Peloton fired 2,800 employees and gave them free Peloton memberships
Peloton laid off 2,800 people on February 8th. | Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images As Peloton announced it was firing 2,800 people Tuesday morning, its outgoing CEO outlined…
Hunger-Striking Teachers Say School Closures Will Hurt Black and Brown Kids
Image Credit: Instagram: @westlakewarrioreagles We go to Oakland, where a group of teachers are on a hunger strike to protest a plan to close and merge over a dozen schools…
Chrome’s new tool should let you revisit your old Google rabbit holes
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google Chrome is rolling out Journeys, a feature that lets you revisit your old browsing sessions based on the subject matter you were…
Spotify’s CEO mistakes company growth for a mission statement
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge This story originally ran in Hot Pod, The Verge’s preeminent audio industry newsletter. You can subscribe here for more scoops, analysis, and reporting.…
Homeland Security’s Attempts to “Combat Misinformation” Are Suspect
During Donald Trump’s campaign for president, claims of Russian misinformation and disinformation were ubiquitous on cable news, Twitter and op-ed columns. Public discussion of misinformation has since skyrocketed during the…
Man On The Street Can’t Find Any Black People Mad At Joe Rogan For Saying N-Word, White Liberals Are Pissed Instead
‘With all the shit going on in the world, that’s the last thing I’m worried about,’ a young black man said.
Apple’s Tap to Pay feature lets newer iPhones accept contactless payments
It’s always a flower shop – Nilay Patel | Image: Apple Apple just announced plans to roll out Tap to Pay on iPhone, allowing businesses to use mobile devices as…
CalDigit’s new TS4 Thunderbolt 4 Dock has the most ports ever
CalDigit makes the biggest, best Thunderbolt docks around, and it’s finally getting on the Thunderbolt 4 train with its new TS4 dock — a $359.95 dock that offers a whopping…
Lightyear’s new trailer introduces Buzz’s crew and a creepy cat
Image: Pixar Pixar provided a fresh look at its Buzz Lightyear origin story with a trailer that introduces the rest of the cast — including a robot cat. Lightyear is…
NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build rocket that can launch samples of dirt off of Mars
An artistic rendering of what the MAV could look like launching from Mars | Image: NASA NASA has picked space and defense contractor Lockheed Martin to build a small rocket…
