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![The hidden cost of your Prime Day purchases](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161655360_8eff5d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![The hidden cost of your Prime Day purchases](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161655360_8eff5d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
For Amazon workers, the bevy of sales reinforces the human toll of “same-day delivery, lifetime of injury.”
![The glorious return of the skort](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Untitled-design-17.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The glorious return of the skort](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Untitled-design-17.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
How skorts became cool again, as explained by Challengers and Taylor Swift.
![Red Lobster’s mistakes go beyond endless shrimp](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2152534874.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.668591224018%2C0%2C66.662817551963%2C100&w=2400)
![Red Lobster’s mistakes go beyond endless shrimp](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2152534874.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.002886836027713%2C0%2C99.994226327945%2C100&w=2400)
Does the restaurant’s bankruptcy signal rough seas ahead for casual dining chains?
![Inside the battle for the future of Amazon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24372493/1235716240.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Inside the battle for the future of Amazon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24372493/1235716240.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
After the largest corporate layoffs in its history, the tech giant is at a crossroads.
![Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest is the culmination of an epic flameout](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24291505/GettyImages_1245594206b.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.65%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&w=2400)
![Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest is the culmination of an epic flameout](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24291505/GettyImages_1245594206b.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=2400)
After quickly amassing political and philanthropic influence, the former billionaire has been arrested for fraud.
![Amazon’s antitrust settlement in Europe sure looks like a win for Amazon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24311431/1447436927.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Amazon’s antitrust settlement in Europe sure looks like a win for Amazon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24311431/1447436927.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Amazon was already considering a change that regulators are now framing as a win.
![FTX’s implosion and SBF’s arrest, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24185501/FTX_implosion_blur_v2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
Sam Bankman-Fried and his crypto company FTX experienced a shocking downfall. Now, Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas.
![The people who hate Sam Bankman-Fried the most](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24274084/sbf_comp_board_1a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![The people who hate Sam Bankman-Fried the most](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24274084/sbf_comp_board_1a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
And the people who don’t (which makes the haters even angrier).
![The riveting train wreck of a Sam Bankman-Fried interview](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24245828/GettyImages_1445842991.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.0166015625%2C0%2C66.69921875%2C100&w=2400)
![The riveting train wreck of a Sam Bankman-Fried interview](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24245828/GettyImages_1445842991.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.024402147388969%2C100%2C99.951195705222&w=2400)
“I’ve had a bad month,” said the former CEO of FTX, speaking at his first public interview since his crypto exchange went up in smoke.
![FTX is over. Is crypto, too?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24219859/GettyImages_1338902668.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.705708661417%2C0%2C72.588582677165%2C100&w=2400)
![FTX is over. Is crypto, too?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24219859/GettyImages_1338902668.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C4.0790960451977%2C100%2C91.841807909605&w=2400)
Crypto is the cat with nine lives, but some wonder if FTX might be the last one.
![Holiday scam email season is here. Don’t fall for it.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24220879/GettyImages_1345700152.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Holiday scam email season is here. Don’t fall for it.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24220879/GettyImages_1345700152.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Sorry, no one is actually going to give you a free Yeti cooler.
![Amazon employees will be in layoff limbo into 2023](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24203933/1171054903.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.036314891543%2C0%2C65.927370216914%2C100&w=2400)
![Amazon employees will be in layoff limbo into 2023](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24203933/1171054903.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.55447233731416%2C0%2C98.891055325372%2C100&w=2400)
After 48 hours of chaos and silence from top company leaders, many employees still don’t know if they’ll have jobs next year.
![“Stealing customers’ money is a tale as old as time.”](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24204002/GettyImages_1238327415.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![“Stealing customers’ money is a tale as old as time.”](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24204002/GettyImages_1238327415.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Everyone agrees crypto needs to be regulated, but no one agrees about how.
![Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24202810/1232818175.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24202810/1232818175.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The fallen crypto CEO on what went wrong, why he did what he did, and what lies he told along the way.
![Welcome to the crypto ice age](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24203184/GettyImages_1244772036.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Welcome to the crypto ice age](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24203184/GettyImages_1244772036.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The implosion of the crypto exchange FTX will likely set the industry back years.
![The impact of Sam Bankman-Fried’s support for Democrats is massively overstated](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24199388/1238327312.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The impact of Sam Bankman-Fried’s support for Democrats is massively overstated](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24199388/1238327312.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The one-time crypto darling didn’t have much to do with Democrats’ midterms performance.
![Basically everything on Amazon has become an ad](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24183422/1236892318.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Inside the under-the-radar business that makes more money than Amazon Prime.
![Rich crypto executives really want voters to care about crypto. Good luck with that.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24156523/GettyImages_1240624535.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Rich crypto executives really want voters to care about crypto. Good luck with that.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24156523/GettyImages_1240624535.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Why the crypto industry wants bitcoin holders to vote.
![Adidas, Kanye, and the $4 billion sneakerhead industry](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24149032/Kanye_Yeezy.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Adidas, Kanye, and the $4 billion sneakerhead industry](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24149032/Kanye_Yeezy.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Resellers turned Yeezys into a goldmine for sneaker resale sites. What happens now?
![Why Amazon’s stock price is tanking — and why that should worry you](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24147145/GettyImages_1244276281.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Amazon’s stock price is tanking — and why that should worry you](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24147145/GettyImages_1244276281.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The tech giant warned that businesses are cutting spending and customers are tightening their belts.
