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Confronting Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam War film five decades later.
How the Vietnam War’s most horrific photograph became a benchmark for content moderation on social media platforms.
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A US military psy-op tried to scare Viet Cong soldiers with tape recordings of Vietnamese “ghosts.”
A special series from The Verge that confronts the legacy and mythmaking of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon.
Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon. Decades later, a generation of adoptees wrestles with the aftermath.
It used to be easy to kill a conspiracy theory. But the internet has made them immortal — and politically powerful.
The US wants to bring back domestic chipmaking. But the first generation of factory workers never got answers about their kids born with birth defects.
The internet is forever. Well, it was supposed to be. What happens when websites start to vanish at random?
The artist behind The Verge’s ‘Friend or Faux?’ feature explains the practical effects behind its design.
Can the legal system protect the vibe of a creator? And what if that vibe is basic?
The machines that process mail-in ballots help count thousands of votes in a day — and Philadelphia officials know that every second matters.
Insider accounts of the company reveal a chaotic work environment, ever-shifting priorities, and troubles with the SEC
The man behind the AI gaffes has a yearslong history of filling the internet with garbage.
The wild expenses, shady deals, and greed that ruined Vice.
Pitchfork exploded as the music industry changed, then was cut down to size by another wave of technological change. Was that it?
While the event is known as one of the biggest motorsport events in the world, it’s also a place to showcase technology, land stewardship, and just a tiny bit of nightlife.
For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.
SEO experts got very rich filling the web full of garbage. But are they to blame, or is Google?
For two decades, Google Search was the invisible force that determined the ebb and flow of online content. Now, for the first time, its cultural relevance is in question.
A couple of ex-Googlers set out to create the search engine of the future. They built something faster, simpler, and ad-free. So how come you’ve never heard of Neeva?
‘Dark money’ and the never-ending election cycle kept a qualified consumer advocate out of the Federal Communications Commission.
The SEO arms race has left the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find each other.
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