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How The Onion is saving itself from the digital media death spiral
Heartbreaking: the most terminally online reporter you know just made a great print.
Sentience and Sensibility | Meghan O’Gieblyn
The notion that capitalism metabolizes dissent is no longer theoretical but embodied in the architecture of its most profitable corporate technologies.
Meet Me at the Roadside Shrine to Harry Styles's Vomit
In Kaitlyn Tiffany's sharp and funny 'Everything I Need I Get From You,' online fandom is serious business.
“It Might Well Be Unsolvable”: Nilay Patel on Facebook’s Reckoning With Reality—And the Metaverse-Size Problems Yet to Come
After a decade covering the Zucks, Googles, and Ubers of the scene, the Verge editor in chief reflects on tech’s troublesome relationship with the rest of the world.
Yes, there’s a market for Excel influencers on TikTok
Superfans of productivity apps like Notion and Microsoft Excel are building careers off of them.
'Wait Wait' For Oct. 2, 2021: RZA Plays Not My Job
The RZA is one of the godfathers of hip-hop and leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. Naturally, we invited him on to ask him three questions about Tang, one of the godfathers of powdered orange drinks.
The Mystery of Big Knee Lover
He really loves big knees
The rise of the TikTok tour guide
One influencer was able to snag free meals for two weeks straight.
Opinion | What the Heck are NFTs? Let’s Ask Beeple.
The artist just sold an encrypted digital collage for $69 million. So are nonfungible tokens the next new asset class, or is it all hype?
Guild of the Grumpy Old Hackers – Darknet Diaries
In 2016 the LinkedIn breach data became available to the public. What the Guild of the Grumpy Old Hackers did with it then is quite the story.
50 Very Bad Book Covers for Literary Classics
When a book passes into the public domain, it means not only that it’s available for adapting and remixing, but for reprinting and reselling with a brand new cover. Some of these covers are .…
Opinion | The Empty Religions of Instagram
How did influencers become our moral authorities?
The Poverty of Jeff Bezos – Popula
“Speak to the Moment” - The Drift