Renters Are Calling for Direct Cash Assistance as Evictions Loom
Millions of people fear they are likely to be evicted from their homes within the next two months as a growing housing crisis threatens to explode during the fourth wave…
Matter’s interoperable smart home standard has been delayed to 2022
Matter — the upcoming smart home standard that looks to help unify Google, Apple, and Amazon’s separate smart home systems into a single cross-functional standard — has been delayed again…
Google’s Nest Hubs will warn users about nearby pollution and smoke
The new Nest Hub Max is displayed during the 2019 Google I/O conference at Shoreline Amphitheatre on May 07, 2019 in Mountain View, California. | Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images…
Wealth Tax and IRS Funding Could Pay for Entire $3.5T Bill, Warren Writes
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Massachusetts) proposals to raise and enforce taxes on corporations and the rich could raise more than enough to pay for the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion reconciliation plan, according…
We Need a Political Solution — Not More Troops — in Afghanistan, Journalist Says
The Taliban claim to have seized 17 provincial capitals across Afghanistan, including Kandahar and Herat, the country’s second- and third-largest cities, as the group continues its sweep through the country.…
Studios still need movie theaters, and they’re making the deals to prove it
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge During the course of the pandemic, the future of movie theaters looked grim. Cinema owners teetered on the edge of bankruptcy amid ongoing…
NASA Shares New Image of Bright ‘Rings’ Circling Distant Black Hole
Light echoes allow astronomers to map space dust drifting between stars.
Craig Federighi says Apple’s child safety scanning will have ‘multiple levels of auditability’
Apple executive Craig Federighi says iCloud Photos’ plans to scan for child sexual abuse material (or CSAM) will include “multiple levels of auditability.” In an interview with The Wall Street…
Facebook shut down German research on Instagram algorithm, researchers say
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Researchers at AlgorithmWatch say they were forced to abandon their research project monitoring the Instagram algorithm after legal threats from Facebook. The Berlin-based…
Census Shows Unprecedented Diversity — But GOP Is Gearing Up for Gerrymandering
The United States saw unprecedented growth in diversity over the past decade as the white population declined for the first time in history, new census data showed on Thursday. But…
