Illustration by William Joel / The Verge As schools go remote, so do tests and so does surveillance The stranger on the Zoom call appeared to be sitting in a tent. He wore a black headset and a blue lanyard around his neck. Behind him was white plastic peppere... More »
Welcome to Set It & Forget It, a new series about all the ways we rely on our slow cookers, Instant Pots, and ovens during the colder months. Whether it’s a long braise on the stove or a quick burst in the pressure cooker, one thing’s for sure: Comfort food me... More »
The website defined frat culture in 2010, but can it survive a decade later? Boobs are back. They probably never left. At The Chive, a website dedicated to “humor, hotness, and humanity,” they are everywhere: bouncing in slideshows on the company’s homepage, s... More »
Inside the electric scooter startup with big workplace problems Emma* was up late working on a complex analysis from her laptop in bed for Bird. In mid-March, as COVID-19 was extinguishing public life in cities across the world, the scooter company announced t... More »
Courts are moving online due to COVID-19. No one is sure if that’s a good thing. It would have been an uneventful court appearance had one of the lawyers not had some trouble with his Zoom background. Alan Rupe, an employment lawyer at Lewis Brisbois, popped i... More »
Happy weekend. If Monday through Friday is all about quick and easy (and did I mention quick?) dinners, Saturday and Sunday are about leisurely baking projects: warm bread, buttery scones, gooey blondies, extra-chocolatey cake. Treats you plan to share with yo... More »
As we enter the second month of stay-at-home orders across the U.S., the strain on the home kitchen is already clear; stores and vendors are adjusting to changing food demands and the supply chain has been impacted. Certain ingredient shortages we encounter wh... More »