Google chief legal officer Kent Walker. | Photo By Alex Zea/Europa Press via Getty Images Judge James Donato is overseeing Epic v. Google, a case that could determine the future of the Android app store…
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Courtesy of Cinema Guild Recently, we’ve been gifted two new works by Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo each year. He loves a small movie, usually comfortably under the 90-minute mark, and a scope that might encompass…
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How the Elon Musk biography exposes Walter Isaacson
The limits of myth-making are apparent in Walter Isaacson’s new biography. | Illustration by William Joel / The Verge The trouble began days before the biography was even published. CNN had a story summarizing an…
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Image: William Joel / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 8, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, first of all, hi, hello, welcome, and…