Thomas’ first gadget memory was typing 7734 into his father’s inverted, HP-35 scientific calculator. Clearly fated to tech blogging, he would have to wait another 20 years before the rise of the medium. A degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering led Thomas to Silicon Valley just prior to the dot-com boom. In June of 2011, Thomas wrote his 1,362,258th word for Engadget, leaving to help launch The Verge.

Thomas Ricker

First Click: what happened to the Apple Watch walkie-talkie?

First Click: it’s hard to dance with the whole world watching

Tim Cook is such a dad

First Click: Tesla’s a battery company, not a car company

A chimp is not a monkey, you ape

Fuller House is officially coming to Netflix

First Click: ads are the heroes we deserve

First Click: The Jawbone’s connected to the… AmEx payment terminal

First Click: Europe’s case against American exceptionalism

First Click: the great rectangles of China

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years.

Deputy Editor

Here’s what Microsoft is offering long-serving employees to voluntarily retire

Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri

Nintendo announces a new Star Fox for the Switch 2

Google shuts down Project Mariner

Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability

Thomas Ricker

Deputy Editor

Deputy Editor

More From Thomas Ricker

Most Popular

Thomas Ricker

Deputy Editor

Deputy Editor

More From Thomas Ricker

Most Popular

The Verge Daily