Nilay Patel
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Meta trial seems like their Microsoft antitrust moment, says The Verge's Nilay Patel
Nilay Patel, The Verge editor-in-chief, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss opening statements in landmark trial against Meta.
Bose CEO Lila Snyder on the fight for high-quality audio
My guest today is Lila Snyder, the CEO of Bose.
The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers
Our guest today is Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter here at The Verge, and we’re discussing the growing backlash against AI data centers.
Why everyone is turning on data centers | The Verge
Data center bans in states like Florida reveal how the movement is becoming a proxy for anti-AI backlash.
Bluesky’s new CEO wants a big tent, not a bubble
Today, I’m talking with Toni Schneider, the new head of social platform Bluesky who formally took over after a short stint as interim CEO.
Tariffs didn’t bring manufacturing jobs back to the US
Evan Smith, cofounder and CEO of Altana, was last on the show in early 2025 to talk about how Trump’s first few waves of tariffs were starting to affect global trade.
What Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit is really about
Today, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about the major trade secrets lawsuit between Apple and OpenAI, and what this tells us about OpenAI’s future.
Dr. Jill Lepore on why the AI backlash is vital for the future
Dr. Jill Lepore is one of the best writers there is at identifying institutional patterns in history, and Decoder is a show about systems and organization — so her new book, The Rise and Fall of the…
Proton’s CTO: No company is going to jail for you
We’ve got the first of a two-part series on the systems that run the world: I’m talking today with Bart Butler, the CTO of Proton, the company that makes private and secure productivity software.
Yes, even Nvidia's head of automotive is fighting for compute
Nvidia is obviously in the news constantly because of the AI boom — but it's also a major supplier to the entire auto industry As head of Nvidia's automotive division, Xinzhou Wu has a front-row seat…