Sadly, I agree. Over the last year or so, the quality of content produced by The Verge has noticeably decreased. I find it difficult to take their opinions of tech seriously.

I agree. They're quality has gone downhill considerably. Which site(s) do you recommend? I like sites with strong community/lots of comments. Ars is pretty good. But I'm looking for a site that's a little more pop tech than sci/tech.