Starship’s fifth test flight is approved: where to watch the launch
Starship preps for its fifth flight test. | Photo: SpaceX SpaceX plans to launch Starship for the fifth time tomorrow, October 13th, during a 30-minute launch window that opens at…
WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge WordPress.org has introduced a fork of a popular WP Engine plugin in order “to remove commercial upsells and fix a security problem,” WordPress cofounder…
GSK (Formally GlaxoSmithKline) To Pay $2.2B Over Zantac Cancer Claims!!!
UK pharmaceutical giant GSK says it will pay as much as $2.2B to settle thousands of cases in US courts over claims that its heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer. The…
Hackers took over robovacs to chase pets and yell slurs
The Deebot X2 Omni. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Someone gained access to Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni robotic vacuums across several US cities earlier this year…
Acclaimed Palestinian Journalist Motaz Azaiza on Photographing Genocide in Gaza
“I never expected the world will know my name a genocide of my people,” says Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, who gained international acclaim for his work during the first 108…
Colorado’s Naloxone Fund Is Drying Up, Even as Opioid Lawsuits Bring in Millions
DENVER — On a bustling street corner one recent afternoon outside the offices of the Harm Reduction Action Center, employees of the education and advocacy nonprofit handed out free naloxone…
Israel Used US-Supplied Bomb in Beirut Strike That Killed at Least 22
At least one U.S.-supplied bomb was used by Israel in a Thursday night airstrike that killed at least 22 people and wounded over 115 more in the Lebanese capital of…
Trump Pledges to Use Law Behind Japanese Internment to Conduct Mass Deportations
Warnings that Republican nominee Donald Trump poses a fascist threat to U.S. society as a whole — and to the nation’s immigrants in particular — grew Friday following his visit…
Amid Genocide, Palestine Attempts to Qualify for Its First World Cup
The Palestinian national soccer team played a formidable South Korean side to a goalless draw in Seoul last month, an impressive result for a team looking to clinch its first…
“People Love to Vote for a Raise”: Three States Gear Up for Minimum Wage Vote
This election season, there’s understandably been intense focus on ballot questions that will affect reproductive rights, but there’s been less discussion of the fact that multiple states will also be…
