All week, we’ve been asking you to help us rank the 50 best products Apple ever made, as we mark the company’s 50th anniversary. Thanks to everyone who pitched in – we ended up with more than 1.6 million votes! We also have lots of other coverage of Apple’s first half century, and you should […]
The Vergecast is hosting a special in-person screening of Sneakers in partnership with IFC Center in New York City, and we’re opening presale tickets exclusively to Verge subscribers. Sneakers is a movie about what happens when technology becomes more powerful than our ability to control it. It’s about privacy and hacking and who the “good […]
Today on Decoder, we’re talking about the landmark social media addiction trials that just resulted in two major verdicts against Big Tech. There’s one case in New Mexico against Meta, and another in California against both companies, which have said they plan to appeal. These are complicated cases with some huge repercussions for both how […]
One way Beehiiv is convincing creators to switch from rivals like Substack and Patreon is by not taking a cut of revenue.
We’re spending the week documenting and analyzing the first half-century of Apple’s existence, from the oft-overlooked creation of QuickTime to the iconic MacBook Air to Apple’s veering into antitrust territory. We’re also ranking the best Apple products of all time, and it’s causing us all to feel many feelings. On this episode of The Vergecast, […]
Today, I’m talking with Todd McKinnon, who is co-founder and CEO of Okta, a platform that lets big companies manage security and identity across all the apps and services their employees use. Think of it like login management — actually, that’s a great way to think about it because the way most people encounter Okta […]
Apple’s most legendary computer has two legacies: there’s the computer itself, and there’s the commercial. That commercial. Only a couple of days before Steve Jobs debuted the computer that would both help cement his legacy and contribute to his unceremonious exile from Apple, the company dropped a Super Bowl ad that is still one of […]
Apple has overhauled its Podcasts app with iOS 26.4, adding seamless video-audio switching, speed controls, and offline video downloads in a clear bid to rival YouTube and Spotify.
Social media companies have long seemed impervious to legal threats. Meta, YouTube, Snap, and the rest have long waved off criticism of their platforms on free speech and Section 230 grounds. But twice this week, juries rendered verdicts against the platforms, not because of some bad videos but because of the design and structure of […]
Apple turns 50 next week, and we’re going to spend the week covering the company, its products, its legacy, and its future. But mostly, we’re going to spend the week debating which Apple products are the best. And we need your help. Our ranking system is live now, filled with what we believe to be […]