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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram is bringing back one of its more chaotic features, now reworked for the short-form video era. A new tab in the Reels feed will serve up videos that a user’s friends have liked or added commentary to, Instagram leader Adam Mosseri announced in a video message today….
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) are putting pressure on big tech firms to explain their motives for donating to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. In letters to Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Uber, the lawmakers express concerns about the companies making contributions…
MOSS LANDING, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 17: A fire erupted at Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday. | Photo: Getty Images A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Central California Thursday. The battery power plant is the largest in the world according to the company, Vistra, that owns it. The Monterey…
The Biden administration on Friday maintained that it will not actively enforce a federal law set to ban the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, instead punting any action to the incoming Trump administration. The Supreme Court issued a ruling earlier in the day upholding the looming ban, which is set to go into effect on…
President-elect Donald Trump’s White House return is just three days away, yet a California-based company specializing in providing on-demand crowds for protests is seeing a surprising dropoff in enthusiasm among Democrats compared to years before. Adam Swart, CEO of California-based publicity firm Crowds on Demand, said it’s a stark contrast from previous election cycles. “We…
Cash App is closing out the week on the hook for $255 million in multiple settlements around its consumer protections. Block, the company that owns Cash App, agreed Wednesday to pay $80 million to 48 states that fined the company for violating laws intended to keep illicit activity off the platform. “State regulators found Block…
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The Supreme Court ruled that the law that could oust TikTok from the US unless Chinese parent company ByteDance sells it is constitutional as applied to the company. “There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for…
The Ring Battery Doorbell Pro is a great video doorbell if you’re embedded in Amazon’s ecosystem and is currently $80 off. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge If you’re looking for a way to protect yourself from porch pirates, it’s a good idea to invest in a solid smart video doorbell. The…
Joan Plowright, an award-winning British actress and widow of Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. “She enjoyed a long and illustrious career across theatre, film and TV over seven decades until blindness made her retire,” Plowright’s family shared in a statement. The Tony Award-winning actress died Thursday at Denville Hall, a retirement home for…
Sen. Chuck Schumer, a longtime Democratic Party power player and former Senate Majority Leader, revealed his significant, behind-the-scenes role in persuading President Biden to drop out of the presidential race. “If you run and you lose to Trump, and we lose the Senate, and we don’t get back the House, that 50 years of amazing,…