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Dr Disrespect is the villain who could change the future of TV
Guy ‘Dr Disrespect’ Beahm opens up about his Twitch alter ego
The art and craft of scientific glassblowing
Modern chemistry still needs glassblowers
The Verge tech survey 2020
We polled Americans about which big tech companies they trust with their personal information
To expose sexism at Uber, Susan Fowler blew up her life
The risks and rewards of blowing the whistle at Uber
Inside Clinc, the AI startup facing troubling allegations of sexual harassment
Behind the scenes, employees allege a pattern of inappropriate behavior and are speaking out
As Lambda students speak out, the school’s debt-swapping partnership disappears from the internet
The company has partnered with Edly to sell ISAs to investors
The high cost of a free coding bootcamp
Students at Lambda School say the program hasn’t delivered on its promise
The Craigslist of guns: inside the online “gun show that never ends”
Armslist: the online marketplace of guns
Ikea 2.0: inside the furniture giant’s big bet on the smart home
The Swedish furniture giant has conquered living rooms, bedrooms, and bathrooms — but can it hang on to the future of the home?
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Google and YouTube moderators speak out on the work that gave them PTSD
They scrub the internet of violent and disturbing content, and it haunts them forever
Exclusive: documents show Foxconn refuses to renegotiate Wisconsin deal
Why won’t Foxconn tell Wisconsin what it’s building?
Emotional baggage: inside the toxic work environment at Away
Away’s founders sold a vision of travel and inclusion, but former employees say it masked a toxic work environment
The dark side of electronic waste recycling
How an e-waste sting uncovered a shocking betrayal
The Last Stand
As insect invaders approach, researchers use a combination of indigenous knowledge and Western forestry science to save a valuable tradition
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How the Hmong diaspora uses the world’s most boring technology to make something weird and wonderful
Reimagining the conference call line as a radio show
The Afghan DJs hired and abandoned by the US military
They were hired to help with the war effort—and when the American military pulled out, those voices were left for dead
The everything town in the middle of nowhere
How the tiny town of Roundup, Montana, became a hub in Amazon’s supply chain
Behind Color Factory, one of the photogenic pop-ups trying to conquer the experience economy
Hair balls, random dicks, and other things that happen when humans storm your pop-up
The lonely ballad of the fuck button
LoveSync was meant for couples struggling in the bedroom — instead its crowdfunding campaign became a viral joke
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Faraday Future’s still haunted by the past of its billionaire founder
Can an electric car startup save itself from its founder?
Rising Signs: Inside astrology app Co—Star
It’s feeding millennials’ astrological fascinations with mystical algorithms and an old-school approach to the zodiac
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Read the full transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s leaked internal Facebook meetings
Highlights from two hours of leaked audio from recent Q&A sessions with Facebook’s CEO
In leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook against critics and the US government
‘Go to the mat and fight’
Storm chasers are searching the clouds for the key to climate change
"It is the intellectual and experimental challenge of our lifetime."
Ferguson five years after the killing of Michael Brown
The 2014 protests made it a focal point for police brutality, but now Ferguson faces many other challenges
Meet the US’s spy system of the future — it’s Sentient
The classified artificial brain being developed by US intelligence programs
Big Alcohol is pouring billions into weed drinks, but does anybody want it?
No one is more nervous about the legalization of marijuana than the beer industry
How Joey Salads could meme his way into Congress
The YouTuber brings his pranks — and reactionary dog-whistles — on the campaign trail.
Nomads travel to America’s Walmarts to stock Amazon’s shelves
To stock Amazon’s shelves, merchants travel the backroads of America in search of rare soap and coveted toys