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What's Tech?

by The Verge
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About the show

Enjoy the archives of this retired, award-winning series from Christopher Thomas Plante and The Verge that explained technology bit by bit. The series finale aired December 6th, 2016, shortly before Chris re-joined Polygon as its executive editor. For more on what’s happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets, listen and subscribe to The Vergecast.

Latest episodes

  • The What’s Tech series finale

    December 6, 2016 · 24 min

    When I started at The Verge in 2014, I needed an excuse to learn about technology. My background was in covering video games, television, and pop culture, and I lacked the basic cognitive functions to hold a phone above my head without…

  • What are Snapchat Spectacles, and do I have to be a teen to wear them?

    November 16, 2016 · 21 min

    Snapchat Spectacles, the mysterious and incredibly hyped hardware from Snap, Inc., have arrived. Vending machines for the video camera sunglasses are springing up around the country, first in California and Oklahoma, and who knows where…

  • How smartphone cameras took over the world

    October 25, 2016 · 25 min

    In the early 2000s, the digital photography revolution made it possible for miniaturized camera hardware and image sensors to be packed into cell phones without adding a significant amount of weight. Then the iPhone was announced. As the…

  • How HTTPS is slowly but surely making the internet safer

    October 19, 2016 · 30 min

    Over the past couple years web security has become a staple of the nightly news. The stories usually hinge on government leaks, foreign hackers, or web encryption. There’s menacing subtext that practically everything put online is…

  • Why is everyone making GIFs of themselves?

    October 13, 2016 · 15 min

    Our most sacred and special task as human beings is to document our own existence with a single-minded dedication. That's why we have massive iCloud photo libraries, 15GB of video of that really cool Springsteen concert on our phones…

  • How immersive haunted houses and participatory plays are making Halloween scarier

    October 6, 2016 · 24 min

    Here at The Verge, we love Halloween and everything about it. Horror movies, non-horror seasonal movies, seasonal beverages, seasonal bots, this Pumpkin Guy, horrifying makeup tutorials, poop-shaped candy — bring it on. In particular, we…

  • Why smartphone batteries explode, and why they may get worse

    September 20, 2016 · 17 min

    Samsung has officially recalled the Galaxy Note 7 worldwide, after more than 90 of the large smartphones in the US overheated due to defective batteries. Overheating is, in this case, an understatement, as some owners have claimed their…

  • How Snapchat’s goofy faces made everyone comfortable with selfies

    September 13, 2016 · 13 min

    I didn’t take many selfies until I downloaded Snapchat. But like so many people I’ve fallen in love with lenses, the optional tools that make my face look like a dog or an emoji or an advertisement for junk food. Now, a day doesn’t go by…