We’re calling it The Director’s Episode, because it turned out to be all about how tech changes the way we make movies... and the movies we make about tech. It’s a fun episode, even though I don’t think we’ve solved the commentary problem yet.
Call it FAST, call it AVOD, call it whatever you want. Free ad-supported streaming is having a moment, and it’s only going to get bigger from here.
Plus, that Humane demo at TED. It can’t be real, right? Where’s the Qualcomm chip? After all, The Vergecast is nothing if not a place to ask deep questions about the location of Qualcomm chips.
Seriously, if you’ve never checked out Forecast Advisor, you gotta try it. And are you Team Bluesky or Team Mastodon? Eventually, you might not need to choose — that’s the whole idea — but right now they seem to be chasing one another in a big way.
Becca Farsace’s series Full Frame won both awards for technology video, and The Vergecast won People’s Choice for technology podcasts! Thanks to all who voted for us — our funky spring-shaped trophies are all thanks to you, and we couldn’t be more grateful.
Next year: EGOT or bust.
[The Webby Awards]
Our friend Marques Brownlee has been teasing a product launch for a while, and now it’s out: the M251, a shoe he made in partnership with Atoms. The shoe is black and red, natch, and has some Jordan-y vibes to it. (Can’t believe there’s no dongle anywhere, though.) There are a couple of fun behind-the-scenes videos out with the launch — but who’s gonna do the MKBHD-style review of the MKBHD shoe?
