‘Fix your companies. Or Congress will,’ Senator Ed Markey warns Elon Musk

Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) told Elon Musk, “Fix your companies. Or Congress will,” after Musk snarkily replied to the senator’s concerns about fake verified accounts on Twitter, and suggested Markey’s real account “sounds like a parody.” On Friday, Markey sent out a tweet containing a link to a … Read more

Crypto.com sent $400 million to the wrong recipient, but got it back this time

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Crypto.com just admitted to making another very large and concerning clerical error: it mistakenly sent 320,000 in Ethereum (~$416 million USD) to another cryptocurrency exchange, called Gate.io, about three weeks ago (via Web3 Is Going Just Great). In a post on Twitter, Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek says the … Read more

FTX says ‘unauthorized transactions’ drained millions from the exchange

Illustration: The Verge FTX moved users’ funds to offline wallets early Saturday morning after a wave of “unauthorized transactions” drained hundreds of millions of dollars from the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange. Ryne Miller, the general counsel at FTX US, didn’t confirm a hack, but said on Twitter that the company made the move to “mitigate damage” … Read more

Why can’t pollsters reach Gen Z?

Image: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Republicans predicted a “red wave” that would crush any hopes of a Democratic majority this election cycle. But as the dust settles and vote counts wrap up, that prediction has shattered. While Republicans saw success in states like Florida and New York, Democrats fared better in battleground … Read more

Disney is preparing to cut jobs, according to leaked memo from CEO

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Disney CEO Bob Chapek is predicting “some staff reductions” once the company reviews its spending, according to a leaked memo published by CNBC. The company will also reportedly freeze most hiring, only bringing on new employees for “the most critical, business-driving positions.” If Disney does end up carrying … Read more

Meta is killing Portal and both its unreleased smartwatches

Photo by Jennifer Pattisson Tuohy The Verge Meta is pulling the plug on its Portal video calling smart displays and its two remaining unreleased smartwatch projects, my colleague Alex Heath can confirm, as the company cuts 11,000 jobs including many in tech divisions. Reuters reported earlier today that the company planned to kill off both … Read more

How to download an archive of your Twitter data

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge These days, there seems to be an almost daily upheavals at Twitter. You may be thinking about leaving the social network, or you may be determined to stay and see what happens. In either case, when an online app is experiencing that kind of sturm und drang, it’s … Read more

As FTX sinks, other crypto exchanges are showing their coins

You say you have my money? Prove it. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge As FTX, formerly the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, files for bankruptcy and halts withdrawals, other exchanges are working hard to assure customers that they won’t be meeting the same fate. Binance, Crypto.com, and others have started releasing … Read more

Elon Musk’s lawyer: Twitter employees aren’t personally at risk over its liabilities to the FTC

Alex Spiro, leader of Elon Musk’s team of attorneys, leaves the US District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles on December 6th, 2019. | Image: APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro, who worked for months arguing Musk should be allowed to break his agreement to buy Twitter … Read more

Tesla opens up its charging connector in a bid to become the North American standard

Image: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Tesla is opening up its charging system, but not in the way that helps people who own electric vehicles that aren’t Teslas. The automaker is renaming its Tesla connector the “North American Charging Standard” (NACS) and is pitting it against the current CCS combo charging standard. CCS is … Read more

Another major ad agency recommends pausing Twitter ad campaigns

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Omnicom, one of the world’s biggest ad firms, representing brands like McDonald’s, Apple, and PepsiCo, is recommending clients pause spending on Twitter, according to an internal memo obtained by The Verge. Omnicom Media Group is recommending clients “pause activity on Twitter in the short term,” according to a … Read more

Man arrested in Canada for alleged participation in LockBit ransomware campaign

The 33-year-old Mikhail Vasiliev is currently in Canadian custody awaiting extradition to the United States. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Russian-Canadian national Mikhail Vasiliev was arrested in Canada on Wednesday over his alleged participation in the LockBit ransomware campaign, which has claimed at least 1,000 victims in the United States. Thirty-three-year-old … Read more

Kevin Conroy, the iconic voice of Batman, has died

Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images Kevin Conroy, the voice actor who was the Batman for a generation, passed away at the age of 66, The Verge has confirmed. In an email seen by The Verge, DC public relations wrote, “It is with profound sadness that I send this to you today. Kevin Conroy, the quintessential … Read more

Waymo’s driverless taxis keep making incremental progress, while others flounder

Image: Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images Waymo keeps (driverless) trucking along. The Alphabet division made a couple of announcements this week meant to highlight the progress — albeit incremental — of its robotaxis. The first was that, starting this week, anyone who downloads the company’s app can now hail one of Waymo’s driverless vehicles … Read more

So long, and thanks for all the fail whales

Twitter, as we knew it, is dead. Long live Twitter. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Good morning! I wish the circumstances were better, but it’s so nice to see so many familiar avatars. Oh, and hello to the Blue subscribers in the front row. I know Twitter would have appreciated your support. … Read more

FTX files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as CEO Sam Bankman-Fried resigns

Illustration: The Verge Crypto’s no-good, very bad 2022 got even worse as FTX (along with its international platform, the independent FTX.us exchange, and Alameda Research), previously the world’s third-largest crypto exchange by volume, couldn’t come up with the money to satisfy customers’ withdrawal requests and then suffered an aborted acquisition attempt by a competitor. Now, … Read more