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Features
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A visit to the human factory
How to build the world’s most realistic robot
Crypto is winning and Bitcoin diehards are furious about it
As cryptocurrency thrives, Bitcoiners seethe
Hustler at the end of the world
A glimpse behind the pandemic’s PPE supply chain nightmare
The many escapes of Justin Sun
Will the risky behavior of crypto’s most controversial hype man finally catch up to him?
Inside Pornhub
In the early days of the company, I was tasked with content moderation. I was not very good at it.
Searching for Susy Thunder
In the ’80s, Susan Headley ran with the best of them — phone phreakers, social engineers, and the most notorious computer hackers of the era. Then she disappeared.
Women who drive for Uber and Lyft are being left to fend for themselves
‘He was very drunk, so I was lucky’
Inside the slow, strange collapse of electric delivery startup Chanje
A tale of EVs, ayahuasca, Obama, and Chinese coal
Five former SpaceX employees speak out about harassment at the company
Workers claim HR did not take their complaints seriously
The Mess Comes Home
Tech jobs were heavily outsourced in the ’90s. Now they’re returning to the US, with companies like Infosys promising lucrative careers — if you can stay off the Bench
The worst gadgets we’ve ever touched
We pulled 10 gadgets from the fires of the eternal dumpster
10 reviews that defined The Verge’s first decade
The ones that mattered
Revolt of the delivery workers
Exploited by apps. Attacked by thieves. Unprotected by police. New York City’s 65,000 bikers have only themselves to count on.
No adults in the room
A new lawsuit accuses Daversa of having its own internal problems with workplace harassment and mismanagement
Libertarians built a crypto mecca in Keene, New Hampshire — then feds tore it down
The rise and fall of a Bitcoin empire
Can Polestar design a new kind of car company?
Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath wants the freedom of an auto startup with the benefits of an established player
The airwaves of Navajo Nation
During the pandemic, two radio stations broadcast vital information about COVID-19 to remote stretches of the country’s largest Indigenous territory. But how do you reach listeners who don’t want to hear it?
India’s healthcare workers are busting misinformation on WhatsApp
The backbone of India’s rural healthcare system is now tasked with beating back COVID-19 myths, one message at a time
The podcasting hype house from hell
How China’s biggest audio platform funded one man’s frat boy dreams
Where did the microchip vaccine conspiracy theory come from anyway?
How an innocuous Reddit thread mutated into a dangerous, viral lie
Heat Listed
Chicago’s predictive policing program told a man he would be involved with a shooting, but it couldn’t determine which side of the gun he would be on. Instead, it made him the victim of a violent crime — twice.
This is a map of America’s broadband problem
A county-by-county look at the broadband gap
Game studio layoffs mean a hellish race against the clock for immigrant developers
When losing a job becomes a deportation risk
Can Clubhouse keep the party going?
Fake laughs, imposters, and scams — behind the invite-only audio app’s most obsessive users
The unsettling surveillance of anti-Asian racism
The rise of assaults on the elderly, captured on security camera footage, raises questions about policing and what really keeps people safe
The NBA tries to make a slam dunk out of NFTs
Top Shot is playing the long game in the NFT craze
How a bruising Microsoft lawsuit fueled the fight for fair pay
After a bruising lawsuit with Microsoft, Katie Moussouris is fighting for fair pay
Some things Jeff Bezos can do with his $193 billion
What do you do with the money, honey? How do you get your kicks?
Cabin pressure
Flight attendants are the face of the airline — and now, they’re pleading with passengers to wear masks
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