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nilay patel
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Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
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roqueig.bsky.social
another really good Decoder episode this week ... this time with @reckless.bsky.social and @markgurman.bsky.social.

Really, really good pod

* I was surprised to hear Mark's take on the Johny Srouji situation. Still one silicon product left to conquer I would think ... datacenter AI XPUs
Can John Ternus find Apple’s next big thing?
Bloomberg’s chief Apple correspondent Mark Gurman on Siri, Tim Cook’s legacy, and what to expect from new CEO John Ternus.
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September 22, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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haydenfield.bsky.social
NEW: Muse is Zuck’s latest bid to reinvent Meta. But can a company synonymous with safety & privacy debacles become the AI-powered voice in everyone’s ear? A deep dive from me, @miasato.bsky.social, @vicmsong.bsky.social & @laurenfeiner.bsky.social. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Can you forget how you feel about Meta?
‘Pervert glasses.’ Thousands of lawsuits. Mark Zuckerberg wants to sweep it all away with a new bid on AI.
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September 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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msnowquotes.bsky.social
"The problem here is the amount of circular financing in [the AI] industry. If you think Hugging Face should have sued OpenAI for the attack [...] that would require Nvidia to not be an investor in both." — Nilay Patel, 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 21 Sept 2026
September 21, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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neilturkewitz.bsky.social
A fantastic piece that I encourage everyone to read. @reckless.bsky.social conducts an amazing interview, & Jonathan Kanter delivers a brilliant framework for our emerging technological world, rooted in understanding that technology that doesn’t reflect our values doesn’t advance our interests.
We need to enumerate, and Congress should step in and say, “Here are the things we value as a society. We value mental health. We value competition. We value authenticity of information. We value intellectual property and copyright of content owners. These are the kinds of things we value and we need to make sure that those values are embedded in the lines on the road and the stop signs and the traffic lights so that everyone has clarity at the outset what’s okay and what’s not.”
September 22, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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pancakepaladin.bsky.social
In which I agree with Kanter on most things: www.theverge.com/podcast/9973...

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September 20, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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mesay.bsky.social
Per usual, another excellent pod from @reckless.bsky.social. Particularly enjoyed the bit about alignment. A sane conversation between two reasonable people in time everything around AI is anything but.
Microsoft AI CEO says AI threats are real, and Anthropic is making it worse
Podcast Episode · Decoder with Nilay Patel · September 17 · 53m
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September 18, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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roqueig.bsky.social
Prescient Decoder episode with @reckless.bsky.social and @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social ... nice follow up to their episode back in June (only 3 months ago and so much has changed). The discussion about Anthropic's approach to Claude, which was also a topic in the June episode, is very important
Microsoft AI CEO says AI threats are real, and Anthropic is making it worse
Mustafa Suleyman on the AI safety debate, why AI isn’t consciousness, and how the industry pushes toward alignment.
www.theverge.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:07 PM
reckless.bsky.social
are consumer ai products like ai overviews not good enough yet to win hearts and minds or so impossibly bad that they can't help but win hearts and minds
a google search for "founder mode on this sandwich" returning the following: "Founder mode" on a sandwich means ruthlessly optimizing every single layer for maximum flavor and structural efficiency, completely ignoring traditional sandwich conventions. Instead of delegating the build to standard grocery store slices or letting ingredients slide around, you get directly into the details.Here is the master product roadmap for a "founder mode" sandwich:🔬 The Structural ArchitectureThe Bread: Never use soft, un-toasted bread that gets soggy. Use a high-quality sourdough or ciabatta. Slice it yourself so you control the thickness.The Toast: Pan-fry the bread in olive oil or butter instead of using a toaster. This creates a crispy, fat-sealed barrier that stops sauces from ruining the crust.🥩 The Core Product (The Fillings)The Meat Placement: Fold your deli meats into ribbons or waves instead of laying them flat. This traps air, creating a lighter texture and making the sandwich taste better.The Melt: Melt the cheese directly onto the meat using a broiler or a pan lid with a splash of water for steam. Never expect room-temperature cheese to melt from the heat of the bread alone.🌿 Friction Reduction & OptimizationMoisture Control: Salt and drain your tomatoes on a paper towel before adding them. This eliminates excess water that threatens structural integrity.The Green Barrier: Place your lettuce or greens against the dry side of the cheese or meat—never directly against the sauce or tomatoes.The Binding Agent: Apply your spreads (aioli, mustard, pestos) edge-to-edge on both pieces of bread to ensure perfect flavor distribution in every single bite.If you want to build one right now, let me know:What protein or main ingredient you want to use?Do you prefer a hot or cold sandwich?What spreads or flavors do you normally like?I can design a custom blueprint optimized for your kitchen.
September 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
reckless.bsky.social
old man's still got it (a nikon d7500 with a 40mm micro)
September 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
reckless.bsky.social
We're liveblogging today's iPhone event -- expecting a folding phone and maybe some surprises? As always our live coverage will be minutes ahead of the stream www.theverge.com/tech/989658/...
iPhone 18 live blog: On the ground at Apple’s biggest event
It’s John Ternus’ first iPhone event as CEO.
www.theverge.com
September 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
New episode with @sykescharlie.bsky.social & @reckless.bsky.social

