Why the Zune never killed the iPod
The Microsoft Zune is mostly just a footnote in tech history. Microsoft spent years - and vast sums of money - trying to create a true competitor to Apple's iPod, without ever coming close to a...
The perfect grocery list-making app doesn’t exist
There is no more chaotic activity than willfully entering a grocery store without a list.
I know. Some people thrive on vibes-based grocery shopping. They can come up with meals on the fly, buy...
The great tariff shakedown
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the real-world effects of Trump's tariffs, follow Mia Sato. The Stepback arrives in ...
The best things to watch over and over and over
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 104, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy belated Halloween, and also you can read all the old edi...
In crypto’s casino, Bitcoin stands alone as the ultimate prize
If you’ve ever bought a token only to find out its grand use case was “having a token,” congrats, you played the game just right. Wolf of All Streets’ Scott Melker sums it up best. After years...
This Week In Techdirt History: October 26th – November 1st
Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, the RIAA tossed out a bogus DMCA claim to get a YouTube downloading tool pulled from Github, and was still flooding Twitch with takedowns that the company was respond...
