Ben Smith at the Code Conference, in 2015. | Asa Mathat for Recode A Q&A with the co-founder of the news startup. Ben Smith generates attention anywhere he goes. See: Politico, BuzzFeed, and the New York Times, where his appointment...
Category: Internet & technology
The Elon Musk-Twitter saga
Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Musk keeps changing his mind about whether he wants to buy the social media company. We’ll find out soon if he’ll actually reach a deal. Elon Musk’s tumultuous negotiations to buy Twitter that started in...
Back to the future
Nick Little for Vox Rethinking old ideas about what we eat, where we live and work, and how we power our communities. This edition of The Highlight is a thought experiment: What if some of the solutions to our most...
The future of the office is a lab
Illustrations by Ben Denzer for Vox What’s going to happen to the office space we no longer need? Part of Back to the Future, from The Highlight, Vox’s home for ambitious stories that explain our world. If the future of...
The wasted potential of garbage dumps
Phil Robibero for Vox Toxic landfills are emblems of environmental injustice across the US. Clean energy can remake them. Part of Back to the Future, from The Highlight, Vox’s home for ambitious stories that explain our world. About 17 miles...
The end of a battery’s life matters as much as its beginning
Nick Little for Vox Americans are terrible at recycling. Electric cars are a chance to change that. Part of Back to the Future, from The Highlight, Vox’s home for ambitious stories that explain our world. Right now, the last stop...
Under the hood of the electric vehicle revolution
Illustration by Ben Denzer for Vox; Photographs by Emily Elconin for Vox In the EV era, old automakers are learning new tricks. Part of Back to the Future, from The Highlight, Vox’s home for ambitious stories that explain our world....
Instagram is politely reminding you to be nicer — and it actually seems to work
SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The social media app is expanding “nudges” designed to protect creators from harassment and reduce dogpiling in comments. It’s no secret that Instagram has major problems with harassment and bullying on its platform. One recent...
Burnout was supposed to get better. It hasn’t.
There’s no end in sight for burnout. | Getty Images It’s not just you: Almost half of American office workers feel burned out at work. Burnout was everywhere earlier in the pandemic, but it was supposed to get better as...
Oops, we forgot to fix the supply chain
The pandemic brought the supply chain to the brink, but the system hasn’t exactly recovered. | Getty Images Some experts say it never really broke. At first glance, it might look like the pandemic-era supply chain chaos is nearly over....