May 14, 2020 Cruise, GM’s self-driving unit, lays off 8 percent of staff Cruise, the self-driving car startup that is a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors, is laying off 150 employees, or about 8 percent of its…
May 14, 2020 Amazon engineers develop face shields for frontline workers The face shield design | Amazon A team of Amazon engineers from its drone delivery unit worked with a group of 3D printing volunteers…
May 14, 2020 Google will soon block battery-draining ads from loading in Chrome Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google’s Chrome browser will begin blocking resource-heavy ads starting in late August, the company announced today (via…
May 14, 2020 The band that created the Cowboy Bebop theme song held a virtual performance It’s the early 2000s. You stay up late to watch anime on your TV hoping your parents don’t hear. Next thing you know, you…
May 14, 2020 Tetris Effect is out today on the Oculus Quest Tetris Effect, the trippy musical VR take on Tetris that won plaudits in 2018 from people like… me, is now available on the Oculus…
May 14, 2020 Australia wins first AI ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ by sampling koalas and kookaburras A team of programmers and songwriters from Australia have won the inaugural (and unofficial) AI ‘Eurovision Song Contest’, using a neural network trained on…
May 14, 2020 Tesla’s readying a ‘million mile’ battery that could greatly lower the cost of EVs Photo by Sean O’Kane/The Verge Tesla is getting ready to introduce a long rumored lower-cost, longer-lasting battery for its electric vehicles in China sometime…
May 14, 2020 T-Mobile will begin eliminating the Sprint brand this summer Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile and Sprint are preparing to take the next step in merging their wireless companies, with the…
May 14, 2020 Twitch establishes a safety advisory council to help it sort out its rules Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Today, Twitch is announcing the formation of its new Safety Advisory Council, a group made up of…
May 14, 2020 TikTok hit with complaint from child privacy advocates who say it’s still flouting the law Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A group of child privacy advocates has filed a complaint against TikTok with the Federal Trade Commission,…