Can tap-to-pay save public transportation?
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the intersection of transportation and technology, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Ste...
The best lists to keep — and the best ways to keep them
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 100, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, get ready for a big gadget week, and also you can read all the...
Daniel Ek stepping down changes nothing for Spotify
Spotify has found itself the target of artists' ire for many reasons over the years: poor audio quality, terrible payouts, giving Joe Rogan millions of dollars… the list goes on. But recently...
Instagram wants me to make content — I just want to post a photo
Why just post a photo when you can encourage all your friends and followers to engage with it?
Have you tried simply uploading a photo to Instagram lately? It's a minefield. Is that a Story, a P...
Tilly Norwood is a gen AI psyop
Last week at the Zurich Film Festival, Eline Van der Velden - founder and CEO of AI production house Particle6 and its subsidiary talent studio Xicoia - said that a number of talent agents had ...
Consume Me is a raw and funny memoir in video game form
There's a lot of math in diet culture. It's all numbers - calories in, calories burned - and a constant tally running in one's head. In some ways, disordered eating can be considered a disturbe...
Breaking up (Google) is hard to do
Breaking up Google's ad tech monopoly is, apparently, like going to Mars or trying to replace Michael Jordan - du...
Acer’s latest Spin 514 is so close to Chromebook greatness
Acer has made many Spin-series Chromebooks before, and despite flaws, this is one of its best yet.
I was cautiously optimistic about Acer's Chromebook Plus Spin 514 when I tested a preproduction...
