September 24, 2021 Amazon Wants to Put a Giant Echo On Your Wall Amazon’s annual device and services event is next week, and if there’s one thing you can expect, it’s a lot of Alexa-enabled gadgets you’re…
September 24, 2021 A Mystery Worm Infection in Vietnam Shows a New Species Can Live in Humans The mystery over a worm infestation found in a Vietnamese man last year has been solved, though not without adding another creepy wrinkle to…
September 24, 2021 The Odyssey of Star Wars Turns the Original Trilogy Into Epic Poetry We’ve had the Star Wars movies retold in Shakespearean style. Now, it’s time for the great Greek poet Homer to have a turn. Professor…
September 24, 2021 Huawei CFO has reportedly made the plea deal that will finally let her go home Photo by DON MACKINNON/AFP via Getty Images Reuters and the CBC report that Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou will appear in a Brooklyn federal courtroom…
September 24, 2021 The ABCs of Big Oil: Why Big Oil Infiltrated Schools For decades, the fossil fuel industry has been distributing propaganda to limit how Americans think about taking on the climate crisis. They haven’t just…
September 24, 2021 China’s central bank bans cryptocurrency transactions to avoid ‘risks’ Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank, said Friday that cryptocurrency transactions are illegal, saying…
September 24, 2021 Ripple’s developer arm announces XRPL grants focused on NFT development RippleX, Ripple’s developer arm, has announced its first wave of XRPL grants to promote its development. The grant offers to fund developers building XRP…
September 24, 2021 What is this Chinese central bank exec’s plan to clamp down on crypto-sector The Chinese government remains firm on its anti-crypto stance. In fact, at the time of writing, a Q&A on the central bank’s webpage revealed…
September 24, 2021 The iPhone 13 Mini still gets slower MagSafe charging speeds Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The iPhone 13 Mini is out Friday, and while it has a number of welcome improvements over…
September 24, 2021 California makes zero-emission autonomous vehicles mandatory by 2030 Starting in 2030, California will require all light-duty autonomous vehicles that operate in the state to emit zero emissions. Signed into law by Governor…