First Lady Michelle Obama gave The Verge her first virtual reality interview, and the topic was appropriately hip — how to be cool on social media. She and Barack, she said, benefit quite a bit from having a couple of young advisers around.
"I've got two Gen Z-ers living under my roof," Obama said. "They don't think we're cool at all. But I know what they're watching on Vine, and I know what they're giggling about."
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