Amazon settles with the activists it fired
Amazon has settled a dispute with two workers that the National Labor Relations Board said were fired for their activism. In April 2020, the company fired Emily Cunningham and Maren…
This is Facebook’s internal research on the mental health effects of Instagram
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook has shared the internal research about the impact of Instagram on teenage mental well-being reported on by The Wall Street Journal earlier…
Nintendo categorically denies that a 4K Switch Pro is in development
It is rare for a big company to come out and categorically deny an entire report, but that’s what Nintendo just did today — the Japanese corporate entity has issued…
Chinese companies are suing Amazon after getting banned for paid reviews
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Several Chinese companies have filed a class-action complaint against Amazon for banning them from the Amazon marketplace over their use of paid reviews,…
FAA clears Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo for flight after probe into July incident
Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Virgin Galactic is cleared to resume flights of its SpaceShipTwo space plane, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday, after capping a…
The Switch Pro was real
Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Don’t get me wrong; we’re excited about Nintendo’s new OLED Switch — the number of preorders in The Verge newsroom confirms it. But…
TikTok settles lawsuit with actress over its original text-to-speech voice
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok has agreed to settle a lawsuit with Bev Standing, the voice actress who said she was behind the app’s original text-to-speech voice.…
Cadillac axes Escalade’s hands-free driving feature due to chip shortage
Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge The 2022 Escalade is heading into production, but it’ll be missing a key feature when the first customers pick up their new ride:…
Ring’s security drone could be flying in your home soon
Ring’s Always Home Cam security drone is ready for takeoff. | Image: Ring First announced at last year’s Amazon hardware event, the Ring Always Home Cam is now ready for…
College Athletes Should Have Collective Bargaining Rights, NLRB Memo Says
On Wednesday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a memo that could lead to some college and university student-athletes receiving compensation and collective bargaining rights in the near future.…
