Some very retrograde opinions being spouted by a “futuristic” industry’s leaders.

He claims Apple’s Tetris film is heavily inspired by his book.

It’ll be every voter, and bot, for themselves.

"If one man fails to file a story of a millionairess marrying a poor factory hand because that man understands such a story is not properly A.P. stuff, such an error of news judgment ought to be generally made known to other employees."

Regulating AI; Old Hollywood Myths; Fixing the Internet

After a year-and-a-half-long beta, The New York Times launched a standalone app on Wednesday that it hopes will serve as its "audio front page." The app — for now, iOS only — is "currently an exclusive benefit for New York Times news subscribers." Here's some of what it…

Juice jacking attacks on mobile phones are nonexistent. So why are we so afraid?

The news cycle is talking about NPR leaving Twitter. This is a good moment to look at a case study of Heise, a big German news outlet, and what joining Mastodon actually means in terms of numbers and engagement.

Substack Notes just dropped. Can the startup survive this foray into social media?

"In interviews for this story, the harshest position against Fox News among journalism deans seemed to be a sort of double-secret probation."

Spotify is launching a feed that will help you discover new artists, podcasts, and audiobooks.

The pervasive amount of news media criticism in the U.S. has intensified the erosion of trust in American journalism, but such discussion can be seen as a sign of democratic health.

Mountain View, CA – Jan. 19, 2023: The Computer History Museum, the leading museum exploring the history of computing and its impact on the human experience, announced a partnership with The Verge this year to explore some of the most important innovations that changed the future of technology and the world. A respected tech news …

"It is capitalism that incentivizes the degradation of our news media — disinvesting in local journalism, weaponizing social media to capture our attention and data, and devaluing media workers’ labor conditions."

pCJR · Introducing Red Pen: A Grammar Podcast   There’s a famous scene from the final season of The Wire—y’know, The One With the Newspeople—where cub reporter Alma Gutierrez, new to the show’s (thinly) fictionalized version of the Baltimore Sun, receives a crash course in the paper’s lofty lexical standards: “Gutierrez!” her editor shouts across […]/p

Q&A with James Muldoon

The Psychology of your 20’s is ranked higher than Call Her Daddy and The Daily.

pEver since Elon Musk completed his $45 billion takeover of Twitter last month, there has been a steady stream of users, including a number of journalists, signing up for Mastodon, an open-source alternative. No one controls Mastodon—or rather, everyone controls their own version of it. There are thousands of servers running the software, and each […]/p

Musk spent $2 million building a satire startup — then he left, and it all fell apart.

Come for Josh's rant on the future of the internet, stay for his conversation with Vincenzo Natali, director of 'Cube,' 'Splice,' and your favorite episodes of 'Hannibal,' who has taken on William Gibson's reality-bending book 'The Peripheral' and turned it into electrifying TV. The two discuss how horror is in our DNA, his creative relationship with AI, and the difficulties of turning 80's sci-fi into modern art. Discussed: Ray Harryhausen, math that kills you, "big" iPads.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BuzzFeed stock has plunged more than 60 percent this year.

Twitter is losing its most active users and turning into a porn-and-crypto fest as "interest in news, sports and entertainment" wanes, according to Reuters' Sheila Dang, who saw internal research from the company. Also check out "What happens to journalists after Twitter?" and &…

Ken Barcus, longtime Midwest bureau chief on NPR's National Desk, has died at age 67. He took great pride in countering stereotypes of the Midwest and in mentoring scores of young reporters.

A weekly look at the future that’s already here. Listen to the trailer of our new tech podcast.

The notion that capitalism metabolizes dissent is no longer theoretical but embodied in the architecture of its most profitable corporate technologies.

How long are top-performing podcasts? And how often do they release episodes? We reveal the data that will help you find the right balance for your new show.

What I learned in year two, and what comes next

Both advocacy groups and political leaders tend to assume that misinformation persists on social media because the platforms are unwilling to get rid of it—a gross and unhelpful oversimplification. Some of the largest technology companies in the world spend tens of billions of dollars each year ...

A complete redesign of The Verge that marries the best of old-school blogging with a modern news feed experience.

The video platform is finally dedicating real resources to growing its podcast offerings.