The changes will initially affect the Model Y (pictured) and the Model 3 | Mark Leong for The Washington Post via Getty Images Tesla has announced it’s phasing out its cars’ use of ultrasonic sensors (USS) to sense objects in the world around them. It’s part of the company’s shift towards its camera-only Tesla Vision … Read more
What is that, like 10mm? | Image: Roland Quandt (Twitter) There have been rumors its bezel would be thick, and this leaked image of Google’s new Pixel Watch has given us our clearest look yet. It looks like it takes up almost 10mm of the case’s rumored 41mm diameter. For the most part, Wear OS 3 … Read more
The company may have to attend a hearing in December if it doesn’t settle with workers. | Nick Barclay / The Verge The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Apple, alleging that the company “discriminated against employees” at its World Trade Center store, according to Kayla Blado, a spokesperson for the regulator. … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Elon Musk is back, and now he wants to own Twitter again! Delightful. Today let’s talk about the backdrop against which he made this decision, whether it’s somehow an incredibly elaborate effort to get out of the deal, and what Twitter’s beleaguered employees are saying about it internally. … Read more
Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk has changed his mind again: he does want to buy Twitter, actually. This, after months of drama! He signaled his intent in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission — but there’s a catch: Twitter has to drop its lawsuit. We understand if you … Read more
It’s no longer available on Amazon’s website. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Amazon is discontinuing the Amazon Glow, its video calling / interactive gaming device designed to let families interact remotely with each other, as reported by Bloomberg. The device is already unavailable on Amazon’s website. “At Amazon we think big, … Read more
Mercy in Overwatch 2. | Image: Blizzard Overwatch 2 launched today — in theory, at least. The game’s servers clicked on this afternoon, but for the last few hours, many people trying to check out its removed 5v5 team shooter action are seeing nothing but this screen. Image: Richard Lawler Overwatch 2 “server connection failed…retrying” … Read more
Image: The Verge According to a report by Karen Weise of The New York Times, Amazon is freezing corporate hiring for its retail business for the remainder of 2022 in an effort to hedge its bets against a rough economic forecast. The hiring freeze includes all corporate and technology positions for Amazon’s retail and operations, … Read more
Rivian’s positive production report could be overshadowed by a bad court ruling in Georgia. | Image: Rivian Rivian made over 7,000 electric vehicles over the last three months and reaffirmed its goal to produce 25,000 vehicles by the end of the year. It was a sign that the company is continuing to rise above its … Read more
Amazon’s latest ad-supported Kindle Paperwhite is on sale right now for $99.99 instead of $139.99. | Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge If you missed out on the steep discounts we saw on Amazon devices during Prime Day, it appears you have another chance. That’s because many of the same deals we saw in … Read more
The platform will shut down “by early 2023.” | Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta will be shutting down its newsletter platform, Bulletin, “by early 2023,” according to a statement emailed to The Verge by spokesperson Morgan White. A report from The New York Times says that Meta sent creators on the platform an email … Read more
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This year’s iOS update will make a bigger difference to most people than a new system status indicator. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been carrying one of the new iPhone 14 models with me as my daily driver. When I’ve met up with friends … Read more
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
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
The new Spark app wants you to spend way less time looking at your inbox. | Image: Readdle / David Pierce Spark has long been one of the best and most popular third-party email apps. Its developer, Readdle, managed to build a tool that is clean, fast, and simple in a market where very few … Read more
Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge. How CEO Pat Gelsinger changed the culture at Intel and bet big on the silicon heartland Continue reading…
Samsung reminds us all that it still makes chips in recent announcement. | Image: Samsung Samsung has announced a five-year plan to expand its production capacity for advanced chips by 2027. The timeline could help the company regain ground from semiconductor giant TSMC. In its Tuesday press release, following an announcement at the annual Samsung … Read more
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
Cue has a COVID-19 test and wants to add on a flu test. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge The past two years have seen relatively quiet flu seasons — a welcome development as hospitals and the public health system focused on managing waves of COVID-19. But experts are expecting flu to make … Read more
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
Photo by James Devaney / GC Images We have lots of juicy stuff to dig into today — Audacy is reportedly looking to sell Cadence13 to save its NYSE listing, The Morning Toast gets a new ad sales partner and a rebrand, and Rachel Maddow joins the growing list of talent ditching TV for podcasting. … Read more
Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077 | Image: CD Projekt Red CD Projekt Red (CDPR) is working on more games set in The Witcher and Cyberpunk universes, as well as a brand new franchise that’s being created entirely in-house, the studio announced in a strategy update on Tuesday. Let’s start first with what was announced for … Read more
The Fire TV Stick 4K Max is tiny but formidable when it comes to specs. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge We’re one week out from the next Amazon Prime Day — wait, I mean Amazon Prime Early Access Sale. But you don’t need to wait until then to start getting great deals … Read more
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk is said to have sent another offer letter to buy Twitter at $54.20 a share, the same price he originally proposed in April before trying to back out of the deal, Bloomberg reported based on anonymous sources. Trading of Twitter shares was briefly halted. … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The smart home standard is open for certification at last. We could see Matter devices in our homes as soon as this month. Continue reading…
Nick Barclay / The Verge A Russian court fined TikTok 3 million rubles (about $51,000) for failing to delete content on the platform that violates the country’s anti-LGBTQ “gay propaganda” law, Reuters reports. The fines are based on charges that TikTok was promoting “non-traditional sexual values, videos featuring LGBT, feminism, and distorted representation of traditional … Read more
EA Motive The developers at EA revealed a new Dead Space remake gameplay trailer just in time to mark the arrival of spooky season. In the trailer, engineer Isaac Clarke arms himself with all sorts of industrial tools to make bloody work of the vicious Necromorphs that have overrun the USG Ishimura. EA is remaking … Read more
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Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge The Facebook Oversight Board announced Tuesday that it was reviewing a company decision to remove a post calling for the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the wake of nationwide protests in the country. In its Tuesday announcement, the board describes the July post as … Read more