Nilay Patel () is an American

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and

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who has been editor-in-chief of technology news website ''

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'' since 2014.

Education

In 2003, Patel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in

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from the

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. In 2006, he received his

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from the

University of Wisconsin Law School The University of Wisconsin Law School is the Law school in the United States, law school of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a Public university, public research university in Madison, Wisconsin. Founded in 1868, the school is guided by a ...

Career

Patel had his first blogging job at Gapers Block, a

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-centric blog. He joined ''

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'' in 2008 and was responsible for blogging. In 2011 Patel left ''Engadget'' along with a few co-workers to start ''The Verge''. In March 2014 he left ''The Verge'' to join sister site '' Vox''. In July 2014 he returned to ''The Verge'' as editor-in-chief, after Joshua Topolsky left the position to work at

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. Patel is a co-host of ''The Vergecast,'' which has won the

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for best technology podcast. He also hosts ''Decoder'', a podcast on which he interviews tech and policy leaders, launched in 2020. Patel has appeared on a number of news channels, including MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, CNN International, NPR, Sky News, NHK, G4TV, and TWiT.

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Living people American bloggers American technology podcasters The Verge University of Chicago alumni University of Wisconsin Law School alumni 21st-century American non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) American male writers of Indian descent {{US-journalist-20thC-stub