In this week’s Installer: an AirPods update, a new way to create AI web apps, a big e-reader, and more. Date: Mar 21, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC Author: David Pierce, editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host, with extensive experience in consumer tech.
Welcome to Installer No. 120, your guide to the best tech content. This week features insights into Banksy, music apps, influencer agents, docs on the manosphere and The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ed Sheeran and Benny Blanco’s songwriting, Young Sherlock, Joanna Stern’s tech channel, the Sleep With Me podcast, and Costco brownie mix.
Recommendations include:
– Must-see: Project Hail Mary in theaters,
– New: AirPods Max 2, albeit with criticized features,
– Jury Duty Season 2 and its setting at a company retreat,
– Netlify.New for AI web apps,
– The Boox Go 10.3 Gen II e-reader with Android apps,
– Simone Giertz’s Laundry Chair on Kickstarter,
– Claude Cowork Dispatch for messaging apps and AI,
– Google AI Studio Build for AI software.
Community suggestions:
– Fela Kuti: Fear No Man podcast,
– Wikipedia Gacha,
– 10-year-old Olympus Pen Lite E-PL8 camera,
– Rekindle site for Kindle extensions,
– The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins and Scrubs TV shows,
– Strongbox app as an alternative to 1Password,
– Esoteric Ebb game,
– NYT Connections puzzle hints.
Signing off: Exploring Casio modders and their upgrades to simple digital watches.