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Decoder

Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas – and other problems. Verge Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policy makers at the frontiers of business and technology to reveal how they’re navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future. Subscribe here!

The people who make your apps go to Stack Overflow for answers. Here’s how it works.

Stack Overflow is basically Reddit for developers. CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar explains how the company moderates its content.

Nilay Patel
Why Signal won’t compromise on encryption, with president Meredith Whittaker

Signal messages are more private than iMessage and WhatsApp. Here’s how.

Nilay Patel
Mark Zuckerberg on the Quest Pro, building the metaverse, and more
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A year after rebranding Facebook to Meta, Mark Zuckerberg is still all in on building the metaverse

Alex Heath and Nilay Patel
Pat Gelsinger came back to turn Intel around — here’s how it’s going

How CEO Pat Gelsinger changed the culture at Intel and bet big on the silicon heartland

Nilay Patel
How Arm conquered the chip market without making a single chip, with CEO Rene Haas

Arm’s chips are in your iPhone — but what exactly does Arm do?

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Can software simplify the supply chain? Ryan Petersen thinks so

The Flexport CEO’s tweetstorm changed how a major US port moves your stuff

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Everyone knows what YouTube is — few know how it really works

Mark Bergen takes us inside the black box

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How the head of Facebook plans to compete with TikTok and win back Gen Z

Facebook is figuring out what a new generation wants from social media

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How Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty goes viral, with CMO Katie Welch

Selena Gomez’s beauty brand has grown beyond her own social reach

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Why Hank Green can’t quit YouTube for TikTok

All the ways to make money as a creator

Nilay Patel
Rent the Runway CEO Jennifer Hyman thinks fashion rental is inflation-proof

The company’s roller-coaster journey from COVID crash to wedding boom

Nilay Patel
Is the metaverse going to suck? A conversation with Matthew Ball

Maybe it won’t be a dystopia?

Nilay Patel
How arson led to a culture reboot at Traeger, with CEO Jeremy Andrus

Riding the wave of the outdoor cooking revolution

Nilay Patel
How Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius is refocusing for an electric future

Big plans to go all-electric by 2030

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How fandom built the internet as we know it, with Kaitlyn Tiffany

Her new book on the long history of fangirls, from the Beatles to One Direction

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What unions could mean for Apple with Zoe Schiffer

Verge labor reporter on the fight to unionize

Nilay Patel
How Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the war

With Michael Chobanian, the president of the Blockchain Association of Ukraine

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UiPath CEO Daniel Dines thinks automation can fight the great resignation

Uber, Facebook, and Spotify already use UiPath software

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How big companies kill ideas — and how to fight back, with Tony Fadell

Stories and lessons from his new book, Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

Nilay Patel
A former Foxconn executive tries to explain what went wrong in Wisconsin

A plan to revive US manufacturing gone wrong

Nilay Patel
Chris Dixon thinks web3 is the future of the internet — is it?

Plus, why a16z has spent $3 billion on web3 startups

Nilay Patel
Is streaming just becoming cable again? Julia Alexander thinks so

Plus, Disney’s battle of the Bobs

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Steve Aoki on why he’s a ‘crypto believer’

Are NFTs the future of the music business?

Nilay Patel
How Robinhood’s Aparna Chennapragada is building the future of investing

Robinhood is launching a new cash card today

Nilay Patel
How the EU is fighting tech giants with Margrethe Vestager

The European Commission’s competition watchdog is thinking bigger than lawsuits

Adi Robertson
How WordPress and Tumblr are keeping the internet weird

CEO Matt Mullenweg on why he bets big on small companies

Nilay Patel
The future of computers is only $4 away, with Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton

Plus, how to make a chip in a chip shortage

Nilay Patel
Inside Sonos’ decision to sue Google — and how it won

Protecting your patents against tech giants

Nilay Patel
Can the law keep up with crypto?

Demystifying the law of the internet with crypto professor Tonya Evans

Nilay Patel
What an NFL coaching scandal can teach tech about diversity

Tackling tech’s diversity problem with Bärí Williams

Nilay Patel
News with a Capital B: CEO Lauren Williams on why we need news for and by Black people

How a Black news startup was born from a racial justice reckoning

Nilay Patel
The business of finding a better job, with Career Karma CEO Ruben Harris

Turning the ‘Great Resignation’ into good business

Nilay Patel
Seven CEOs and one secretary of transportation on the future of cars

Featuring the CEOs of Volkswagen, Ford, and Jeep

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How Volkswagen can reinvent itself as an EV company, with CEO Herbert Diess

A new electric Microbus offers a glimpse at the future of VW

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What comes after the smartphone, with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon

Cristiano Amon is optimistic about everything

Nilay Patel
Pete Buttigieg is racing to keep up with self-driving cars

The US secretary of transportation wants to talk about innovation, infrastructure, and electric vehicles — and a little about Tesla

Nilay Patel and Andrew J. Hawkins