Avery Ellis

Senior News Editor

Avery Ellis is a senior news editor with Engadget helping to steer site coverage and hone features. Over the past decade she's covered platform governance, online extremism, and labor, and has written for Wired, Vice, The Verge, and Gizmodo, serving as a news editor at the latter two. She's been featured on CBS, WNYC, and NPR, and her reporting has received citations in Congressional documents from Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and been the basis of several unfair labor practice complaints against Amazon. When she's not online Avery can mostly be found these days at law school, god help her. Send her a tip on Signal at 646.983.9846 or over email at avery@engadget.com.

Articles by Avery Ellis

Intel engineers, led by a Congressional hopeful, demand a union
Intel may be facing its largest unionization effort, as hundreds of engineers appear to be seeking a better work/life balance.
A simple string of 'and's seems to crash Google Docs pages
Why "And. And. And. And. And." breaks Google Documents pages is a mystery, but it does.
Netflix's Tudum lays off staff months after launch
Netflix assembled an impressive roster of writers and editors for its fan site project, Tudum, which launched in early December of 2021. Today, a significant portion of those new hires have been sent packing for reasons unknown.
Verizon fires worker for union organizing, CWA alleges
Shortly after two Verizon retail locations successfully unionized in Washington State, the company has fired a worker at its Seattle Northgate and Aurora Village stores. He contends it was explicitly their reaction to his own organizing efforts.
Raven Studio game testers can vote to form a union, NLRB rules
A group of 21 quality assurance testers at Raven Software have received the blessing of the National Labor Relations Board to conduct a union vote, per a 27-page ruling from the agency released Friday.
Apple Store workers in Atlanta are forming a union 'because we love this company'
The group of 100 workers want to raise wages and "close the gap" between retail and corporate employees at a watershed moment for unionization.
Productivity software that could have prevented tonight's capitol evacuation
An aircraft caused a brief and entirely unnecessary evacuation of Congress. Several products and services could have prevented this situation from occurring.
Uber and Lyft criticized for surge pricing after NYC subway shooting
Following an incident this morning which left 10 people shot and others injured, the two rideshare companies increased fare prices -- something they're now working to remedy.
Google Fiber workers successfully unionize in Kansas City
In a tally with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this afternoon, Google Fiber customer service workers voted 9 to 1 to form a union. They'll be represented by the Alphabet Workers Union, an arm of the Communications Workers of America.
Elon Musk's Starlink is raising prices
The SpaceX subsidiary internet provider seems to be getting much more expensive.
Cameo CEO favorably compares Web3 boom to the colonization of the Americas
When constructing a metaphor about scooping up a good opportunity, perhaps it's unwise to invoke historical events inextricably linked with genocide.
Biden announces second round of free COVID tests
Households that already received their four free tests will be eligible to receive four more.
Wordle's desktop site now redirects to the New York Times
Though it may not appear on the Games page of the New York Times, a working version of the game is now hosted under its domain.
Gumroad faces backlash over alleged NFT ambitions
The transparency-minded marketplace has grown cagey and at times hostile over the topic of limited digital goods, alienating some creators in the process.
Wordle, the game everyone's obsessed with, gets bought by the New York Times
The New York Times has purchased the beloved puzzle game for an undisclosed sum.
The first 'Super Pumped' trailer is here to dramatize Uber's reckless ascendance
Based on the book of the same title by New York Times reporter Mike Isaac, Super Pumped puts Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the shoes of Travis Kalanick, chronicling the taxi-hailing app along its relentless trajectory.
Amazon workers in Staten Island reach union vote threshold
Workers at JFK8, an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Staten Island, New York, have reportedly collected enough signatures to proceed with a union election vote.
NYC's app-based delivery workers can finally use restaurant bathrooms
Why this was not already the case is a total mystery.
Amazon allegedly retaliates against worker at its Bessemer facility
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union has filed two unfair labor practice complaints against Amazon, alleging it reprimanded and surveilled a worker for union-related activity.
Meta and Snap sued by mother over alleged role in her daughter's suicide
A Connecticut mother has brought a lawsuit against Meta and Snap claiming the platforms were designed to cause the sort of addiction her late daughter suffered prior to taking her own life.