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Weekender
Welcome to The Verge: Weekender edition. Each week, we'll bring you important articles from the previous weeks' original reports, features and reviews on The Verge. Think of it as a collection of a few of our favorite pieces from the week gone by, which you may have missed, or which you might want to read again.
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Memory to myth: tracing Aaron Swartz through the 21st century |
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To understand his contributions, we have to look beyond the headlines.
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Don't die: livestreaming turns video game speedruns into a spectator sport |
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New technology is making the classic sport of speedrunning — beating a video game as quickly as possible — a spectator sport. Andrew Webster has the story. |
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The no-hire paper trail Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt didn't want you to see |
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Poaching talented, high-value employees is a regular occurrence in Silicon Valley where state law makes non-compete agreements essentially void, but it's a practice that Steve Jobs desperately tried to stop in the last decade when Palm, Google, and others came calling. Newly-disclosed emails between Jobs, Eric Schmidt, and others show the civil (and not-so-civil) exchanges that took place. |
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As Obama heads back to office, a battle rages over the tech that got him reelected |
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Besides Barack Obama's reelection, perhaps the most valuable product to come out of Obama for America's efforts in this election cycle is a host of software — software that helped secure victory. Now, a fight is emerging over who owns the software and whether it'll be opened to the public. Ben Popper reports. |
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Greetings from NAMM: dive into a wild world of mixers, faders, and endless customization |
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Trent Wolbe explores the floors of the music merchant industry's biggest convention. |
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Redesigning Google: how Larry Page engineered a beautiful revolution |
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The new Google way is weird, but it's working. |
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Giant squid! To catch a monster, bring patience and plenty of cash |
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How squid scientists captured the Kraken on film. |
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