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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
Features
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The dark side of electronic waste recycling
How an e-waste sting uncovered a shocking betrayal
Pirate Radio: a special series from The Verge
Features and podcasts that explore the complicated narrative of what illegal transmissions can do and who they reach
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¡ªand 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 ¡ª instead its crowdfunding campaign became a viral joke
In the hot seat
Behind Hot Ones¡¯ ambitions to be the future of late-night TV
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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¡ªStar
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."
Meet the US¡¯s spy system of the future ¡ª 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 ¡ª and reactionary dog-whistles ¡ª 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
The Mormon Church vs. the internet
Leaving a community isn¡¯t easy, but a subreddit and QuitMormon.com makes the process simpler and more human
Facebook moderators break their NDAs to expose desperate working conditions
At Facebook¡¯s worst-performing content moderation site in North America, one contractor has died, and others say they fear for their lives
How a group of mothers uses drones to find the casualties of Mexico¡¯s drug war
Mexico¡¯s drug war has left tens of thousands of casualties in secret graves. Now, the mothers of the missing are digging them up, armed with iron rods and quadcopter drones.
The many human errors that brought down the Boeing 737 Max
How the Boeing 737 Max betrayed its pilots and passengers
The sound of justice
The original records of Nazi atrocities were at risk of being lost - this is how they were saved
Andrew Yang is the candidate for the end of the world
He¡¯s a fringe presidential hopeful who thinks automation is the country¡¯s greatest threat ¡ª and the answer is to give every American human $1,000 a month
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Webcomics: an oral history
Featuring the artists behind XKCD, Questionable Content, Dinosaur Comics, and more
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The golden age of YouTube is over
The platform was built on the backs of independent creators, but now YouTube is abandoning them for more traditional content
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Instagram needs stars, and it¡¯s built a team to find them
To ramp up IGTV, Instagram¡¯s money is on old-fashioned talent scouting
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Running with the pack: a journey to the center of Coyote Peterson
Can Coyote Peterson bring his millions-strong following to Animal Planet?
He filmed the killing of Eric Garner¡ªand the police punished him for it
The story of Ramsey Orta is one of continued and unending police harassment
The Strange Case of Eugene Gu
Behind one of Twitter¡¯s most outspoken social justice personalities is a history of abuse
The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America
In Arizona, Facebook¡¯s content moderators get through the day with sex, drugs, and guns
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Automated background checks are deciding who¡¯s fit for a home
But advocates say algorithms can¡¯t capture the complexity of criminal records