When will the iPhone be forced to use USB-C?

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Today, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of new legislation that would eventually require all mobile phones sold in the EU to use a USB-C port for wired charging. The proposed rules, which lawmakers reached an initial agreement on back in June, mean that Apple is … Read more

American utilities aren’t living up to their climate pledges, new report finds

Kingston Fossil Plant, a coal-fired power plant operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority | Photo by Paul Harris / Getty Images A damning new report gives American electric utilities failing grades on addressing climate change. Instead of transitioning quickly to clean energy, according to the report, many utilities in the US are propping up aging … Read more

Reduce cost and development time with Amazon SageMaker Pipelines local mode

Creating robust and reusable machine learning (ML) pipelines can be a complex and time-consuming process. Developers usually test their processing and training scripts locally, but the pipelines themselves are typically tested in the cloud. Creating and running a full pipeline during experimentation adds unwanted overhead and cost to the development lifecycle. In this post, we … Read more

TechCrunch+ roundup: Edtech market map, robotics fundraising, getting started with FinOps

Some purchases provide near-instant time to value (TTV), like buying an umbrella on a rainy day or hiring a glazier to replace a broken window. Cybersecurity startups, however, often experience long TTV, as enterprise customers often require several sales calls and a bespoke onboarding process. To boost adoption and reduce churn, VC Ross Haleliuk shares … Read more

Judge says Twitter can search Musk team’s texts for Twitter whistleblower details

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Delaware Court of Chancery says Twitter can proceed with a limited probe to figure out whether whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko contacted billionaire Elon Musk’s lawyers before he backed out of the deal. The decision was released shortly before Musk reportedly asked to close the deal on its … Read more

How to use the Apple Watch Ultra’s siren

The Apple Watch Ultra introduces a siren for emergencies. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Apple includes excellent safety features on all its Apple Watch models, but there’s one that’s exclusive to the new Apple Watch Ultra: the siren. The siren is designed to draw attention to yourself if you’re ever injured or … Read more