Platformer Employees and advertisers keep telling him about the risks of the changes he’s making to Twitter — but he’s not listening Share this story Laura Normand / The Verge On Thursday evening, after a full day of chaos on the timeline, Elon Musk’s Twitter halted new enrollment into its $8-a-month Blue subscription offering. Offering… Continue reading Elon Musk ignored Twitter’s internal warnings about his paid verification scheme
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TP-Link is going straight to Wi-Fi 7 with its latest generation of routers
/ The company’s latest collection of routers includes the newly designed Archer BE900 quad-band router for $700 and an upcoming GE800 gaming router. The new Archer BE900 has a touchscreen and LED lights that can display stats and fun things like emoji.Image: TP-Link Before you can even get tired of hearing about Wi-Fi 6 and… Continue reading TP-Link is going straight to Wi-Fi 7 with its latest generation of routers
Tesla on trial: Autopilot and Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package under scrutiny in separate cases
/ Elon Musk will take the stand to defend his $56 billion compensation package as CEO of Tesla. At the same time, a manslaughter trial is set to begin in LA for a fatal crash caused by a Tesla owner operating Autopilot. Laura Normand / The Verge As if he doesn’t have enough going on,… Continue reading Tesla on trial: Autopilot and Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package under scrutiny in separate cases
Oil giant Occidental wants to remake itself as a climate tech leader in Texas
/ Occidental stands to profit off both its oil business and the pollution that it creates by building massive carbon removal projects in Texas. An oil pumpjack pulls oil from the Permian Basin oil field on March 14th, 2022.Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images One of the biggest oil producers in the US has a new… Continue reading Oil giant Occidental wants to remake itself as a climate tech leader in Texas
Waymo’s robotaxis are basically mobile weather stations now
/ Autonomous vehicles are notoriously bad at operating in inclement weather, so the Alphabet company developed a new metric to generate better estimates about conditions in foggy San Francisco. Autonomous vehicles have difficulty navigating bad weather. Heavy rain, snow, and fog can do a lot to scramble an AV’s perception systems, which largely rely on… Continue reading Waymo’s robotaxis are basically mobile weather stations now
‘Fix your companies. Or Congress will,’ Senator Ed Markey warns Elon Musk
/ Senator Ed Markey snapped back at Elon Musk after the billionaire mocked his concerns about paid verification on Twitter. 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… Continue reading ‘Fix your companies. Or Congress will,’ Senator Ed Markey warns Elon Musk
You, too, can have a rad name like ‘Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson’
/ Actor Rainn Wilson tried a social media stunt to raise awareness for climate change but was thwarted on Twitter ‘because, Elon.’ NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 15: Rainn Wilson attends “Jerry & Marge Go Large” premiere during the 2022 Tribeca Festival.Photo by Dominik Bindl/WireImage Actor Rainn Wilson (you might know him as Dwight… Continue reading You, too, can have a rad name like ‘Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson’
Tesla opens up its charging connector in a bid to become the North American standard
/ After promising for more than a year to make its vast Supercharger network available for all EVs, Tesla is now pivoting to make its plug the standard instead. 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… Continue reading Tesla opens up its charging connector in a bid to become the North American standard
Waymo’s driverless taxis keep making incremental progress, while others flounder
/ The Alphabet company’s slow and steady approach to driverless technology continues to pay off, even as well-capitalized competitors fall by the wayside. 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… Continue reading Waymo’s driverless taxis keep making incremental progress, while others flounder
Warrior Nun is schlocky nuns, guns, and demon fun
/ The second season of Warrior Nun improves on the show in every way. The nuns, battle demons, romantic attraction, and occasionally clunky dialogue. Nuns with swords.Image: Maria Heras / Netflix It was when the stately nun grabbed a gun and proceeded to take out a room full of demon-infested priests that I knew Netflix’s… Continue reading Warrior Nun is schlocky nuns, guns, and demon fun