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Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta is eliminating its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs because of the “legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts” in the US, according to a memo to employees seen by Axios. Meta will also roll back representation goals and end its “diverse slate approach” to…
Federal authorities and California police are investigating after someone flew a drone into the wing of a firefighting aircraft as it carried water to battle the raging wildfires across Los Angeles – causing a “fist-sized hole” and knocking it out of service for days at a crucial time. It happened as the plane, the Quebec…
Pope Francis recently said that “fake news” was the root cause of the assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump last year. The Catholic News Agency reported on the pontiff’s annual “state of the world” address, which he gave to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See on Thursday. In it, Francis pointed…
Image: Epic Games Fortnite Festival, the game’s Rock Band-like music mode where you play along with real songs, is getting local multiplayer for up to four people on PlayStation and Xbox on January 14th. Currently, you can only play Fortnite Festival multiplayer online, but with this change, you’ll be able to get your former Rock…
Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge When Elon Musk launched his own AI startup, xAI, he touted a key advantage over his competitors: access to the vast trove of data from his newly acquired social media platform Twitter. By implementing new API fees on the network he quickly renamed X, Musk locked out other…
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, is scaling back its contributions to the WordPress open-source project, according to an announcement on Thursday. The company says it’s decreasing contributions to “match” the amount of time companies like WP Engine spend on the ecosystem, further escalating the tension between Automattic CEO…
The audio tape of President-elect Donald Trump’s New York City sentencing hearing was released to the public on Friday giving insight into the unprecedented conviction against a former president where Trump was ultimately sentenced to an unconditional discharge. “This has been a very terrible experience,” Trump, who virtually attended the criminal trial sentencing hearing, told the New…
President-elect Donald Trump issued a warning ahead of the inauguration of contested Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who took up the top job for a third term on Friday. Despite significant opposition both at home and abroad to the July election in which Maduro claimed victory without providing ballot-box proof, the Venezuelan leader, deemed a “dictator”…
The Godox MA5R will be available for just $49.99. | Image: Godox Godox, a company known for its professional photography gear like flashes and reflective umbrellas, has announced a new lighting product for smartphones. Its MA5R is a magnetic power bank with an array of diffused color-changing LEDs on the back that can improve phone…
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Tesla issued a recall for over 200,000 electric vehicles due to an issue with its latest computer hardware that can short circuit and disable some safety features including the rearview camera. Tesla submitted the recall on January 6th, which acknowledges faulty computers are in some of the…