Jacob Kastrenakes is the Executive Editor at The Verge. He covers a wide range of topics including technology, artificial intelligence, consumer tech, and the film industry, often focusing on AI platforms and generative AI. Jacob's work has been featured in Tech News Tube, The Verge, and Knowledia.
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The controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views.
On The Vergecast: a deep dive into the iPhone Duo, Apple Watches, and LLMs on the Mac
You only get one chance at a first impression, and getting to introduce Apple's first folding phone is certainly a strong way to start things off as Apple's CEO. On The Vergecast today, we're talking all about Apple's launch event: how John Ternus did in his first appearance as CEO, what we make of the new… Track Business News
On The Vergecast: an iPhone 18 Pro camera deep dive, the state of the AI safety debate, and more.
19 pts It's one of the most fascinating years in a while when it comes to iPhone camera upgrades. The big story of the iPhone 18 Pro is the variable aperture main lens, which lets you open the aperture up wider for better low light shots and make the aperture smaller for better depth of field in group photos. But all…
The Muse Charm doesn't require a phone, and it's supposed to ship this year. Meta is building a dedicated hardware device for its new Muse AI agent.
On The Vergecast: Meta Connect, Muse, Googlebooks, and more.
On The Vergecast: OpenAI’s new agentic assistant, Trump’s attempt at AI safety, and lots of gadgets.
13 pts OpenAI's answer to Muse arrived this week, and it looks a whole lot like Muse dressed up in a suit and tie. Dots is a business-first product - for now, at least - costing a minimum of $100 per month. And sure, you can make a cute little Dot character, just like you can make a cute little Muse character. But…
It's a little broken as a result of being a nearly 20 year old operating system, but it's a joy to play around with. Kelindi says in a follow up post that the OS is “running on an emulated ARM11 CPU and S5L8900 chipset, compiled to WebAssembly.”
