Thousands of Colorado residents found themselves locked out of their smart thermostats during sweltering temperatures last week in an effort to prevent power demand from overwhelming the grid. About 22,000 Xcel customers lost control of their smart thermostats for hours on August 30th, Denver7 News reports. That led to backlash on social media as some… Continue reading A utility company locked thousands of customers out of their smart thermostats in Colorado
Author: The Verge Online News
Hackers caused a massive traffic jam in Moscow using a ride-hailing app
Hackers caused a major traffic jam in Moscow after exploiting the Russian ride-hailing app, Yandex Taxi, to summon all available taxis to the same location at the same time (via Vice). The attack occurred on September 1st and had traffic heading towards Kutuzovsky Prospect — an already busy boulevard — stuck at a standstill. A… Continue reading Hackers caused a massive traffic jam in Moscow using a ride-hailing app
Twitter’s edit button is a big test for the platform’s future
Twitter seems to have handled adding an edit button about as well as possible. The edit button biases toward transparency, adding an edit history for every tweet and a big notice saying a tweet has been edited. Users will only have 30 minutes to edit their tweet, and will only be able to do so… Continue reading Twitter’s edit button is a big test for the platform’s future
China is all in on foldables — and Honor’s CEO thinks the rest of the world is ready, too
Honor is planning to release its second foldable next year, and unlike the Honor Magic V, the company hopes to actually release the device outside of China. Honor’s CEO, George Zhao, confirmed the plans in an interview with The Verge ahead of this year’s IFA trade show in Berlin and said the company expects to… Continue reading China is all in on foldables — and Honor’s CEO thinks the rest of the world is ready, too
Honor 70 review: no deal-breakers, no showstoppers
It’s been almost two years since Honor split from parent company Huawei. That means that — unlike Huawei — it can sell phones with Google apps and services preinstalled, which means they’re actually worth considering if you live in a country where Honor sells phones. That includes several European markets but not the US, at… Continue reading Honor 70 review: no deal-breakers, no showstoppers
Another Apple Store union election is brewing
Workers at the Penn Square Apple Store in Oklahoma City have filed with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a union election, becoming the third US location to have done so. According to a press release, over 70 percent of the store’s salespeople, genius admins, technicians, creatives, and operations specialists, have signed cards to… Continue reading Another Apple Store union election is brewing
California’s power grid is struggling to cope with extreme heat
A long, brutal heatwave is expected to grip California at least through the holiday weekend, stressing the power grid. Officials are begging residents to conserve electricity in an effort to prevent outages. The state is now in its second day of a “Flex Alert” issued by the state’s power grid operator, the California Independent System… Continue reading California’s power grid is struggling to cope with extreme heat
Withings’ new smart scale measures your nerve and artery health
Withings has a few nifty ideas when it comes to smart scales, and for IFA 2022, it’s announced the Body Comp. What makes the Body Comp stand out is it can assess the health of your arteries and nerves in addition to “normal” body composition. Withings is also introducing a new Health Plus coaching service… Continue reading Withings’ new smart scale measures your nerve and artery health
Is Elon Musk’s pal messing with Twitter to score bro points?
So the thing about Elon Musk is that he’s cliqued up — specifically with the so-called PayPal Mafia. If you haven’t heard of it before, it’s a group of influential men in Silicon Valley who all used to work at PayPal. Today, I’d like to focus our attention on a member of the PayPal Mafia:… Continue reading Is Elon Musk’s pal messing with Twitter to score bro points?
The ticking time bomb of modern free-to-play games
Dragalia Lost launched in 2018 as a statement of intent from Nintendo in partnership with Japanese developer Cygames. Nintendo may have first jumped into the field of mobile games in 2016 with the launch of games like Super Mario Run and Miitomo, but this was the first original property the company had produced exclusively for… Continue reading The ticking time bomb of modern free-to-play games