The Verge

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The daily deals company turned down a $6 billion offer from Google and went public. Now its stock is down 80% and its founder/CEO has been fired. On Groupon’s failed strategy and tenuous future.

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The life and work of Aaron Swartz, in context.

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From pinball prohibition in 1940s NYC to Dave & Buster’s, the rise and fall of the American arcade.

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“For the first few days after the surgery, it was difficult to separate out my newly implanted sense from the bits of pain and sensation created by the trauma of having the magnet jammed in my finger.”

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“Transforming into an Administrative Jekyll for a certain amount of time every day limits the amount of time my Creative Hyde can come up with content to market and sell. Luckily, amphetamines have that problem tackled as well: when you’re using them, you don’t have to sleep… at all.”

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The fifty-year battle over where we store our nuclear remains.

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The game’s past, present, and future.

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An exposé of Internet Marketers.