Google Abandons Building 15,000 Homes In San Francisco
The ‘Downtown West’ project in San Jose was set to feature 4,000 affordable housing units, sufficient office space for 20,000 workers, a 300-room hotel, and 10 parks. Instead, San Francisco…
The WeWork soap opera’s latest episode includes filing for bankruptcy
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Co-working office space provider WeWork has filed for bankruptcy covering its locations in the US and Canada, and in a filing, it said…
WHO Warns Painful Mosquito-borne Disease Will Become A Major Threat This Decade: ‘We Need To Really Prepare’
Sir Jeremy Farrar said hospitals across the region should start to plan for disease. A mosquito-borne disease that kills thousands of people every year could become a major threat in…
PS5 ‘slim’ teardown shows the clever engineering of its detachable disc drive
The new PS5. | Image: Sony The new PlayStation 5 hasn’t come out yet — it doesn’t even have a specific release date — but a few YouTubers have gotten…
Palestine Solidarity Activists Block Boeing’s Doors to Stop Delivery of Bombs
This morning, over 75 youth activists blocked all entrances to Boeing Building 598, a major weapons manufacturing company located in St. Charles, Missouri. Bringing together members from at least five…
Jewish Voice for Peace Takes Over Statue of Liberty in Protest for Ceasefire
Hundreds of Jewish activists and their allies staged a large-scale demonstration at the Statue of Liberty on Monday afternoon, demanding that U.S. leaders pressure the Israeli government to agree to…
David Axelrod Tells Biden He Should Drop Out of 2024 Presidential Race
President Joe Biden received a startling anti-endorsement from a former Obama administration official on Sunday following the release of polling data that suggests he is currently losing to former President…
The fix is in for the Pixel’s nasty multi-user bug on Android 14
Android 14 wreaked havoc on some Pixel phones with multiple user profiles. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Google’s November update should be coming very soon to Pixel…
Transgender Kansans Can Vote Amid Ongoing Legal Challenge to Anti-Trans Law
Transgender Kansans will be able to vote in the upcoming 2023 general election this month, despite trans voters’ initial fears that their IDs would be rejected amid ongoing legal challenges…
TikTok’s $1 billion creator fund is shutting down
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok’s $1 billion creator fund will come to an end on December 16th, 2023, the company told users today. Creators in the US,…