“The seat Edward Snowden had booked in Row 17 was empty when Aeroflot Flight SU150 roared down the runway in Moscow on Monday, leaving a tail wind of mystery about the location of America’s most famous fugitive and deepening White House frustration as his embarrassing escapades chilled U.S. relations with …

“In a blow to would-be Terminators everywhere, a majority of Americans oppose robots that could autonomously choose to kill a human. Of the 1,000 people surveyed by University of Massachusetts-Amherst researchers, 55 percent said they oppose autonomous weapons, with most answering “strongly opposed.”* Killer robots: good idea or bad idea? …

“The Internal Revenue Service targeted progressive groups applying for tax-exempt status in addition to conservative ones, according to IRS documents released by congressional Democrats on Monday.”* We’ve been asking the question since the IRS “scandal” about checking Tea Party groups’ 501c applications– were liberal groups scrutinized too? (And shouldn’t everyone’s …

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Brad Pitt’s World War Z, the movie about yet another zombie apocalypse has proved that once again, Hollywood likes to sell out to China. Recently, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas offered up a grim prediction of the future of the movie industry where blockbusters rule the day, and studio’s can’t …

Microsoft considers a massive reorg, Sony and Disney experiment with showing movies online while they’re still in theaters, and Snapchat goes kid-friendly. http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/23/4457082/microsoft-reorg-expected-by-july-1st-rumor http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/24/4458644/disney-sony-on-demand-streaming-korea http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/24/4459224/snapchat-kids-mode-no-social-features-snapkidz More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge Follow on …

“To say that E.W. Jackson is controversial is to make a huge understatement. In the short time he’s been the Virginia Republican Party’s candidate for lieutenant governor, a wide array of comments and remarks have surfaced.”* You may know E.W. Jackson, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Candidate, for his statements about yoga …

“resident Barack Obama’s approval rating dropped eight percentage points over the past month, to 45%, the president’s lowest rating in more than a year and a half, according to a new national poll.”* One of Obama’s strongest bases, voters under 30, is slipping away from him. Is this the beginning …

“Men’s Fashion Week is in full swing in Milan, and although we’re not about to review collections we haven’t had the opportunity to actually see, we will, as time permits, post images from some of the key shows, starting with Prada’s spring and summer 2014 menswear runway collection, which hit …

Wimbledon is just like regular tennis, except with grass and stuffy British people. The Daily Win guides you through the tournament’s traditions, like wearing white and not throwing meat pies at the royal gallery. Photo Credits: Susan Mullane/USA Today Steve Mitchell/USA Today