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Cabin pressure
Flight attendants are the face of the airline — and now, they’re pleading with passengers to wear masks
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Warning Signal: the messaging app’s new features are causing internal turmoil
The fast-growing encrypted messaging app is making itself increasingly vulnerable to abuse. Current and former employees are sounding the alarm.
Microsoft killed the Zune, but Zune-heads are still here
These fans are keeping Zune enthusiasm alive
Chill imbibes: inside the booming business of relaxation drinks
Taking a dip in the new business of relaxation
Tony Robbins claims he saved his employee from COVID — she says that’s a lie
Now she’s suing him for making it nearly impossible for her to return to work
The Verge’s DNA time capsule for 2020
Not your regular thumb drive
Sex, Lies, and Video Games
Oomba was a startup designed to make a lot of money from the games industry — instead, everyone played each other
Meet the man who could lead the GOP’s war on platform moderation
Brendan Carr is next in line to run Trump’s FCC. His first task? Regulating social media.
The 8th Wonder of the World
Three years after its deal with Trump and the Wisconsin GOP, Foxconn’s factory — and the jobs it promised — don’t exist, and they probably never will.
The crypto millionaire that acquired BitTorrent—and waded into the trade war
When Chinese millionaire Justin Sun acquired BitTorrent, was he trying to skirt the trade war? Or fly right in the face of it, no matter the cost?
Leaks from internal Facebook meetings show Mark Zuckerberg on his back foot
A summer of the CEO defending his decisions to angry employees
How video chat fuels the American deportation machine
Inside the cruel bureaucracy of ICE’s immigrant detention centers
Recording police brutality: how one snap decision changed this town
We’ve all seen videos of police violence go viral, and some lead to big changes. But what happens to the people filming those videos after they decide to hit record?
Capturing the Police
Recording a moment in American history
The Peace Reporters
The police dressed for war. The people showed up with cameras.
Mischief managed
How MSCHF managed to dominate the internet — with fun!
Fire and plague prepared these teens for the world
Through fire and fear, Paradise, California’s teens take control of their lives
Crisis Mode
Employees at Crisis Text Line tried telling the board about a pattern of racial insensitivity at the company — but when that didn’t work, they went to Twitter
Inside Nextdoor’s ‘Karen problem’
Can Nextdoor really be a social network for communities if black people don’t feel safe on it?
5G coronavirus conspiracy theorists are endangering the workers who keep networks running
Engineers have been abused, harassed, and spat at, while conspiracy theorists have launched arson attacks against mobile infrastructure
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The human cost of Instacart’s grocery delivery
Instacart promises a safer way to shop, but workers tell a different story
Sundar Pichai on managing Google through the pandemic
The CEO of Google and Alphabet joins The Vergecast
The doomsday bunker market is thriving amid the coronavirus pandemic
Survival companies are capitalizing on coronavirus fears to sell bunkers that can withstand the apocalypse.
Exam anxiety: how remote test-proctoring is creeping students out
As schools go remote, so do tests and so does surveillance
Bird: careless leadership, high turnover, and inappropriate office behavior
Over a dozen former employees tell The Verge about major problems plaguing the electric scooter company
Warehouse workers are forcing Amazon to take COVID-19 seriously
Following protests, Amazon is instituting new safety measures
Can Meg Whitman outwit a pandemic with Quibi?
eBay. HP. Governor of California (well, almost). Quibi? Meg Whitman’s last act is her biggest bet yet
Campus is closed, so college students are rebuilding their schools in Minecraft
Being stuck at home has forced everyone to be creative
Dr Disrespect is the villain who could change the future of TV
Guy ‘Dr Disrespect’ Beahm opens up about his Twitch alter ego