August 14, 2020 Instagram kept deleted photos and messages on its servers for more than a year Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge When you delete something from Instagram you expect it to be gone for good. But when security…
August 14, 2020 Facebook ordered to clean up undersea drilling equipment in Oregon Facebook has earned the ire of Oregon residents and officials for abandoning drilling equipment off the state’s coast, 50 feet under the sea floor….
August 14, 2020 Uber and Lyft Lose Bid to Keep Exploiting Their Drivers for Just a Little Bit Longer On Thursday, a California judge denied motions by Uber and Lyft to delay a previous injunction ordering the ridesharing companies to reclassify their contractors…
August 14, 2020 Epic lawsuit claims Google blocked ‘Fortnite’ deals with OnePlus, LG Epic Games already announced it’s suing Apple over the company removing Fortnite from its App Store due to the “Mega Drop” that offered players…
August 13, 2020 Google forced OnePlus to decimate a Fortnite launcher deal, claims Epic Games Image: OnePlus Epic Games sued Google over pulling Fortnite from the Google Play Store Thursday evening, following a similar lawsuit against Apple. We might…
August 13, 2020 Samsung’s most affordable 5G phone, the Galaxy A51, is now available on Verizon Image: Verizon Samsung’s affordable midrange 5G phone, the Galaxy A51, is finally available at Verizon. Compared to other phones released within the past year,…
August 13, 2020 Epic is suing Google over Fortnite’s removal from the Google Play Store Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Epic Games has filed suit against Google over alleged antitrust violations, just hours after being dropped from…
August 13, 2020 Facebook tells Elizabeth Warren it has two different standards for climate fact-checking Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Facebook says its third-party fact-checking partners “do review and rate climate misinformation, and there has…
August 13, 2020 Daimler settles its emissions scandal lawsuit for nearly $3 billion Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler will pay close to $3 billion to settle the US fallout from its diesel emissions scandal. The German automaker said it…
August 13, 2020 Fortnite Booted from Google’s App Store Too Google kicked Fortnite off its Play Store on Thursday following the unparalleled theatrics of its removal from Apple’s app store earlier today. Read more……