Dawn of the Space Lords | Corey Pein
Space privatization is a recipe for corporate totalitarianism. Humanity would be wise to imagine a different future.
Tropical Futurism Envisions the Climate of Our Fate
Futurism has failed. It’s time for an alternative. In the era of climate change, tropical futurism reimagines a different relationship to the earth.
CNLabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDaughterOrFathersSistersDaughter | Apple Developer Documentation
The worst gadget at CES is YSL's tiny lipstick printer
There is no high tech replacement for a tube of lipstick. Yet.
The Pentagon’s Army of Nerds
Why the military needs Silicon Valley, now more than ever
The governor of Missouri still doesn’t know how websites work
According to him looking at website source code is a crime
The gadgets we broke
The havoc cats, hurricanes, and our stupidity have wreaked.
I Spent 24 Hours in the Metaverse. I Made Friends, Did Work and Panicked About the Future.
WSJ's Joanna Stern put on a headset to live in the virtual world for 24 hours and shares what she learned.
How panic over rumored school shooting threats went viral
Some schools closed in response to viral TikTok rumors.
Web3 is Bullshit
Personal Blog
People spent 15 hours roleplaying a McDonald’s drive-thru on Twitter Spaces
One customer asked for "a Sprite, extra spicy."
We've reached ‘Applebee's NFT burger’ levels of dystopia
Purchasing the digital image affords the buyer a year's worth of real burgers, too.
But I Did Everything Right - This American Life
People earnestly doing what they're told, and absolutely not getting what they were promised.
Watch these Excel pros duke it out in a financial modeling competition
Microsoft Excel turns into an esport.
In a QAnon World, Is There Room for Alex Jones?
The post-Trump era could’ve been a return to form for the conspiracy king; instead it’s been his undoing.
#178 I Am Not a Bot | Reply All
This week, Alex's favorite place on the Internet is in danger... thanks to a bunch of robot snipers.
Master Chief’s pee is stored in the suit
An investigation into how Spartans do their business
The vice president should not be using Bluetooth headphones
The CVE program lists 459 current and historical vulnerabilities involving the protocol.
The new American dream: getting paid to do nothing?
Web3 Is Silicon Valley’s Rosy Vision of the Future
This week, we imagine a new version of the web that takes the power from the platforms and puts it back into the hands of the people.
The New Luxury Vacation: Being Dumped in the Middle of Nowhere
The joys—and absurdities—of finding oneself abandoned in a desolate landscape.
Fun, Games, and Extractivism | Dolly Church
The gamification of the energy sector has been bad enough for employees; now, games are being used to recruit kids into the industry.
Copy of U.S. Constitution Sells for $43.2 Million as Crypto Group DAO Is Outbid
The private collector beat out a group of cryptocurrency investors who raised more than $40 million to buy the historic document.
Vergecast: Apple assists DIY repairs, Russia blows up a satellite, and Biden signs infrastructure bill
Today’s Vergecast covers policy, space, and consumer tech.
Podcast: Missouri Hasn't Really Learned Its Lesson [Ep.305]
We've got a crossposted episode for you this week: Mike recently joined The Cato Daily Podcast with Caleb O. Brown for a discussion about the "hacking" fiasco in Missouri and the state's treatment of the journalists who exposed its...
Tesla has reportedly been shipping out some cars without USB ports
Tesla allegedly says that it’s due to the chip shortage.
Microsoft’s Edge browser is now available on Linux
All the same stable channel features are now on Edge Linux.
Opinion | Sex Bots, Religion and the Wild World of A.I.
The writer Jeanette Winterson explores the wild world unfolding alongside the rise of artificial intelligence.
Introducing 1,000 Words, a podcast that describes internet pictures in binaural audio
It’s just like you’re THERE
A note from our editor-in-chief
The Verge is a big thing that feels small; we’re going to keep it that way.