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David Pierce

@davidpierce.xyz

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Editor-at-large at The Verge. I could eat.

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 18h

This might be my favorite Version History ep yet: the OG Chromebook, with @reckless.bsky.social and @mkbhd.com www.theverge.com/podcast/1001...

The forgotten Chromebook that started it all

On Version History: Marques Brownlee and Nilay Patel relive the release of the Cr-48, Google’s prototype laptop.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 30/09/2026

I’m back at work next week, and back hosting The Vergecast. I have lots of ideas and plans, but I want to know: what do you want from your favorite daily tech podcast? Ideas, feedback, critiques, I want all of it (but you’re only allowed to be mean to me specifically). Hit me!

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 21/09/2026

I really hope Googlebooks can become more than just expensive Chromebooks. The blueprint is there, but software support has to follow next. If it does, I'll be one of the buyers putting money down.

Googlebooks feel like the first laptops built for Android owners

My next laptop might be a Googlebook.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 21/09/2026

Wrote about Googlebooks, which I thought were a weird idea about AI laptops but turn out to be the culmination of more than a decade of work on Android, the web, and more (And a weird idea about AI laptops) www.theverge.com/tech/997972/...

The long dream of the Googlebook

Don’t call it a Chromebook.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 15/09/2026

Right?!!

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 15/09/2026

Co-sign. I have always believed that if you take a call on speaker, in public, I am allowed to participate. You made it a group call, I’m gonna weigh in! The Journal discovered that blaring your phone’s audio for the world to hear — also known as... www.theverge.com/tech/995598/co-sign

For the Love of God, Please Put on Headphones

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 15/09/2026

Version History is back! Starting with the story and legacy of Oregon Trail, the game generations of kids grew up playing in the computer lab www.theverge.com/podcast/9954...

How The Oregon Trail became a generational icon

You have died of dysentery.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 14/09/2026

Send The Vergecast your AI questions! Personally I will be calling to scream uninterrupted for nine minutes www.theverge.com/podcast/9950...

The Vergecast hotline is ready for your AI questions.

AI doomerism broke containment last week with an Anthropic researcher’s proclamation that there’s a >10% chance AI could kill all humans within the decade. The Vergecast is recording an all-AI hotline...

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 20/08/2026

Hi all, it's Thursday, and I am prepping this week's Installer now that @davidpierce.xyz is on parental leave! I want to know everything you're into. What are you reading / watching / playing / chilling with this week? Tell me so I can tell everyone! (And subscribe to Installer!)

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 14/08/2026

LOVE to hear it

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 13/08/2026

That's so nice of you to say, thanks so much!

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 13/08/2026

Hi friends! It's Thursday, I am one day away from parental leave, I'm working on this week's Installer and want to know everything you're into. What are you reading / watching / playing / snacking on this week? Tell me so I can tell everyone! (And subscribe to Installer!)

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 12/08/2026

:)

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 12/08/2026

Come talk Pixels with us live on YouTube! The Vergecast crew will be live in 30(ish) minutes, at 1PM ET, running down all the details on the new Pixel phones, Pixel Watch, Pixel Tag, and everything else. We’re going... www.theverge.com/tech/979053/come-t…

Come talk Pixels with us live on YouTube!

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 12/08/2026

An algorithmic way to make our algorithms fun again. Lots of smart internet people have been talking about this Lauren Leek essay on the algorithmic flattening of cities and culture and everything else,... www.theverge.com/tech/979027/an-alg…

laurenleek.substack.com

Temperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything Is Starting to Look the Same

Lauren’s data Substack

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 12/08/2026

Fair! We think a lot about this — I don't want to ignore AI, or talk shit about it all the time, neither of which is useful. I also don't want to, like, bow before the computer gods. We're just trying to figure out where AI is something, and where it's not. Hopefully over time we find that balance!

