August 15, 2019 Battery-powered plane crashes in Norway as country tries to ditch fossil fuels The Alpha Electro G2 plane entered testing last year. | Image: Avinor An all-electric battery-powered plane has crashed into a lake in Norway, in…
August 15, 2019 Three takeaways from a day at Twitter Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge On Wednesday, Twitter invited reporters to its headquarters in San Francisco for an update on improvements…
August 15, 2019 Vivo shows off NEX 3 sketches and ‘waterfall’ curved glass Vivo has started to ramp up the hype cycle on its next NEX phone. Following a leak last month of glass panels with extreme…
August 14, 2019 Bon Iver owns a Tesla called ‘John Teshla’ WireImage Pitchfork published a terrific profile of Justin Vernon, aka Bon Iver, aka the guy who writes songs so mournful that he turned a…
August 14, 2019 Amazon’s Wheel of Time show has a cast of unknowns but big ambitions Amazon’s upcoming Lord of the Rings show might be getting most of the attention around the streaming service’s big-budget fantasy adaptations, but the company…
August 14, 2019 8chan owner Jim Watkins subpoenaed to testify before House committee Photo by Gabriella Demczuk/Getty Images The House Homeland Security Committee subpoenaed the owner of 8chan, Jim Watkins, on Wednesday in an attempt to force…
August 14, 2019 Caviar employees claim DoorDash and Square are mistreating them over acquisition offers Photo: DoorDash A group of Caviar employees has banded together to request a good faith renegotiation from DoorDash and Square, claiming mistreatment in the…
August 14, 2019 Facebook is simplifying group privacy settings and adding admin tools for safety Facebook announced today that it’s updating its group privacy settings and working to better moderate bad content breaking the platform’s rules. The platform is…
August 14, 2019 Watch the first trailer for the second and final season of Star Wars Resistance Image: Disney Disney just released a trailer for the second and final season of its animated series Star Wars Resistance. We knew a second…
August 14, 2019 Smart ovens have been turning on overnight and preheating to 400 degrees Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge At least three smart June Ovens have turned on in the middle of the night and…