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Welcome to The Verge: Weekender edition. Every Saturday, we'll bring you some of the best and most important reads of the past seven days, from original reports, to in-depth features, to reviews and interviews. Think of it as a collection of some of our favorite pieces that you may have missed — or that you may just want to read again. You can follow along below, or keep up to date on Flipboard.
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Feature
The end of kindness: weev and the cult of the angry young man
The open internet created a sprawling domain of equalized free speech. But many use it for cruel, manipulative purposes, and the legal repercussions remain hard to come by.
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Detours
Broadband gap: Google Fiber isn’t the only revolution in Kansas City
Google isn’t just bringing super-high-speed internet to Kansas City — it’s bringing along a slower internet too, which it’s offering for "free." But even Google’s "free" internet may not be the right fit for many of the city’s neighborhoods.
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Feature
Apple iPhone 5s and 5c: everything you need to know
Apple unveiled not one, but two brand-new iPhones this week. So how much better are they than last year’s model? We’ve got all the details rounded up right here.
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Interview
Baratunde Thurston on The Onion's legacy and the evolution of satire on Twitter
Baratunde Thurston ran The Onion’s hilarious Twitter account up until last year. Now he’s out to merge comedy and tech in a whole new way, and we sat down with him to learn a little more about how the two fields combine.
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Review
Motorola Droid Mini review: searching for a tiny flagship smartphone
Smartphones have gotten bigger, and bigger, and bigger. But Motorola’s latest lineup includes one that’s smaller — relatively, at least — and at the same price as the iPhone 5c. Can the Droid Mini bring power down to size?
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Gallery
Made in America: a look inside Motorola's Moto X factory
One of the Moto X’s big selling points is that it’s being assembled right in the US. We took a look inside the factory where it all happens to see what it’s like to put the hugely customizable smartphone together.
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Report
'World of Warcraft' spawns an addictive digital card game
Blizzard has turned its massively successful MMO into a fast and addictive digital card game. We spoke with its lead designer to hear about what was involved in translating the Warcraft realm into collectible cards.
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Interview
Smarter than you think: the internet isn't dumbing us down after all
Clive Thompson has written for publications including The New York Times and Wired, and he’s just completed his first book, Smarter Than You Think, a look at how the internet is helping us learn. We caught up with Thompson to talk about how tech is impacting the brain.
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Review
Dell XPS 12 review (2013)
Dell’s first two attempts at a swiveling laptop design didn’t quite hit the nail on the head. But its third time appears to be the charm, and Dell’s latest may among the best slim Windows machines on the market.
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Report
Massive underground water reserve discovered in drought-stricken Kenya
An aquifer about the size of Rhode Island was discovered in a Kenyan desert, researchers announced this week. It alone could meet the drought-stricken country's water needs for the next 70 years — but only if use of the water is handled properly.
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