![Everyone wants a tip now. Do you have to give them one?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24090225/tips_coins.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
Thanks to touchscreens and the pandemic, tipflation is everywhere — and it’s hard to say no.
![Kim Kardashian’s Instagram story just cost her $1.26 million](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24077395/GettyImages_1241465546.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Kim Kardashian’s Instagram story just cost her $1.26 million](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24077395/GettyImages_1241465546.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Securities and Exchange Commission kept up with the Kardashians.
![Some Amazon Prime customers say they don’t have two-day shipping anymore](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23997471/1405845694.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.671052631579%2C0%2C66.657894736842%2C100&w=2400)
![Some Amazon Prime customers say they don’t have two-day shipping anymore](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23997471/1405845694.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0065789473684248%2C0%2C99.986842105263%2C100&w=2400)
A former Amazon employee found that, in large areas of Washington state, Prime deliveries can take four to five business days.
![Why does the WeWork guy get to fail up?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23951483/GettyImages_1236030372.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.67%2C0%2C66.66%2C100&w=2400)
![Why does the WeWork guy get to fail up?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23951483/GettyImages_1236030372.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0050000000000026%2C0%2C99.99%2C100&w=2400)
Adam Neumann burned billions. Now investors are giving him more money.
![The crypto crackdown begins](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23920450/GettyImages_1241318773.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.133333333333%2C0%2C43.733333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![The crypto crackdown begins](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23920450/GettyImages_1241318773.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.2%2C0%2C65.6%2C100&w=2400)
What will it take to send some crypto bros to prison?
![Now might be a good time to think about crypto insurance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23634123/GettyImages_1319580947.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=10.941024814695%2C0%2C78.117950370609%2C100&w=2400)
![Now might be a good time to think about crypto insurance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23634123/GettyImages_1319580947.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C7.3294829482948%2C100%2C85.34103410341&w=2400)
As crypto crashes, the state of cryptocurrency and insurance is nebulous.
![Crypto’s winter is here again. How long will it last?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23613685/1240152444.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.884893947232%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Crypto’s winter is here again. How long will it last?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23613685/1240152444.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
It feels a little like the end of the web boom. But crypto bulls say things are just getting started.
![Business is booming for crypto scammers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23606246/GettyImages_1238838038.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669675090253%2C0%2C66.660649819495%2C100&w=2400)
![Business is booming for crypto scammers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23606246/GettyImages_1238838038.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0045126353790579%2C0%2C99.990974729242%2C100&w=2400)
More than $1 billion was lost to crypto scams in the last 15 months, according to the FTC.
![WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann’s new crypto project sounds like a scam within a scam](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23588745/945571920.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.630434782609%2C0%2C66.739130434783%2C100&w=2400)
![WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann’s new crypto project sounds like a scam within a scam](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23588745/945571920.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.054288816503799%2C100%2C99.891422366992&w=2400)
Turning carbon credits into crypto won’t fix climate change.
![The government detectives and private eyes of the bitcoin age](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23453088/GettyImages_1340545324.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.990882917466%2C0%2C68.018234165067%2C100&w=2400)
![The government detectives and private eyes of the bitcoin age](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23453088/GettyImages_1340545324.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.99353321575543%2C100%2C98.012933568489&w=2400)
The government is looking for tech-savvy detectives who can crack down on crypto.
![The daunting task of making cryptocurrency climate-friendly](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23392699/glennharvey_2022_04_11_vox_Final5.gif?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.65%2C0%2C66.6%2C100&w=2400)
Crypto-mining chips get more efficient each year. So why does bitcoin still use more energy than Finland?
![The growing, lightly controversial industry teaching kids crypto](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23382829/GettyImages_1005738506.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=9.4620253164557%2C0%2C53.333333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![The growing, lightly controversial industry teaching kids crypto](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23382829/GettyImages_1005738506.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=9.4620253164557%2C0%2C80%2C100&w=2400)
Today’s parents must ask the age-old question: When’s the right time to teach my 5-year-old about NFTs?
![When NFTs came to roller derby, roller derby put up a fight](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23340438/nft03.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20%2C0%2C60%2C100&w=2400)
![When NFTs came to roller derby, roller derby put up a fight](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23340438/nft03.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=5%2C0%2C90%2C100&w=2400)
“Blockchain” would make a good derby name.
![Inheriting bitcoin is harder than it sounds](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23304753/GettyImages_1239071540.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![Inheriting bitcoin is harder than it sounds](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23304753/GettyImages_1239071540.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
Your bitcoin can live on, even if you don’t.
![Why some crypto fans are praising Joe Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23302155/1231536631.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why some crypto fans are praising Joe Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23302155/1231536631.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The president’s new executive order is the government’s next step toward regulating crypto.
![Apple broke Facebook’s ad machine. Who’s going to fix it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23236153/1178141765.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Apple broke Facebook’s ad machine. Who’s going to fix it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23236153/1178141765.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
A $250 billion question.
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You can now get paid in bitcoin. That doesn’t mean you should.
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“Amazon is the only winner here.”
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The car rental giant is making a huge bet on electric vehicles — and bringing Uber along for the ride.
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Mastercard credit card holders can soon be rewarded with bitcoin. Huh?