recently launched an RSS reader called Current (which is very good!), has encountered an unavoidable and unsolvable problem: in the five-star review system, anything below five is a disaster, and so what are we even doing here?

You will see a lot of 4 star reviews that say things like, “This is my favorite app!” or “Gamechanger!” The apps that tend to have these types of reviews are often over a 4.0 in the store and are being actively harmed average-wise by having them, even though the intent was clearly not to do so.

App Store Reviews are Busted

[Terry Godier]