Kate Cox
@kcoxdc.bsky.social
Now: Running Decoder @ The Verge. Earlier: editor/reporter for Protocol, Ars Technica, CQ Roll Call, Consumerist, and Kotaku; decades of other writing strewn across the internet. Boston-born, now DC-dwelling. She/her.
In 2025 I've decided I'm defining AAA games as anything that makes me compile shaders long enough to go get a drink
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
In 2025 I've decided I'm defining AAA games as anything that makes me compile shaders long enough to go get a drink
Taking 7th graders to see stuff is weird because it's a mix of kid and adult tickets depending who's already turned 13 haha.
(Yes, taking elder kid and her BFF to see Wicked Thanksgiving weekend.)
(Yes, taking elder kid and her BFF to see Wicked Thanksgiving weekend.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Taking 7th graders to see stuff is weird because it's a mix of kid and adult tickets depending who's already turned 13 haha.
(Yes, taking elder kid and her BFF to see Wicked Thanksgiving weekend.)
(Yes, taking elder kid and her BFF to see Wicked Thanksgiving weekend.)
This is almost literally what one of my best friends said last week except she used a different first word, lolol
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
It’s the year of Linux on my desktop.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is almost literally what one of my best friends said last week except she used a different first word, lolol
Probate is trash, nobody should ever have any stuff anywhere or interactions with any businesses, let's all live under a rock like bugs
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Probate is trash, nobody should ever have any stuff anywhere or interactions with any businesses, let's all live under a rock like bugs
lolsob, love to see in the Internet Archive the day the staff found out Protocol was going to shut down, because every story I just went looking for has a TON of snapshots from that day.
(Almost exactly three years ago, apparently. Pour one out...)
(Almost exactly three years ago, apparently. Pour one out...)
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
lolsob, love to see in the Internet Archive the day the staff found out Protocol was going to shut down, because every story I just went looking for has a TON of snapshots from that day.
(Almost exactly three years ago, apparently. Pour one out...)
(Almost exactly three years ago, apparently. Pour one out...)
Reposted by Kate Cox
I hate the days when I have to know what cloud providers host all the different services I need to be able to do my job
October 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I hate the days when I have to know what cloud providers host all the different services I need to be able to do my job
Current status: Looked a pill keeper on the counter and thought, "Oh, shit, [kid] hasn't been taking their meds this week?!" because only Monday was empty
only
Monday
only
Monday
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Current status: Looked a pill keeper on the counter and thought, "Oh, shit, [kid] hasn't been taking their meds this week?!" because only Monday was empty
only
Monday
only
Monday
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
There are blocks I won't go jogging down because it's just a wall of Ring cameras right up against the street with no setback and I do not need everyone and their grandmother recording me struggling at sunrise.
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
There are blocks I won't go jogging down because it's just a wall of Ring cameras right up against the street with no setback and I do not need everyone and their grandmother recording me struggling at sunrise.
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
Reposted by Kate Cox
why is Nvidia propping up a company that seems doomed? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Meet CoreWeave, the AI industry’s ticking time bomb
The debt-laden AI compute company has been boosted by Nvidia.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
why is Nvidia propping up a company that seems doomed? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
The thing about literally all bureaucratic interactions using an email address as an account identifier is a real pain in the butt when kids under 13 need their own accounts (like frequent flyer numbers or govt programs or...)
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The thing about literally all bureaucratic interactions using an email address as an account identifier is a real pain in the butt when kids under 13 need their own accounts (like frequent flyer numbers or govt programs or...)
I feel like, "AI to do what?" is most of the work of Decoder this year.
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I feel like, "AI to do what?" is most of the work of Decoder this year.
As there is a new VR headset in the news today I am finding the one thing I've REALLY learned since my spouse got one: None of these were designed by or for people with long hair lolol, I have to go do a french braid in mine before I can get the headset to stay on my head.
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
As there is a new VR headset in the news today I am finding the one thing I've REALLY learned since my spouse got one: None of these were designed by or for people with long hair lolol, I have to go do a french braid in mine before I can get the headset to stay on my head.
Reposted by Kate Cox
Thank you to @reckless.bsky.social and @kcoxdc.bsky.social for this thoughtful episode and for elevating teachers’ voices (including mine) on this issue.
The problems with AI in schools
Teachers had one big question: What are we even doing here?
www.theverge.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Thank you to @reckless.bsky.social and @kcoxdc.bsky.social for this thoughtful episode and for elevating teachers’ voices (including mine) on this issue.
