In The Beginning

Before blockchain, there was darkness. Satoshi only had a code. Deep in the 2008 financial “crysis,” a spark was lit, and the 21st-century gold rush began, though slow but with some progress. Satoshi did not want fame; he just wanted his vision to become reality. He disappeared, and his original writings are worshipped, leaving behind a … Read more

The great Evernote reboot

Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge For so many years, the Evernote elephant was a truly iconic logo. Evernote was one of the first productivity apps to embrace smartphones, to enable cross-platform sync, and to make it really easy to store and create almost anything. And so Evernote was huge. But Peak Evernote was roughly … Read more

The fanciest game console you can buy

Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 52, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, I swear I don’t always just share absurdly expensive gadgets, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve … Read more