is the Senior Tech Editor at The Verge. She previously covered tech, science, and art at Popular Science, Gizmodo, and other places. I’m excited to announce The Stepback, a weekly subscriber-only newsletter that I’ll be editing for The Verge. Each week, we’ll dive into the week’s most essential themes — and it’s available exclusively to Verge subscribers. You can sign up for a Verge subscription here, with the option to pay $7 per month or $50 per year.