October 21, 2019 Nearly two-thirds of Uber customers don’t tip their drivers Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Only 1 percent of Uber customers always tip, while nearly 60 percent never do, according to a…
October 21, 2019 TikTok removes two dozen ISIS propaganda accounts Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Islamic State propagandists are reportedly trying to exploit social media app TikTok as a recruiting tool. The…
October 21, 2019 Why spacesuit design choices — not women’s physiques — delayed the first all-female spacewalk NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (L) and Christina Koch (R), preparing to leave the International Space Station for the first all-female spacewalk | Image: NASA…
October 21, 2019 NordVPN reveals server breach that could have let attacker monitor traffic Image: NordVPN NordVPN says one of its servers was breached in March 2018, exposing some of the browsing habits of customers who were using…
October 21, 2019 Colorado drops its T-Mobile-Sprint lawsuit after Dish agrees to house headquarters in the state Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In the latest swirl of T-Mobile-Sprint merger drama, Colorado is exiting a lawsuit challenging the deal after…
October 21, 2019 New ‘Watch Parties’ feature lets streamers watch Amazon Prime with their viewers on Twitch Twitch has begun testing a new feature called “Watch Parties,” which appears to allow streamers the ability to stream content from Amazon Prime to…
October 21, 2019 Facebook will label false posts more clearly as part of an effort to prevent 2020 election interference Facebook today released a new set of tools and policy changes intended to fight the spread of misinformation on the platform, moving to more…
October 21, 2019 Netflix’s apocalyptic teen comedy Daybreak is an exhausting sugar rush Photo: Ursula Coyote / Netflix Daybreak’s Josh Wheeler (Colin Ford) has a killer origin story. But what separates him from Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen,…
October 21, 2019 Steam now lets you play local multiplayer games with friends over the internet Image: Valve Steam’s new Remote Play Together feature, which lets you play local multiplayer games over the internet, has launched in beta. The existence…
October 21, 2019 Join us for The Vergecast Live at The Glass Room in San Francisco on October 31st, with guests from Instagram and the Pixel camera team James Bareham The Vergecast will return for a live recording in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, October 31st at 7:30 PM. This time we’re…