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David Pierce

David Pierce

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    Why one web pioneer thinks it’s time to reinvent the browser

    Darin Fisher has been working on browsers since practically the beginning. And he’s ready to finally build the one he’s been waiting for.

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    “Building a community is really different from building a rocket...”

    “...because rockets don’t talk back.”

    As you enjoy your weekend, don’t miss this episode of The Vergecast covering exactly what Elon Musk has gotten himself into now that he owns Twitter.

    Richard Lawler
    Richard Lawler
    Let’s get you up to speed.

    Yes, Elon Musk owns Twitter. No, he has not laid off an entire team of data engineers, including one “Rahul Ligma.”

    David Pierce explains what we actually know so far.

    David Pierce
    David Pierce
    Emergency Vergecast: making sense of the future of Twitter.

    Just kidding, nobody knows the future of Twitter, chaos reigns, buckle up everybody! But now that the deal is really done, we tried to figure out what’s happened already, what happens next, and what Elon’s Twitter might look like.

    Elon Musk vs. Twitter: all the news about one of the biggest, messiest tech deals ever

    Stay up to date with the latest in the Musk-Twitter saga

    Andrew J. Hawkins and David Pierce
    David Pierce
    David Pierce
    All the good tweets, all in one place.

    With Elon Musk seemingly on the verge of owning Twitter, the platform’s having a bit of a nostalgia moment, remembering all the Good Tweets that once were. This prompt from Ben Collins brought in thousands of responses, and you should really just stop working and read every single one.

    David Pierce
    David Pierce
    Today on The Vergecast: The other other crypto, Stage Manager woes, and your iPad buying guide.

    iPads: they’re complicated! We got into the weeds on which one you should buy, how you should use it, and why Apple seems so confused about its future. Also: what cryptozoologists think about cryptocurrency, and the surprising stuff they have in common.

    David Pierce
    David Pierce
    Can A16Z keep the crypto party going all by itself?

    You could make a pretty compelling case that the whole NFT/Web3/all-blockchain-everything craze wouldn’t have happened at all without Andreessen Horowitz’s money. It funded seemingly everything in the space over the last couple of years. And it’s, uh, not going so hot!

    David Pierce
    David Pierce
    Please fix all the streaming apps, Chrissy Teigen.

    Just please bring me along so I can also ask executives a lot of questions about HDR, Dolby Vision, and why it’s so hard for us to have nice things with names that make sense.