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Archives for November 2019

Technology
Barack Obama tells Silicon Valley’s leading donors to “chill out” over differences between candidatesBarack Obama tells Silicon Valley’s leading donors to “chill out” over differences between candidates
Technology

“I don’t care” if it’s not “your perfect candidate.”

By Theodore Schleifer
archives
Vox Sentences: 4 blackouts in 2 monthsVox Sentences: 4 blackouts in 2 months
archives

PG&E waffles on California blackouts, fueling confusion; six die as Bolivian protests continue.

By Hannah Brown
Technology
Why did Iran shut off the internet for the entire country?Why did Iran shut off the internet for the entire country?
Podcast
Technology

And is a restricted intranet next? The Reset podcast investigates.

By Delia Paunescu
Politics
Why Pete Buttigieg is suddenly surging in the pollsWhy Pete Buttigieg is suddenly surging in the polls
Podcast
Politics

Vox’s Today, Explained podcast covers what we learned from the November Democratic debate.

By Lauren Katz
Technology
Why a robot pizza startup could be worth $4 billionWhy a robot pizza startup could be worth $4 billion
Technology

Zume Pizza is a Silicon Valley punchline, but investors are pouring millions into it.

By Theodore Schleifer
archives
She was fatally strangled. The media is making it about her sex life.She was fatally strangled. The media is making it about her sex life.
archives

Grace Millane’s story is part of a larger pattern of victim-blaming.

By Anna North
The 4 main conservative defenses for Trump against impeachment, explained
Podcast
Politics

Only one of them makes sense.

By Jane Coaston
The key moment from Fiona Hill’s testimony
Politics

Republicans accidentally got Hill to decry the White House’s “political errand” in Ukraine.

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
Congress passes bill to avert another government shutdown — for nowCongress passes bill to avert another government shutdown — for now
Politics

The border wall is still holding up negotiations over long-term spending bills.

By Li Zhou and Ella Nilsen
Why did Trump let the Ukraine aid through?
Politics

How David Holmes’s impeachment testimony bears on one of the scandal’s biggest mysteries.

By Andrew Prokop
Podcasts
There’s more to life than profitThere’s more to life than profit
Podcast
Podcasts

Former Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler discusses climate change, founding Kickstarter and the perils of profit on The Ezra Klein Show.

By Ezra Klein
Culture
Joker director Todd Phillips says tales of a sequel are greatly exaggeratedJoker director Todd Phillips says tales of a sequel are greatly exaggerated
Culture

At a screening for Joker, Phillips claimed reports of a sequel caught him off guard.

By Aja Romano
Politics
Tim Cook is just letting Trump lie about AppleTim Cook is just letting Trump lie about Apple
Politics

Trump keeps saying Apple just opened a plant in Texas. The problem: The facility in question has been around since 2013.

By Emily Stewart
Politics
Thursday’s impeachment testimony makes the Burisma-Biden connection undeniableThursday’s impeachment testimony makes the Burisma-Biden connection undeniable
Politics

Gordon Sondland and Kurt Volker were not telling the whole truth.

By Alex Ward
Politics
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on corruption chargesIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on corruption charges
Politics

This is a huge, huge deal.

By Zack Beauchamp