The Hummer EV e-bike is just as over the top and ridiculous as the electric truck it’s based on

The Hummer EV e-bike was inevitable. | Image: Recon GMC joined forces with the world’s largest supplier of e-bikes for law enforcement to produce an over-the-top, dual-motor, fat tire electric bike to complement its equally over-the-top, dual-motor, fat tire Hummer EV truck. It’s the latest sign that automakers are trying to seize on the popularity … Read more

Slack is rolling out typing indicators for threads

This tiny new feature has already improved my daily work. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Slack is now rolling out typing indicators in threads, and they’ve already dramatically improved my Slack experience. At The Verge, we use threads a lot. We’re constantly sharing interesting and potentially newsworthy stuff we find around the … Read more

I’m not really in the mood to finance your vanity project

News that Elon Musk’s interim Twitter leadership is considering charging users for verification on its platform has caused no end of consternation among current holders of the service’s well-known blue check marks. Complaints have arisen about price (potentially too high) and value offered (potentially too low), among other concerns. It’s also fair to note that … Read more

Mastodon’s microblogging app saw a record number of downloads after Musk’s Twitter takeover

There are signs of a small but growing Twitter exodus underway following Elon Musk’s closure of the deal to buy the social media platform last Thursday. While many Twitter users are taking a wait-and-see approach and may not have fully deleted their accounts at this time, a sizable number of people are currently checking out … Read more

Digital assets marketplace Creative Fabrica launches generative AI tool

Creative Fabrica, a marketplace for digital files like print-on-demand assets, fonts and graphics, announced today it will launch its own generative AI tool. Called CF Spark, it’s already seen three million prompts generated, and more than 500,000 published by Creative Fabrica creators over the past three weeks. Like other digital assets on the platform, users … Read more

TuSimple CEO and co-founder fired by board over ties to Chinese startup Hydron

TuSimple co-founder Xiaodi Hou was fired from his CEO, president and CTO posts by the autonomous trucking company’s board, according to a securities filing Monday. Hou, who co-founded TuSimple in 2015 with Mo Chen, was also removed from his position as chairman of the board and member of the board’s government security committee. The firing came … Read more