The overwhelming majority of my days "off" in 2025 have not been. They are filled with chores, errands, care work, estate work, etc etc etc.
So today I let both my kids sleep in late while I played video games in my pajamas and this afternoon we're doing a baking project together.
So today I let both my kids sleep in late while I played video games in my pajamas and this afternoon we're doing a baking project together.
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The overwhelming majority of my days "off" in 2025 have not been. They are filled with chores, errands, care work, estate work, etc etc etc.
So today I let both my kids sleep in late while I played video games in my pajamas and this afternoon we're doing a baking project together.
So today I let both my kids sleep in late while I played video games in my pajamas and this afternoon we're doing a baking project together.
Freeze warning means today is a soup day, and now I'm having the problem where my whole house is going to smell delicious for hours all day.
(Sausage, white bean, spinach, and tortellini.)
(Sausage, white bean, spinach, and tortellini.)
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Freeze warning means today is a soup day, and now I'm having the problem where my whole house is going to smell delicious for hours all day.
(Sausage, white bean, spinach, and tortellini.)
(Sausage, white bean, spinach, and tortellini.)
Took the 7yo to school and then was confused why my house didn't smell like coffee when I got home, since the pot should have started while I was out.
Welp.
Sure is a Monday, I guess.
Welp.
Sure is a Monday, I guess.
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Took the 7yo to school and then was confused why my house didn't smell like coffee when I got home, since the pot should have started while I was out.
Welp.
Sure is a Monday, I guess.
Welp.
Sure is a Monday, I guess.
Tiny, petty annoyances of the modern age: Every time this line I'm on hold with gives the, "Thank you for waiting, please hold for the next available..." spiel, the hold music resets to the beginning and so this song never actually gets across the bridge.
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Tiny, petty annoyances of the modern age: Every time this line I'm on hold with gives the, "Thank you for waiting, please hold for the next available..." spiel, the hold music resets to the beginning and so this song never actually gets across the bridge.
Okay, I admit when the 12yo called, "uh, dad??" at 10pm I was expecting "PLEASE can I have YouTube time," not "there's a slug on the ceiling"
That was a novel problem.
That was a novel problem.
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Okay, I admit when the 12yo called, "uh, dad??" at 10pm I was expecting "PLEASE can I have YouTube time," not "there's a slug on the ceiling"
That was a novel problem.
That was a novel problem.
I would very much like to thank the roughly two dozen educators and experts who answered my call when I started in on the research for this episode. It took longer than I meant to make it, but we got there. ❤️
www.theverge.com/podcast/8154...
www.theverge.com/podcast/8154...
The problems with AI in schools
Teachers had one big question: What are we even doing here?
www.theverge.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I would very much like to thank the roughly two dozen educators and experts who answered my call when I started in on the research for this episode. It took longer than I meant to make it, but we got there. ❤️
www.theverge.com/podcast/8154...
www.theverge.com/podcast/8154...
My small contribution: Five-and-a-half years later, I'm still learning how to hand over control.
www.theverge.com/games/814497...
www.theverge.com/games/814497...
The nostalgia and surprise of returning to Animal Crossing: New Horizons
And in one case, horror.
www.theverge.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My small contribution: Five-and-a-half years later, I'm still learning how to hand over control.
www.theverge.com/games/814497...
www.theverge.com/games/814497...
When *I* was a kid, we still had school on Election Days -- we just weren't allowed to use or go near the gym.
I get the reasons this has changed but also my children are already driving me up a wall and it's not even 10am.
I get the reasons this has changed but also my children are already driving me up a wall and it's not even 10am.
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
When *I* was a kid, we still had school on Election Days -- we just weren't allowed to use or go near the gym.
I get the reasons this has changed but also my children are already driving me up a wall and it's not even 10am.
I get the reasons this has changed but also my children are already driving me up a wall and it's not even 10am.
We trick or treated at a house that had a piece of paper on the door with a lovely hand drawn blue jay head and the message "closing shop at 8:00, GAME 6"
November 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
We trick or treated at a house that had a piece of paper on the door with a lovely hand drawn blue jay head and the message "closing shop at 8:00, GAME 6"
The "early Black Friday" emails are already arriving in my inbox (like, my personal inbox, not work pitches), if we're wondering how Holiday 2025 is going
October 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The "early Black Friday" emails are already arriving in my inbox (like, my personal inbox, not work pitches), if we're wondering how Holiday 2025 is going
This is my new favorite menu in any game ever, bless them from the heart of my queasy, queasy soul
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is my new favorite menu in any game ever, bless them from the heart of my queasy, queasy soul