September 21, 2020 Boring, mundane businesses have an exhilarating, viral life on TikTok Illustration by Claudia Chinyere Akole In a minute’s time, you can see a beekeeper remove tens of thousands of bees from a compost bin…
September 21, 2020 COVID ruined weddings, so now people are eloping on Instagram Illustration by Claudia Chinyere Akole By the end of March, every single one of Kat Ferguson’s clients had canceled or postponed their wedding. Her…
September 21, 2020 Nikola’s founder steps down from board as company faces fraud allegations Photo: Nikola Corporation Nikola founder and executive chairman Trevor Milton is stepping down from the company’s board of directors after allegations that the zero-emission…
September 21, 2020 Facebook estimates it has helped more people register to vote in 2020 than it did in 2016 Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook estimates it has helped 2.5 million people register to vote this year across Facebook, Instagram, and…
September 21, 2020 WandaVision’s first trailer resurrects Marvel’s Vision for Disney Plus TV debut Image: Disney Plus Last night’s Emmys saw the arrival of the debut trailer for WandaVision, which could be the first major Marvel TV series…
September 20, 2020 New trailers: Your Honor, Chicago 7, and a little show called The Mandalorian I was on a bit of a Star Wars kick the past week, watching The Empire Strikes Back, Rogue One, and The Last Jedi,…
September 20, 2020 Twitter is looking into why its photo preview appears to favor white faces over Black faces Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter it was looking into why the neural network it uses to generate photo previews apparently chooses…
September 20, 2020 ActBlue sees huge surge in small-dollar donations following Ginsburg’s death Supreme Court 1 (Verge Stock) ActBlue, the FEC-certified Democratic fundraising site, says its fundraising following the Friday death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader…
September 20, 2020 TikTok and WeChat both managed to avoid their Sunday bans Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Friday, it looked like the US was ready to ban new downloads of TikTok and WeChat,…
September 20, 2020 Judge blocks US ban on WeChat that was set to go into effect today Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A judge in California has blocked the Commerce Department’s ban on new downloads of China-based messaging app…