David Pierce

Editor-at-Large

David PierceMar 4, 2024

Look at this bonkers, beautiful Mac-iPad hybrid.

Leave it to Federico Viticci and MacStories to go super, super deep on what it takes to smash together an iPad and a Mac into “The MacPad,” a beautiful mess of a touchscreen laptop. Building — and using — this setup is not for the faint of heart, and it looks totally ridiculous. But I can’t help myself. I want one.

A combination iPad and MacBook, held up by a hand.

The MacPad is a hare-brained beautiful mess of a hybrid device.

Photo: Federico Viticci / MacStories

David PierceMar 3, 2024

The Vergecast’s last ride in the Apple Car.

If you squint hard enough, you can kind of see the opportunity Apple might have seen in the car industry... at least in 2014. But “a Lexus with some cameras on top” evidently wasn’t going to be enough. Come hang with us while we talk about the Apple Car, the Supreme Court’s online speech hearings, and a whole bunch more!