Editor-at-Large
David Pierce is The Verge's Editor-at-Large. In previous lives he worked at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. He owns all the phones.
He’s @imdavidpierce on Threads and davidpierce.11 on Signal.
The good ol’ days: two fun, funny anchors telling you about the day in sports.
The future, according to ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro:
By the time the flagship ESPN streaming service launches, he said, AI tools will be able to deliver a personalized version of SportsCenter to individual viewers based on their preferences.
Actually, honestly, I’m curious what you all do with the iPhone’s spare button. (Tell me your tricks!) I know some folks use it to launch voice mode of ChatGPT, which is neat, but double-clicking the Action Button is for sure the fastest take-a-picture pipeline I’ve ever tried.
And they’re worried that everybody else got really worried for a minute, too, and then just kind of moved on. And so maybe the worriers missed their only chance:
“There was almost a dog-that-caught-the-car effect,” she said. “This community had been trying so long to get people to take these ideas seriously, and suddenly people took them seriously, and it was like, ‘Okay, now what?’”
[The Atlantic]
Can a YouTube video really fix your wet phone?
Millions of viewers are turning to videos to get the water out of their phones. I tried to figure out whether they actually work.
I have said before, and still firmly believe, that Every Frame a Painting is the best YouTube series of all time. And now, after eight years of silence, it’s back! (Apparently the folks at XOXO this weekend got a preview of the duo’s short film, too, which fills me jealousy.)
BRB watching all the EFAP videos again for the 9,326th time.
What’s in a productivity system?
On The Vergecast: 9 different ways to get things done, with a little help from The Verge’s staff.
The best smartphone photos of the year
Plus, in this week’s Installer: A bunch of great new tech podcasts, Ring’s new doorbell, and a tech thriller in theaters.