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Charlie Sykes & Nilay Patel
Podcast Episode · Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast · September 5 · 52m
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September 5, 2026 at 1:14 PM
reckless.bsky.social
just used gemini search in my nightmare gmail inbox to find an ancient email by describing a basic idea I sort of remembered, AI is good now
September 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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jamesrball.com
I wrote a long feature about the global war against the supposed censorship industrial complex for @theverge.com last year:
September 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Massive AI infrastructure is being built out across the US. But if you want to know what the data center occupation looks like, visit Loudoun County, Virginia, where that future arrived 20 years ago. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Your future is in Virginia
If you want to know what the data center occupation looks like, there’s one place where it already arrived — 20 years ago.
www.theverge.com
September 2, 2026 at 10:02 AM
reckless.bsky.social
This has been a long time coming and all started with me saying we needed to explore federation!
August 31, 2026 at 2:39 PM
reckless.bsky.social
ai slop websites have taken to summarizing the vergecast and this is not right but also not wrong
Nilay Patel's Brain Runs on Gadget Launch Dates — And Amazon Just Made Them 60% More Expensive 2026-08-24 17:08 (GMT-4) Add to Google Preferred Sources On the latest The Vergecast, Nilay Patel revealed a memory system that will resonate with anyone who has worked in tech for more than a decade: he organizes his entire professional life by product launch dates and the quality of the office snacks at the time. The episode's game, which tasked the hosts with placing gadgets from 1994 to 2020 on a timeline, demonstrated that the release calendar is the tech industry's shared reference frame — a mental infrastructure journalists use to navigate two decades of accelerating change. The episode also opened with a stark headline about the present: Amazon raised prices on its first-party hardware by up to 60%, from the Echo Dot to the Kindle. The conjunction is telling. As the memory game reconstructs a period when gadgets were novelty, the news segment documents their current state as commodities caught in a global memory-chip shortage. This piece uses the podcast's timeline to examine the industry's past and present, including the DJI Phantom misstep that foreshadowed drone regulation and a robot Olympics that suggests the next frontier of consumer hardware.
August 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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jsnyder.bsky.social
Interesting interview with @gofundme.com CEO Tim Cadogan and @reckless.bsky.social. Cadogan says an advantage of private donations over the public safety net is that donations come "with love". This ignores consistent findings that this 'love' is distributed very, very inequitably.
"No system is perfect, and we can supplement that. It gives people a way to come together that is different from an institution supporting you. An institution can do a lot. The NHS can do a lot. Medicare in Australia can do a lot, but it’s not coming with love, right?"
August 24, 2026 at 6:31 PM
reckless.bsky.social
Spent the day working on the book which I hate and want to quit and am considering staying in the woods to live a lucrative life as a local handyman who actually answers the phone
August 21, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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lopatto.bsky.social
Our fearless leader Nilay Patel has been running around with his hair on fire in Slack, asking how it is that if you put a dollar into compute, you get $1.01 back.
August 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM
reckless.bsky.social
alert @lopatto.bsky.social banger alert www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Nvidia’s new financial strategy does not compute
“That’s naked sleight of hand, in my opinion.”
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August 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM
reckless.bsky.social
delightful
August 18, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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wyss.social
Interesting interview by @reckless.bsky.social with @toni.bsky.team. To understand what’s going on on Bluesky, I highly recommend listening. pca.st/episode/2143...
August 17, 2026 at 1:56 PM
reckless.bsky.social
My legacy transcends nations
 jj24x.bsky.social @jj24x.bsky.social · Aug 16
@reckless.bsky.social front page of one of Germany’s respected newspaper
August 16, 2026 at 11:46 AM
reckless.bsky.social
Five years of insisting PR people be on the record and we haven’t missed a thing www.theverge.com/press-room/2...
August 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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$30 for a year of The Verge is a hell of a deal.
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August 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM