Are the royals going to vlog?
The young attractive royal couple that is not Harry and Meghan has dropped a truly chaotic intro video for their shiny new official YouTube channel. In the video, the presumed…
Nintendo’s next big Switch title is aimed at budding game designers
Nintendo’s next game for the Switch is one you build yourself. Today the company revealed Game Builder Garage, a new software title that’s designed to teach beginners the basics of…
US supports lifting patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it supported waiving patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines, calling the pandemic a “global health crisis.” “This…
No Worker Shortage: Report Finds Low Wages Make Food Workers Want to Quit
Following the passage of stimulus packages with aid for workers like expanded unemployment benefits, politicians and business owners have wrung their hands over a supposed worker shortage as people refuse…
Federal Lawsuit Seeks to Remove Confederate Statue at Maryland Courthouse
The presence of a Confederate statue outside a courthouse in Maryland has sparked a federal lawsuit, with plaintiffs looking to have the monument removed on legal grounds after multiple attempts…
Twitter is ruining the open for surprise meme with better image crops
Image: Twitter Twitter is finally rolling out a long-awaited feature: bigger images that don’t crop in so darn much. Now, image previews should show way more of the image, giving…
A bug in Peloton’s API may have exposed a whole lot of user data
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge An old version of Peloton’s API, the software that allows the company’s bikes and recalled treadmills to communicate with its servers, may…
Amazon wants to make sure drivers who don’t work for the company are well-groomed and nice online
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is infamous for tightly controlling its workers and contractors, but a report from Bloomberg shows that it also tries to control the…
Biden’s U-Turn on Refugees Aligns With Voter Support for Pro-Immigrant Policies
Earlier this week, President Biden, under pressure from his own voter base, executed what might end up being the most consequential political U-turn of his presidency. Having disappointed refugee rights…
Microsoft’s feud with Apple over xCloud on iOS got a rival kicked from the App Store
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In 2020, Microsoft was battling to bring xCloud or Xbox Game Streaming to the iPhone and iPad, and the conversations had an unlikely…
