The Verge loves drama. These gotcha-style posts brings them a lot of traffic. This doesn't need to be malicious. Google has demonstrated similar things elsewhe

The Verge loves drama. These gotcha-style posts brings them a lot of traffic. This doesn't need to be malicious. Google has demonstrated similar things elsewhere. Someone wanted to do a cool video based on the stuff that are working on. The blog posts explain everything in detail if you want to look behind the curtains