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The doomsday bunker market is thriving amid the coronavirus pandemic

Survival companies are capitalizing on coronavirus fears to sell bunkers that can withstand the apocalypse.

Zoë Schiffer
Exam anxiety: how remote test-proctoring is creeping students out

As schools go remote, so do tests and so does surveillance

Monica Chin
Boob job: how The Chive built an empire out of bro-bait

The website defined frat culture in 2010, but can it survive a decade later?

Zoë Schiffer
Bird: careless leadership, high turnover, and inappropriate office behavior

Over a dozen former employees tell The Verge about major problems plaguing the electric scooter company

Julia Black
The jury is still out on Zoom trials

Courts are moving online due to COVID-19. No one is sure if that’s a good thing.

Zoë Schiffer
Warehouse workers are forcing Amazon to take COVID-19 seriously

Following protests, Amazon is instituting new safety measures

Josh Dzieza
Can Meg Whitman outwit a pandemic with Quibi?

eBay. HP. Governor of California (well, almost). Quibi? Meg Whitman’s last act is her biggest bet yet

Elizabeth Lopatto
Why Amazon got out of the Apple App Store tax, and why other developers won’t

Apple needs Amazon to help its TV ambitions

Dieter Bohn
Campus is closed, so college students are rebuilding their schools in Minecraft

Being stuck at home has forced everyone to be creative

Pearse Anderson
Co-founder therapy teaches tech bros how to be in their feelings

It’s couples counseling, minus the sex

Zoë Schiffer
The NYC subway’s new tap-to-pay system has a hidden cost — rider data

OMNY will collect a significant amount of information from riders, including smartphone device identifiers and location

Ali Winston
Dr Disrespect is the villain who could change the future of TV

Guy ‘Dr Disrespect’ Beahm opens up about his Twitch alter ego

Bijan Stephen
The art and craft of scientific glassblowing
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Modern chemistry still needs glassblowers

Mary Beth Griggs
The Koenigsegg Gemera is the world’s most wickedly weird hybrid

Three electric motors, one combustion engine, and 1,700 horsepower

Sean O'Kane
This little self-driving boat is changing the way we search for shipwrecks

Meet BEN, the self-driving boat that’s been tasked with helping lay bare the long-lost secrets of the lakebed

Matthew Braga
This backpack has it all: Kevlar, batteries, and a federal investigation

The man behind an alleged crowdfunding scam wants you to know he isn’t a scammer

Ashley Carman
Hyundai’s Prophecy concept looks like the baby of a Porsche and a Model 3

An electric car with joysticks instead of a steering wheel

Sean O'Kane
BMW’s electric i4 sedan finally shown off in concept form

The long-awaited EV, coming next year, will have 270 miles of range

Sean O'Kane
The Verge tech survey 2020

We polled Americans about which big tech companies they trust with their personal information

Casey Newton
Robots aren’t taking our jobs — they’re becoming our bosses

The other automation question: how hard will the robots make us work?

Josh Dzieza