is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.
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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 103, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, sorry everything’s so expensive this week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)
I also have for you a nifty new e-reader, a new AI browser, a new version of a favorite old game, and much more.
Also, keep sending me your favorite endlessly rewatchable things! I’ve gotten so many responses already that I think next week’s issue might be entirely devoted to the subject… keep sending the shows, movies, TikToks, creators, all the things you come back to over and over and over!
(As always, the best part of Installer is your ideas and tips. What are you reading / watching / playing / printing / patching up with duct tape this week? Tell me everything: [email protected]. And if you know someone else who might enjoy Installer, forward it to them and tell them to subscribe here.)
The Drop
Screen share
John Higgins has forgotten more about TVs than I’ll ever know. He’s a couple of weeks into his tenure here as a senior reviewer for TVs and audio, and is already blowing my mind with his knowledge and his credentials — including the fact that he is a certified TV calibrator, which is now immediately my new life goal.
Anyway, you’ll be seeing John all over The Verge covering audio and video gear of all sorts. I asked him to share his homescreen, both because I like to feature new people and to see if maybe he sucked at phones and I could feel one tiny shred of superiority over him. Alas, no dice.
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