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 11/08/2026

Today’s Vergecast: Lessons from the very first chatbot. Before Alexa and Siri, there was ELIZA. The first chatbot ever was the creation of a man named Joseph Weizenbaum, who built the bot almost as a magic trick — and then... www.theverge.com/podcast/978198/eli…

Today’s Vergecast: Lessons from the very first chatbot.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 11/08/2026

‘We have Formula 1 at home.’ ESPN lost Formula 1 rights last year, when Apple spent big to get the rights for Apple TV. Now, Disney is replacing F1 with… Formula E, the all-electric (and increasingly Formula 1-ish) racing series,... www.theverge.com/tech/978095/we-hav…

thewaltdisneycompany.com

Disney+ Revs Up as the Global Streaming Home of Formula E | The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 11/08/2026

The surplus can only be solved with society-wide action

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 11/08/2026

Tell me more! What's frustrating you about this?

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 10/08/2026

Today on The Vergecast: We share our vibe-coded websites. We’ve spent the last month vibe coding our own corners of the internet. The Verge‘s Jake Kastrenakes and Hayden Field join David to talk about their use of... www.theverge.com/podcast/977590/vib…

Today on The Vergecast: We share our vibe-coded websites.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 09/08/2026

This is SUCH a good point and probably also a story I should go report

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 06/08/2026

Hi friends! It's Thursday, Ted Lasso is so back, I'm putting together this week's Installer and want to know everything you're into right now. What are you watching / reading / playing / listening to / pushing to GitHub this week? Tell me so I can tell everyone! (And subscribe to Installer!)

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 06/08/2026

that's gonna be in a VERY expensive subscription tier

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 06/08/2026

HERO. Thank you so much!

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 05/08/2026

Ooh this is a good analogy, I like it!

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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

No pressure but if you guys don't watch this one I'm never putting myself on the podcast again

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 05/08/2026

Today’s Vergecast: E Ink, the fediverse, and smart Puka shells. You have questions. We have (some) answers! For this week’s hotline episode, Travis Larchuk asks David your questions about E Ink-ish screens,... www.theverge.com/podcast/975853/e-i…

Today’s Vergecast: E Ink, the fediverse, and smart Puka shells.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 05/08/2026

Is generative AI actually a social media problem? Our friend Ryan Broderick over at Garbage Day thinks so. I hadn’t thought about it this way before, but it’s interesting! In a good... www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-inte…

garbageday.email

Hank Green’s anti-AI AI psychosis

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 05/08/2026

It is so infuriating to me how cool you look

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 04/08/2026

Today’s Vergecast: What’s really open about open-weight AI? Everyone in AI is talking about open-weight models right now. Some see them as the ticket to faster, more efficient development; others see them as an economic... www.theverge.com/podcast/975307/ope…

Today’s Vergecast: What’s really open about open-weight AI?

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 03/08/2026

Today’s Vergecast: Rise of the Whoop dupes. For the last few years, the trend in wearables has been all about screens. As many of them as possible. But now, companies like Whoop, Fitbit, and Garmin are creating new... www.theverge.com/podcast/974727/gar…

Today’s Vergecast: Rise of the Whoop dupes.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 31/07/2026

Gym tasks vs. work tasks. This not a brand-new way of thinking about what we should and shouldn’t offload to AI, but I hadn’t seen it before. From Bruce Schneier: The writing assignments I give my students are gym tasks, not work... www.theverge.com/tech/973682/gym-ta…

Should You Use AI for a Task? Here’s a Simple Way to Decide – Schneier on Security

Schneier on Security

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 30/07/2026

Hi friends! It's Thursday, kid's on summer break, I'm putting together this week's Installer and want to know everything you're into. What are you reading / watching / listening to / playing / pouring into pitchers this week? Tell me so I can tell everyone! (And subscribe to Installer!)

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 30/07/2026

Hm this seems bad — what app are you using?

