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Revolt of the delivery workers
Exploited by apps. Attacked by thieves. Unprotected by police. New York City’s 65,000 bikers have only themselves to count on.
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No adults in the room
A new lawsuit accuses Daversa of having its own internal problems with workplace harassment and mismanagement
Libertarians built a crypto mecca in Keene, New Hampshire — then feds tore it down
The rise and fall of a Bitcoin empire
How Boosted went bust
An inside look at how the beloved electric skateboard startup fell apart
Can Polestar design a new kind of car company?
Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath wants the freedom of an auto startup with the benefits of an established player
India’s healthcare workers are busting misinformation on WhatsApp
The backbone of India’s rural healthcare system is now tasked with beating back COVID-19 myths, one message at a time
The podcasting hype house from hell
How China’s biggest audio platform funded one man’s frat boy dreams
Where did the microchip vaccine conspiracy theory come from anyway?
How an innocuous Reddit thread mutated into a dangerous, viral lie
Heat Listed
Chicago’s predictive policing program told a man he would be involved with a shooting, but it couldn’t determine which side of the gun he would be on. Instead, it made him the victim of a violent crime — twice.
This is a map of America’s broadband problem
A county-by-county look at the broadband gap
Game studio layoffs mean a hellish race against the clock for immigrant developers
When losing a job becomes a deportation risk
Can Clubhouse keep the party going?
Fake laughs, imposters, and scams — behind the invite-only audio app’s most obsessive users
The unsettling surveillance of anti-Asian racism
The rise of assaults on the elderly, captured on security camera footage, raises questions about policing and what really keeps people safe
The NBA tries to make a slam dunk out of NFTs
Top Shot is playing the long game in the NFT craze
How a bruising Microsoft lawsuit fueled the fight for fair pay
After a bruising lawsuit with Microsoft, Katie Moussouris is fighting for fair pay
Mailchimp employees have complained about inequality for years — is anyone listening?
Behind the claims of sexism and racism at Atlanta’s premier tech startup
Some things Jeff Bezos can do with his $193 billion
What do you do with the money, honey? How do you get your kicks?
Cabin pressure
Flight attendants are the face of the airline — and now, they’re pleading with passengers to wear masks
Warning Signal: the messaging app’s new features are causing internal turmoil
The fast-growing encrypted messaging app is making itself increasingly vulnerable to abuse. Current and former employees are sounding the alarm.
Microsoft killed the Zune, but Zune-heads are still here
These fans are keeping Zune enthusiasm alive
Chill imbibes: inside the booming business of relaxation drinks
Taking a dip in the new business of relaxation
Tony Robbins claims he saved his employee from COVID — she says that’s a lie
Now she’s suing him for making it nearly impossible for her to return to work
The Verge’s DNA time capsule for 2020
Not your regular thumb drive
Sex, Lies, and Video Games
Oomba was a startup designed to make a lot of money from the games industry — instead, everyone played each other
Meet the man who could lead the GOP’s war on platform moderation
Brendan Carr is next in line to run Trump’s FCC. His first task? Regulating social media.
The 8th Wonder of the World
Three years after its deal with Trump and the Wisconsin GOP, Foxconn’s factory — and the jobs it promised — don’t exist, and they probably never will.
The crypto millionaire that acquired BitTorrent—and waded into the trade war
When Chinese millionaire Justin Sun acquired BitTorrent, was he trying to skirt the trade war? Or fly right in the face of it, no matter the cost?
Leaks from internal Facebook meetings show Mark Zuckerberg on his back foot
A summer of the CEO defending his decisions to angry employees
How video chat fuels the American deportation machine
Inside the cruel bureaucracy of ICE’s immigrant detention centers
Recording police brutality: how one snap decision changed this town
We’ve all seen videos of police violence go viral, and some lead to big changes. But what happens to the people filming those videos after they decide to hit record?
Capturing the Police
Recording a moment in American history
The Peace Reporters
The police dressed for war. The people showed up with cameras.
Prisoners at San Quentin are dying from COVID, and help isn’t coming
Prisoners at San Quentin are trapped with COVID. We talked to them
Mischief managed
How MSCHF managed to dominate the internet — with fun!
