February 4, 2020 Instagram brought in $20 billion in ad revenue last year, more than a quarter of Facebook’s earnings Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram isn’t the biggest moneymaker for Facebook, but it certainly plays a major role in generating revenue…
February 4, 2020 Genius brings its ‘Verified’ video series to Apple Music Image: Genius Genius’ popular “Verified” video series is coming to Apple Music starting today. The show has artists explain the meaning behind the lyrics…
February 4, 2020 The app that broke the Iowa Caucuses was sent out through an Android test platform Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The mobile software developed to tally votes in the Iowa Democratic caucus yesterday has taken center stage in an…
February 4, 2020 Alphabet’s Jigsaw unveils a tool to help journalists spot deepfakes and manipulated images Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Alphabet’s Jigsaw subsidiary has revealed a new tool that’s intended to help journalists more easily spot deepfakes…
February 4, 2020 Ireland’s data privacy watchdog opens probes into Google and Tinder Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has opened two separate GDPR investigations into Google and Tinder. In the case of the latter, the agency says…
February 4, 2020 Now Is the Perfect Time to Start Letting People Work From Home While working from home is a luxury for some, it’s becoming a necessity for others. The world is currently witnessing its “largest work-from-home experiment,”…
February 4, 2020 How Coronavirus Fears Tap Into the Deep History of Xenophobia in Public Health The novel coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China continues to ripple around the world. More than 20,000 cases have been confirmed across Asia,…
February 4, 2020 Coronavirus pushes ZTE to cancel its press conference at the year’s largest phone show Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain is the world’s biggest mobile trade show, but the coronavirus…
February 4, 2020 How to watch the State of the Union Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images On Tuesday, President ***** will deliver his third State of the Union address to Congress. The annual…
February 4, 2020 You might be able to get up to $100 from the settlement for Yahoo’s data breaches Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Yahoo famously suffered numerous data breaches from 2012 to 2016 (including one in 2013 that…