Because Nilay doesn’t usually have enough stuff to fiddle with during the Vergecast recordings, you know what I mean? There was a ton of news this week, from the AI Pin to the Steam Deck to custom GPTs. But that’s all just the sideshow to the grand (or not so grand) finale of Nilay’s experiments with Samsung Dex. Is it the end of the road, or the beginning of the future? You be the judge.
What do we expect our phones to be able to do for us? And what does it mean to be a good steward of the open web? Apple, Google, and the rest of us all have to answer those questions for ourselves — but on the internet, nothing’s ever quite as simple as it seems. (I almost just compared backlighting and SEO, but this metaphor is getting away from me.)
Also, Disney is buying Hulu, and we have tips on how to raise a troll army to defend you online. All that in one podcast episode! Imagine!
Okay, so “space black” isn’t the Black MacBook return we were hoping for, but Apple’s new Pros sound pretty nice. Which one should you buy, though? It’s complicated. Plus, that Scary Fast event was shot on an iPhone — so where does that mean we are in the evolution of smartphone cameras? All that, and some AR glasses, and you don’t even have to listen at 8PM on a Monday night.
Boy, that was brisk. And we were left with a fun fact: the whole thing was shot on an iPhone 15 Pro Max! Other than one moment where it looked like Johny Srouji was walking in front of a green screen, it really did look good. Especially in the dark.
Go read all our stories on The Verge, and stay tuned for all of our reviews and hands-on coverage as soon as we’re able to get our hands on these new devices. See you next time! Hopefully in the daytime!
Apple just took the old one, changed nothing, kept it at $1,299, added the M3 chip, and called it a day? At least it’s replacing the Intel models for good, but still.
To be clear, the 24-inch iMac is a lovely device. But... this is all we get? Not even a space black iMac?
