Richard Lawler

Senior News Editor

MoviePass 2.0 is opening up the invite waitlist again before its public launch this summer

Richard LawlerJan 27, 2023

Richard LawlerJan 26, 2023

Green light.

Besides Elon Musk, other businesses also have quarterly reports. Today that list includes Intel later this afternoon, and Comcast, which said it shed 440,000 TV subscribers in three months but added 365,000 customers to Xfinity Mobile.

For now, we’re looking at keyboards and controllers, as Sony’s new $199.99 DualSense Edge gamepad is available, but only directly from Sony. Check out our review to see if it’s worth the high price.

Sony’s DualSense Edge is a pro controller done (mostly) right

Cameron Faulkner

Jan 23

Richard LawlerJan 25, 2023

Green light.

The N64 GoldenEye remaster is almost here, and this afternoon we’ll get a new Tesla quarterly earnings report, in case you’ve missed hearing from Elon Musk.

But first up is the Xbox stream at noon PT / 3PM ET, where we expect to hear about games like Redfall and Forza Motorsport — but not Starfield.

How to watch today’s Xbox Developer Direct showcase

Ash Parrish

Jan 25

Richard LawlerJan 24, 2023

The Senate Judiciary hearing over Ticketmaster’s Taylor Swift debacle is starting now.

Ticketmaster’s botched attempt to sell tickets to Taylor Swift’s The Eras tour — and inadvertent antitrust radicalization event — is now being discussed on Capitol Hill.

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing “That’s the Ticket: Promoting Competition and Protecting Consumers in Live Entertainment” will have Joe Berchtold, the CFO and president of Ticketmaster’s parent company Live Nation, and others testifying.

Richard LawlerJan 23, 2023

Green light.

News of layoffs continues to echo throughout the tech industry, and the latest company on the list is Spotify. Meanwhile, Microsoft has, as expected, announced a new AI deal.

We’re live with reviews of both the new Mac Mini and 16-inch MacBook Pro, but I’m also thinking back about what third-party apps did to make Twitter what it is today.

The third-party apps Twitter just killed made the site what it is today

Mitchell Clark

Jan 22

More details come out on which departments saw layoffs at Google, Microsoft, and Amazon

Richard LawlerJan 21, 2023

Richard LawlerJan 20, 2023

Britain’s prime minister was fined because of this Instagram video.

There’s a long history of internet posts getting people into legal trouble, but this entry is unusual because it’s Britain’s prime minister Rishi Sunak.

This promotional video on his Instagram showed him riding in a car without a seatbelt on. The New York Times reports that violation can result in a fine of up to £500 (about $620 US), and said Sunak’s office confirmed he would pay without specifying an amount.

Richard LawlerJan 20, 2023

Today on The Vergecast: Elon Musk status update, M2 MacBook Pros, and tech layoffs.

Alex Heath joins the show’s first segment to talk us through the latest update on Elon’s first few months at Twitter, and then we turn to Apple’s eventless hardware announcement, HomePod and all.

We also dove into the revelations about CNET’s AI-written stories and discussed the recent spate of Big Tech layoffs, although we recorded the show (available in audio form here for your podcast apps) prior to Friday morning’s bombshell news from Google.