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.
RCS on the iPhone is almost the solution to our green-bubble nightmare
Texting an Android user from an iPhone still isn’t as good as the blue-bubble life. But at least it’s not awful anymore.
A supercheap Android phone with looks to spare
Plus, in this week’s Installer: Samsung’s first smart ring, Diggnation’s reunion show, a new Apple TV sci-fi show, and much more.
Fair warning: this MIT Tech Review history / explainer on all things AI is humungous and complicated. But in the vein of Bloomberg’s great “What Is Code?” and “The Crypto Story,” this is as good an all-things-AI opus as I’ve seen yet. Bookmark it, read it, take notes.
[MIT Technology Review]
Watching the intro to today’s Galaxy Unpacked event, I’m reminded of this great David Imel video answering the most important question of our time: why did everyone decide that the official logo of AI is ***sparkles***?