Zoom is coming to Tesla for in-car conference calls

Image: Zoom Zoom will soon be added to Tesla vehicles according to an official announcement from the maker of the popular video conferencing app, allowing drivers to participate in video and audio calls without using a mobile device (via Drive Tesla Canada). The announcement was made by Zoom’s Group Product Manager Natasha Walia during the … Read more

Gmail’s new interface is here to stay

Google’s new interface isn’t all that bad. | Image: Google Gmail’s permanent switch that moves everyone over to a new integrated view starts this month. In a blog post published on Tuesday, Google announced it’s getting rid of the option to revert back to the previous Gmail UI, so we’re all just going to have … Read more

Peacock is adding live TV from every local NBC station

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Peacock is adding live TV to its repertoire in a big way, but only for subscribers that pay for the service’s top-tier Premium Plus plan. Today, NBCUniversal announced that customers in all 210 affiliate markets will be gaining 24/7 access to their local NBC station. Peacock Premium Plus … Read more

A tiny company with a UPS Store address could help the government get around browser security

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A report from The Washington Post has raised doubts about a root certificate authority used by Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and other tech companies with ties to US intelligence. The company in question, called TrustCor, works as a root certificate authority to validate the trustworthiness of websites … Read more

John Wick could become a AAA video game

John Wick says adopt and donate to your local ASPCA… or else | Image: Niko Tavernise Because everyone seems to have forgotten that John Wick Hex exists, Lionsgate, the studio behind the John Wick franchise, hasn’t ruled out AAA games for the future of everyone’s favorite dog-loving hitman. Over the course of three movies (going … Read more

The midterms turned politicians into content creators

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro speaks at a rally with former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden. | Photo by Mark Makela / Getty Images In the middle of a rally during the final week of his campaign, Josh Shapiro received his first notification to BeReal. The on-the-spot photo app has amassed a huge … Read more

Temperatures are rising at super speed in the US

In an aerial view, dead and dying trees in a drought-stressed juniper and piñon pine forest are seen on September 6th, 2022, southeast of Hite, Utah. | Photo by David McNew / Getty Images The US is heating up faster than the world as a whole, making the nation already very vulnerable to the consequences … Read more

Binance will buy FTX after liquidity crisis rumors

Fast times at FTX | The Verge Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, has signed a letter of intent to buy competitor FTX, the third-largest exchange by volume. The acquisition came after a CoinDesk article prompted speculation about FTX’s balance sheet. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. The letter of intent is … Read more

EU opens ‘in-depth investigation’ into Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The European Commission has opened what it calls an “in-depth investigation” into Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Regulators in the EU first started looking at Microsoft’s Activision acquisition in September and set a provisional deadline of today to approve it or signal a more in-depth … Read more