Kara Verlaney

Please use them only for good.

Protect yourself out there.

Technology offers the utopian promise of a universally accessible society, but it only delivers part of the time.

Navigating the modern internet as a creative

From Bored Apes to the NBA.

A look back at some of The Verge’s most impactful longform stories from our first 10 years

The Verge is celebrating its 10th birthday on November 1st, so we thought this would be the perfect occasion to relaunch our online merch store! Check out the store here. We partnered with DFTBA on some new products we’re really excited about — including a special edition Verge 10-year design by artist Richard Parry — as well as some classic favorites. This is just the start for Verge merch, and we’re excited to work on even more all-new designs in the future. If there’s anything you think we s…

The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.

This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we’ve written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now rectifying this oversight. If you were paying attention to world technology news this past week, you may have heard about an incident involving the Large Hadron Collider, the device responsible for discovering the Higgs Boson particle in 2012, short-circuiting due to a “weasel-like animal” chewing thro…