Jacob Kastrenakes

Executive Editor

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge‘s executive editor. He has been with the publication since 2012 as a reporter, editor, and very occasional video host.

Podcasts

ChatGPT enters the browser wars

Jacob KastrenakesOct 24

The EV tax credit is gone — now the hard part begins

Guest host Jake Kastrenakes and transportation editor Andy Hawkins discuss the death of the federal EV tax credit and what it means for US automakers.

Jacob KastrenakesOct 16

Amazon sticks two cameras together for the 180-degree Blink Arc

Tech

Amazon sticks two cameras together for the 180-degree Blink Arc

Jacob KastrenakesSep 30

Jacob KastrenakesSep 19

How the FCC became a weapon against free speech.

Here’s Nilay, writing about the FCC going after Kimmel: “All that talk about the media being the enemy of the people is turning into concrete legal action against publishers, broadcasters, and platforms that don’t do what the Trump White House wants.”

Oh, wait! That’s actually Nilay talking about FCC overreach back in February, just one month into the Trump administration. This Decoder episode about how we got here is a worthwhile re-listen this week.