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  • ‘All chaos and panic’: Nilay answers your burning Decoder questions

    Welcome to our end-of-year Decoder special! Senior producers Kate Cox and Nick Statt here. We’ve had a big year, including nearly 100 episodes, a new YouTube channel, an ad-free podcast feed, and a slate of great guest hosts while Nilay was on parental leave. It’s been a lot.

    We’ve also had a lot of great questions and comments this year from you, our audience. It’s now an annual tradition for us to turn the tables on Nilay for our final episode of the year, so we pulled together all the feedback we’ve received on topics like CarPlay, Monday episode guest suggestions, and — of course — AI. We also received a lot of great questions over the last few weeks asking about how Decoder is put together, what topics we should focus on in the future, and how we think about the format and structure of the show itself.

    So today, we welcomed Nilay to Decoder, to grill him on all these questions and more and also to get his thoughts on the past 12 months: What he’s liked, what he wants to improve, and how he’s making decisions for Decoder in the new year. 

    Verge subscribers, don’t forget you get exclusive access to ad-free Decoder wherever you get your podcasts. Head here. Not a subscriber? You can sign up here.

    When we did this last year, our top two most frequently asked questions were very straightforward. First: Why isn’t Decoder on YouTube? Thankfully, we fixed that one. We launched the Decoder YouTube channel in October, and we now publish full video episodes every week, starting with our classic Monday interview format. We also got asked a lot about an ad-free podcast option last year, and we’re happy to say that also since October, Verge subscribers now have access to ad-free audio feeds.

    We’ve received some feedback about making our Thursday explainer episodes full video, too. Trust us — we’re working on it. It’s a little more complicated and resource-intensive, and so it’s going to take some time to iron out the kinks. Beyond that, we’re very excited to experiment more with format, video, and even live production in 2026. (Come join us live at CES on January 7, at the Brooklyn Bowl!)

    If you’d like to check out some of the past Decoder episodes and news stories we talked about in this episode, check out the links below. Happy New Year, and thanks for listening! We’ll be back with all new episodes in mid-January.

    • Answering your biggest Decoder questions, 2024 edition | Decoder
    • The DoorDash Problem | Decoder
    • How decision-making will change when AI answers are cheap and (too) easy | Decoder
    • Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay | Decoder
    • Rivian CEO: ‘We’re really convicted’ about skipping CarPlay | Decoder
    • How SharkNinja took over the home, with CEO Mark Barrocas | Decoder
    • Why Tubi CEO Anjali Sud thinks free TV can win again | Decoder
    • Disney accuses Google of ‘massive’ copyright infringement following deal with OpenAI | The Verge

    Questions or comments about this episode? Hit us up at decoder@theverge.com. We really do read every email!

  • The best gifts for dads that have everything (but deserve more)

    What do you get the man who says he has everything? It’s a tough question – and one you have a limited amount of time to answer, given the holidays are nearly upon us. You could try dropping subtle hints or asking friends and family for suggestions, but they might save their best ideas for themselves. Fortunately, if you’re struggling to come up with something, we have more than a few ideas.

    With the help of Verge staffers, we’ve compiled suggestions for dads of every make and model. We’ve collected great ideas for music-loving dads, whiskey aficionados, and anyone looking to top off all of their gadgets at once.

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    Read the full story at The Verge.

  • 2025 was the beginning of the end of the TV brightness war

    Much like the audio industry’s compression-driven loudness war, which reached its distortion-fueled apex (and not the good kind) with Metallica’s Death Magnetic in 2008, the television industry has been having its own battle the past couple of years: the brightness war. Sparked by the introduction of HDR and its higher brightness mastering levels, brands began to push display technology to achieve the necessary light output for HDR movies.

    As we hit the 10th anniversary of HDR’s introduction (to the consumer space, at least), 2025 felt like a new crescendo in the “who can be brighter” back-and-forth between brands. Not only did we get our f …

    Read the full story at The Verge.

  • Snapchat’s new Quick Cut stitches a video together for you

    Snap just launched a new Quick Cut video editing tool right inside Snapchat that “helps Snapchatters turn their favorite Memories into beat-synced, ready-to-share videos in seconds.”

    With Quick Cut, you can select multiple photos or clips and then “instantly preview a rendered video,” and the feature is accessible from multiple places in the app, including from Memories and your camera roll. When you’re making a video, Quick Cut also automatically adds music and syncs it to the clips you’re putting together, though you can change the track if you’d like, and you can add lenses to your Quick Cut video, too. If you want to do more detailed ed …

    Read the full story at The Verge.

  • The 44 best gift ideas for mom this holiday season

    Your mom deserves the best, and we’re going to help you get them something special. The right gift can make family or friend time more valuable, after all, or it can greatly enrich time spent alone. If your mom says that she has all that she needs, don’t take her word for it and show up empty-handed. Instead, peruse this handy guide, sorted by price, to find a gift that she’ll remember for years to come.

    There are plenty of ideas below that can show the maternal figure in your life that you know them well – such as the practical yet elegant Oura Ring 4, which can help her track her vitals and stay on track with her fitness goals. Apple’s ne …

    Read the full story at The Verge.

  • Kuxiu’s S3 MagSafe power bank is bigger and better and probably won’t explode

    The Kuxiu S3 simultaneously charging an iPhone wirelessly and an older Android phone via the integrated USB-C cable.

    Kuxiu is back with a new S3 portable battery that addresses most of the issues I had during my review of the S2, aka the “world’s first” semi-solid state power bank. It also introduces a few new ones, while adding useful features like a kickstand and integrated USB-C cable.

    As a reminder, these are not true “solid state power banks” despite the marketing hype. The 10,000mAh Kuxiu S3 uses the same solid-liquid mixed electrolyte found in the S2, making it less prone to thermal runaway than the all-liquid Lithium-ion batteries found in most power banks. Kuxiu says its unique semi-solid state chemistry also lasts twice as long, making it good f …

    Read the full story at The Verge.

  • LG and Dolby partner to release the first FlexConnect soundbar

    Dolby Atmos FlexConnect technology debuted this year with the TCL Z100 speakers, and now we’re getting our first FlexConnect soundbar thanks to LG. The new H7 soundbar – which runs on the same Alpha 11 Gen 3 chip as LG’s OLEDs and new Micro RGB LED – is a part of the LG Sound Suite, a modular home audio system the company will debut at CES 2026. In addition to the soundbar, the Sound Suite will include the M5 and M7 surround speakers and the W7 subwoofer. All of the speakers feature Peerless Audio components.

    The two main drawbacks of TCL’s Dolby FlexConnect implementation were the limitation of only allowing four connected speakers, includ …

    Read the full story at The Verge.