August 2, 2019 TikTok’s a year old, when will its creators make money? Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok stars wanted to be taken seriously in 2018. Now, one year after Musical.ly became TikTok and…
August 2, 2019 The FTC is looking into the Amazon and Apple deal that crushed small resellers Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Last year, Amazon cut a deal with Apple to bring direct iPhone sales to its platform for…
August 2, 2019 Clothing resale site Poshmark suffers data breach Clothing resale site Poshmark has been hacked. Data from users in the US, including full names, usernames, genders, email addresses, hashed passwords, clothing size…
August 2, 2019 New York Times Publishes Anti-Google Rant, Doesn’t Mention the Author Is a Facebook Board Member The New York Times published an anti-Google screed by billionaire Peter Thiel last night but failed to mention a fun fact that readers might…
August 2, 2019 Space startup aims to launch thousands of satellite ‘cell towers’ that connect to the average phone Ubiquitilink’s payload attached to a Cygnus cargo capsule in February | Image: NASA The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched to the International Space…
August 2, 2019 Save 15% On Bizzy Coffee, Amazon’s Top-Selling Cold Brew Brand [Exclusive] If you like cold brew coffee, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of Bizzy, Amazon’s #1 seller of cold brew beans, concentrates, and ready-to-drink…
August 2, 2019 Verizon overhauls its ‘unlimited’ offerings with four new plans and $5 price cuts Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Verizon has (rather confusingly) offered three different types of “unlimited” data plans…
August 2, 2019 YouTube tweaked its algorithm to surface ‘quality family content’ YouTube has quietly made some changes to its algorithm in July, and according to Bloomberg, it led to a significant decrease in views for…
August 2, 2019 AMC Thinks There’s Room For a Lot More Walking Dead Spinoffs There’s already wild rumors about a potential Hobbs & Shaw sequel. Stephen King hypes up It: Chapter 2. Supergirl casts a dark new force….
August 2, 2019 TikTok turns one: its first 12 months, as told through TikToks Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images It’s been one year since TikTok launched in the US, and the app has exploded…