2020 In Review
2020 was a trip — nobody, after all, was planning for a pandemic. And nobody expected the disastrous response to it in the US, either. So we looked back on the most bizarre year in living memory, from the endless March to the summer of protests to all the other weird stuff that we’ve just about forgotten because this year just felt so dang long. But hey, at least the gadgets were good, right? Here’s a selection of the best, worst, and weirdest parts of 2020, as determined by Verge staffers.
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