About
Some weeks, it just feels like everything is up in the air all at the same time. Nilay and David are joined by The Verge’s Jake Kastrenakes to talk about all the unrest, starting with the ever-changing tariff rules that are making gadgets hard to price, hard to find, and hard to bet on going forward. (Maybe that’s why it seems everyone on Earth tried to pre-order a Switch 2 this week.) After that, the hosts catch up on the Meta and Google antitrust trials happening this week, and try to figure out who might be interested in the internet’s most popular browser. Finally, in the lightning round, we talk Brendan Carr (who is a dummy), the wood-backed Motorola Razr Ultra, and the 20th anniversary of YouTube.
Further reading:
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders were a total mess — at first
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders are sold out everywhere
GameStop’s Switch 2 preorders started poorly, too
Auto industry tariffs are doing what now? 24 hours of White House confusion
Did Tim Cook finagle a special tariff deal? Senator Warren wants to know
The US hikes tariffs on solar products from Asia
DHL halts international deliveries to US consumers worth over $800
Game Boy clone maker Anbernic suspends all shipments to US
Ayn, like Anbernic, is pausing retro handheld shipments to the US.
Perplexity wants to buy Chrome if Google has to sell it
OpenAI tells judge it would buy Chrome from Google
Former DOJ antitrust chief says a Google break up will benefit the internet
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says Zuckerberg “saw us as a threat”
Instagram launches its CapCut clone, Edits
Threads adds more ads
Former Google exec testifies about the company’s attempt to buy WhatsApp.
Google’s antitrust trial begins with a fight over Chrome, money, and AI
Google is paying Samsung an ‘enormous sum’ to preinstall Gemini
Google reveals Gemini AI has 350 million monthly active users.
Apple and Meta hit with the EU’s first DMA antitrust fines
The EU isn’t happy with Apple’s tax on alternative app stores
Brendan Carr is a dummy
From Puck: David Ellison’s Carr Trouble
The Trump FCC’s Coercion Cartel
Motorola’s new Razr Ultra brings the wood back panel back
YouTube’s TV changes include a redesign and more multiview
YouTube is everything and everything is YouTube
20 years ago, the first videos uploaded to YouTube were short and swee
Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.
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Further reading:
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders were a total mess — at first
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders are sold out everywhere
GameStop’s Switch 2 preorders started poorly, too
Auto industry tariffs are doing what now? 24 hours of White House confusion
Did Tim Cook finagle a special tariff deal? Senator Warren wants to know
The US hikes tariffs on solar products from Asia
DHL halts international deliveries to US consumers worth over $800
Game Boy clone maker Anbernic suspends all shipments to US
Ayn, like Anbernic, is pausing retro handheld shipments to the US.
Perplexity wants to buy Chrome if Google has to sell it
OpenAI tells judge it would buy Chrome from Google
Former DOJ antitrust chief says a Google break up will benefit the internet
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says Zuckerberg “saw us as a threat”
Instagram launches its CapCut clone, Edits
Threads adds more ads
Former Google exec testifies about the company’s attempt to buy WhatsApp.
Google’s antitrust trial begins with a fight over Chrome, money, and AI
Google is paying Samsung an ‘enormous sum’ to preinstall Gemini
Google reveals Gemini AI has 350 million monthly active users.
Apple and Meta hit with the EU’s first DMA antitrust fines
The EU isn’t happy with Apple’s tax on alternative app stores
Brendan Carr is a dummy
From Puck: David Ellison’s Carr Trouble
The Trump FCC’s Coercion Cartel
Motorola’s new Razr Ultra brings the wood back panel back
YouTube’s TV changes include a redesign and more multiview
YouTube is everything and everything is YouTube
20 years ago, the first videos uploaded to YouTube were short and swee
Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices