Rivian Ford will build an electric pickup truck using EV startup Rivian’s techThe Verge - Sean O'KanePart of a newly announced $500 million investment from Ford The Ford Motor Company has announced a $500 million investment in EV startup Rivian, and it will build an electric pickup truck using Rivian’s
Nintendo Nintendo’s cheaper Switch model could be out this JuneThe Verge - Chaim GartenbergAnd a ‘modest upgrade’ for the main Switch later this year Nintendo may be releasing a cheaper version of the Switch this June, according to a report from Bloomberg, which corroborates earlier rumors Nintendo
Play buttonCoachella, CA How Gesaffelstein’s Coachella set tricked minds with the world’s blackest blackThe Verge - Dani DeahlThe prince of darkness now performs against the darkest darkness One of the most visually impressive performances at this year’s Coachella was special, not just because of what the audience could see,
Mobile LG reportedly suspending production of phones in home country of KoreaThe Verge - Vlad SavovThe beginning of the end? The fortunes of LG Mobile, the embattled and rather overshadowed rival to Samsung Mobile, have been on a downward trajectory for a long time. As part of its effort to reform optimize
Samsung Samsung prepares $116 billion war chest for mobile chips fightThe Verge - Vlad SavovBig money for small things Samsung has announced a 10-year, $116 billion plan to take over the lead as the world’s foremost processor maker by 2030, as reported by Bloomberg today. The Korean chaebol enjoys
Play buttonTechnology The leader of the Time Well Spent movement has a new crusadeThe Verge - Casey NewtonWhy Tristan Harris is focused on “downgrading” Tristan Harris’ first big idea for the tech industry, the Time Well Spent movement, was an outsized success. Today, he unveiled the sequel — a kind of unified
Samsung Galaxy Fold iFixit’s Galaxy Fold teardown reveals its biggest design flawThe Verge - Dieter BohnMind the gaps Though it’s not technically the first time we’ve seen the innards of the now-delayed Samsung Galaxy Fold, iFixit’s teardown of the folding device is absolutely the most informed and detailed
Google Chrome How to enable Google Chrome’s new dark mode on Windows 10The Verge - Tom WarrenThere’s a trick to get it a little early Chrome 74 is officially rolling out today for Windows, Mac, and Linux, marking the introduction of a new dark mode for Windows 10 users. The same dark mode arrived
AT&T AT&T is now telling customers the Galaxy Fold will ship on June 13thThe Verge - Dieter BohnIt’s hard to know if that’s accurate, though After Samsung delayed the launch of the Galaxy Fold, there are a few hanging questions. What caused the screens the break, and what will Samsung do to change
Foxconn Foxconn wants to alter the Wisconsin dealThe Verge - Sean HollisterPray it doesn’t alter it any further Even as Foxconn continues to promise Wisconsin that it will, in fact, bring jobs and an LCD plant to the state in exchange for an unprecedented $4 billion in tax breaks,
Huawei Huawei will help build Britain’s 5G network, despite security concernsThe Verge - Nick StattExperts and policymakers are wary of letting China get involved in domestic infrastructure UK Prime Minister Theresa May has signed off on letting Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei help build “non-core”
Apple Store Apple claims it isn’t scanning customers’ faces, after teen sues for $1 billionThe Verge - Shannon LiaoA detective claims that Apple — or its security firm — used facial recognition software to have the wrong person arrested Apple is being accused of using facial recognition software in its Apple Stores
Evan Spiegel Snap makes a comeback after the release of its rebuilt Android appThe Verge - Ashley CarmanFour million more people used the app daily this past quarter Snap is heading in the right direction again. The company revealed in its earnings release today that its daily user base has grown by 4 million
Donald Trump Jack Dorsey met with President Trump in private todayThe Verge - Makena KellyThe two met for 30 minutes earlier today Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey met with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, according to a new report from Motherboard. The meeting was prompted by the White House in first
Xbox SteelSeries may have just launched the best Xbox wireless gaming headsetThe Verge - Sean HollisterBecause the bar is very low I am about to do something we rarely do at The Verge — get excited for an audio product I’ve never actually touched, let alone listened to. But that’s because when it comes
Amazon Starting in July, any Kohl’s store will handle your Amazon returnsThe Verge - Chris WelchReturn your Amazon stuff in person and for free Amazon and Kohl’s are expanding their partnership that allows customers of the former to return their items to the latter’s retail stores. Beginning in Kohl’s
Lucid Motors Former Tesla Model S chief engineer takes over at EV startup Lucid MotorsThe Verge - Sean O'KaneNow backed by Saudi Arabia, the California company’s first car is due at the end of 2020 Peter Rawlinson, the chief engineer of Tesla’s Model S sedan, has taken over as CEO of EV startup Lucid Motors,
Reddit Reddit is making it much easier to follow discussions around TV, news, and live eventsThe Verge - Dami LeeModerators can curate and schedule posts to better host events Reddit is launching two new post types to all subreddits today, Variety reports. Moderators will be able to create event and collection posts,
Wireless Charging Kerf’s sustainable wooden wireless chargers are cheaper for Verge readersThe Verge - Cameron FaulknerTech that blends right in Compared to most companies, Kerf takes a more sustainable approach to making phone accessories: it fashions them out of a wood casing of your choice. For a limited time, Kerf’s
Technology Casper quietly raises the price of its Glow smart light by nearly 50 percentThe Verge - Nick StattCiting higher-than-expected costs associated with production Online mattress seller Casper made a notable entrance into the smart home market earlier this year with the Glow, a smartphone-controlled bedside
Google Voice How to use Google VoiceThe Verge - Barbara KrasnoffAn aging, but still useful, free phone service Google Voice is one of those services of which people tend to say, “Is that still around? Does anyone still use it?” But don’t be fooled by its longevity:
Tim Cook Tim Cook says tech needs to be regulated or it could cause ‘great damage to society’The Verge - Shannon Liao“We are advocating strongly for regulation — I do not see another path.” Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested today that for the average person to have their data privacy protected, technology needs to be regulated
YouTube TV Verizon will directly sell YouTube TV to its mobile and Fios customersThe Verge - Chris WelchGet YouTube TV for cheaper if you bundle Verizon’s other services In lieu of building out its own full-blown streaming TV subscription service, Verizon is instead putting its weight behind YouTube TV.
Misinformation Facebook blocks could open the door to online censorshipThe Verge - Makena Kelly, Adi Robertson‘In that chaos and confusion, people don’t know what to believe’ On Easter Sunday, in the wake of devastating attacks that killed over 300 people, Sri Lanka shut down a large portion of its internet. secretary
Dell Dell’s new XPS 15 will put the webcam above the screen where it belongsThe Verge - Nick StattDell is also announcing new laptops in its G-Series and Alienware lines Dell’s XPS line has some of the best, most well-rounded Windows laptops you can buy, and the 15-inch variant is about to get even
MacBook Air Apple is working to speed up repairs of its bad MacBook keyboardsThe Verge - Chris WelchMost keyboard repairs are on a next-day turnaround Apple is now conducting repairs of MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro keyboards on-site at its stores, and it’s promising a next-day turnaround for
Play buttonArtificial Intelligence This colorful printed patch makes you pretty much invisible to AIThe Verge - James VincentThe patch only fools a specific algorithm, but researchers are working on more flexible solutions The rise of AI-powered surveillance is extremely worrying. The ability of governments to track and identify
Apple The Apple Watch Series 3 is back down to $199, its lowest price yetThe Verge - Cameron FaulknerA few of today’s best deals Today’s best deals include the Apple Watch Series 3 dropping back down to its lowest price of $199, and RavPower’s slim fast-charging 60W USB-C wall charger is also discounted
Aviation Alphabet’s Wing drones get FAA approval to make deliveries in the USThe Verge - Jon PorterA commercial service will launch in Virginia in the coming months Wing, the Alphabet-owned startup, has become the first drone delivery company to gain the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval to
