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The Verge was founded in 2011 in partnership with Vox Media, and covers the intersection of technology, science, art, and culture. Its mission is to offer in-depth reporting and long-form feature stories, breaking news coverage, product information, and community content in a unified and cohesive manner. The site is powered by Vox Media's Chorus platform, a modern media stack built for web-native news in the 21st century.
Last Updated: July 7, 2016
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According to internal documents provided to The Intercept by a whistleblower, Google has been developing a censored version of its search engine under the codename “Dragonfly” since the beginning of 2017. The search engine is being built as an...
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07.26.18Chinese Internet Users Employ the Blockchain to Share a Censored News Article
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Chinese netizens have turned to blockchain to share a censored news story about faulty vaccines given to small babies. Their efforts to repost an investigative piece about a large vaccine maker were largely thwarted by Internet monitors, but by...
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03.26.18Alibaba Opens Car Vending Machine in China That Gives Free Test Drives for People with Good Social Credit
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02.07.18Untreatable Gonorrhea Is on the Rise in China
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The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is becoming resistant to the only two antibiotics left to treat it — and it’s spreading in China, according to new research
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02.02.18How WeChat Came to Rule China
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China’s most popular messaging app, WeChat, has always had a close relationship with the Chinese government. The app has been subsidized by the government since its creation in 2011, and it’s an accepted reality that officials censor and monitor...
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02.04.17These American-Made Ford Raptor Pickups Are Shipping off to China
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In a move that is sure to make President Trump happy, Ford is shipping a boatload of F-150 Raptor pickup trucks. Company reps are very excited to be sending American-made trucks over to China instead of the other way around.
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12.27.15China Passes Controversial Anti-terrorism Law to Access Encrypted User Accounts
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The new rules state that telecom operators and internet service providers must "provide technical support and assistance, including decryption" to Chinese authorities to help prevent and investigate terrorist activities.
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11.23.15China Shuts Down Service For Some Phones With Foreign Messaging Apps
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As mobile users try to evade censorship in China through software, the government appears to be trying a new technique to head off such attempts.
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03.27.15Apple is Hitler, says Chinese CEO
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Chinese tech firm LeTV is rumored to be entering the smartphone market.