Nilay and David talk a bit about this week’s launch of the Verge subscription, plus what’s coming next. (There’s still time to send questions for next week! 866-VERGE11 or email vergecast@theverge.com.) Then they talk about the streaming news of the week, and the ways streaming services are continuing to act like cable companies. Then Kylie Robison joins to talk about the lowering stakes for AGI, shipmas at OpenAI, and more. Finally, in the lighting round, it’s crypto and browsers and Intel. And more crypto.Further reading:Here we go: The Verge now has a subscriptionESPN is coming to the Disney Plus app starting todayMax is testing always-on HBO channelsMax is finally about to start cracking down on password sharing.Walmart bought Vizio OpenAI’s 12 days of ‘shipmas’ include Sora and new reasoning modelSam Altman says AGI will “matter much less” than people expectSam Altman on Elon Musk and OpenAI’s relationship with Microsoft.ChatGPT’s search results for news are ‘unpredictable’ and frequently inaccurateStop using generative AI as a search engineMisinformation expert admits ChatGPT added fake details to his anti-deepfake court filingBitcoin just hit $100,000 Dia is the The Browser Company’s AI-powered follow-up to ArcThreads takes an important baby step toward true fediverse integrationThreads’ next update is a search feature that finds the post you’re looking forMeta says it’s mistakenly removing too many posts Intel’s CEO is out after only three yearsWhat happened to Intel?Trump picks two nominees who could decide the fate of Big Tech and crypto Spotify Wrapped 2024 adds an AI podcast to recap your listening habitsApple Music’s yearly recap is finally available in the appEmail us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices