July 6, 2020 How to enable and use Gmail’s AI-powered Smart Reply and Smart Compose tools Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Leading up to Gmail’s 15th birthday last year, Google added a lot of productivity and machine…
July 6, 2020 DragonCon 2020 in Atlanta Is Officially, Finally, Going Virtual Another of the biggest convention holdouts has just given up its battle with covid-19. DragonCon 2020, scheduled for September 3-7 in Atlanta, GA, has…
July 6, 2020 Google Plus is officially gone after its mobile apps are rebranded as Google Currents Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Google Plus, the company’s failed social network, is officially gone as of today. After Google Plus personal accounts…
July 6, 2020 Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides now have a dark theme on Android Image: Google Google is rolling out a dark mode for its Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps on Android starting today. The tech giant says…
July 6, 2020 Google, Facebook, and Twitter halt government data requests after new Hong Kong security law Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google, Facebook, and Twitter are pausing the processing of data requests from the Hong Kong government as…
July 6, 2020 A number of first-party Nintendo Switch games are on sale at GameStop If you own a Nintendo Switch and are bored staying home, you’re in luck — almost 40 Switch games are now on sale at…
July 6, 2020 Reddit’s Solution to the Stress of Moderating 2020 Is a First-Come First-Served Mindfulness App Subscription It’s been a very hard year, for a lot of reasons. If you’re one of the thousands of unpaid moderators of Reddit, you’ve likely…
July 6, 2020 The Very Best Smart Home Gadgets Smart home gadgets have gotten a lot better over the past few years, and thanks to big improvements in wifi connectivity, energy efficiency, and…
July 6, 2020 America’s Dad Sounds Kinda Mad at Apple When it was announced last month that Greyhound, a WWII drama written by and starring Tom Hanks, had pivoted to Apple’s streaming service amid…
July 6, 2020 The Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cancellation Shows How Far Fossil Fuels Have Fallen After a years-long campaign waged by environmental justice activists, energy giants Duke and Dominion abruptly cancelled their plans to build an $8 billion, 600-mile…