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 29/07/2026

Today’s Vergecast: The Z Fold 8 is the new foldable to beat. The wide foldable is here, and it’s glorious. The Verge‘s Dominic Preston has been reviewing Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8, and joins the show to explain what this... www.theverge.com/podcast/972810/gal…

Today’s Vergecast: The Z Fold 8 is the new foldable to beat.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 28/07/2026

Today’s Vergecast: Flip phones are so back. The team at Light has been working on minimalist phones for more than a decade. Its last device had a lot in common with a smartphone, but the newest model, the Light Flip, is... www.theverge.com/podcast/972109/lig…

Today’s Vergecast: Flip phones are so back.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 27/07/2026

Today’s Vergecast: Here’s what an AI-first phone might look like. Some of the biggest players in AI — in particular OpenAI, SpaceX, and Amazon — are heavily invested in creating a world after smartphones. They’re also all... www.theverge.com/podcast/971627/ai-…

Today’s Vergecast: Here’s what an AI-first phone might look like.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 23/07/2026

Hi friends! It's Thursday, I made cold brew, I'm putting together this week's Installer and want to know everything you're into. What are you watching / reading / listening to / playing / throwing to your pets this week? Tell me so I can tell everyone! (And subscribe to Installer!)

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 22/07/2026

Just about to go live with @reckless.bsky.social and talk Samsung folds and flips and stuff, come hang! www.youtube.com/live/rI_qWxi...

Samsung's next generation foldables are here | The Vergecast Livestream

YouTube video by The Verge

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 22/07/2026

Stick around after the Samsung event for a Vergecast livestream! We’ll be live shortly after the event ends, talking phones and watches and foldables and flippables and AI and everything else Samsung has to... www.theverge.com/podcast/969231/sam…

Stick around after the Samsung event for a Vergecast livestream!

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 21/07/2026

Today’s Vergecast: The car of the future is an EV golf cart. So far, most electric vehicles have looked more or less like cars. But recently, a few companies have looked to another, smaller mode of transport for... www.theverge.com/podcast/968863/ev-…

Today’s Vergecast: The car of the future is an EV golf cart.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 20/07/2026

Today’s Vergecast: The US is losing its lead in AI. Since the beginning of the AI revolution, a few companies have claimed to be building the best and most powerful AI models. All of them were American. More recently, a few... www.theverge.com/podcast/968286/us-…

Today’s Vergecast: The US is losing its lead in AI.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 19/07/2026

The Version History season finale is here: it's The Clapper! It was terrible, it was brilliant, it barely worked, I kind of still want one www.theverge.com/podcast/9676...

The Clapper was a bad smart home gadget — and a viral sensation

Clap on. Clap off.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 17/07/2026

Ending the week on The Vergecast, @reckless.bsky.social and I get into Apple v. OpenAI, the ups and downs of Siri AI, OnePlus bailing on the US, and Nilay's truly deranged emoji strategy www.theverge.com/podcast/9672...

Apple’s plot to crush OpenAI

On The Vergecast: Lawsuits, chatbots, and the cracking face emoji.

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 17/07/2026

Hi friends! It’s FRIDAY, I forgot to post this yesterday, I’m putting together this week’s Installer and want to know everything you’re into. What are you watching / reading / playing / having as a treat this week? Tell me so I can tell everyone! (And subscribe to Installer!)

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Terrence O'Brien @terrenceobrien.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Went on the Vergecast to talk Suno, the nature of art, and The Goofy Movie (of course).

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Sean Hollister @seanhollister.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Did I give the Steam Machine too high a score? Hear me defend myself to @davidpierce.xyz on The Vergecast (and answer some other Qs too!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYxs...

Were we too nice to the Steam Machine?

YouTube video by The Verge

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 15/07/2026

Today’s Vergecast: Were we too nice to the Steam Machine? Valve’s Steam Machine might be exactly the living room console you’ve been waiting for. Or it might be too expensive, totally pointless, a waste of... www.theverge.com/podcast/966185/ste…

Today’s Vergecast: Were we too nice to the Steam Machine?

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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

My happy place is talking productivity apps with @davidpierce.xyz www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzrW...

He tried 200 to-do apps so you don't have to

YouTube video by Casey Newton