The pandemic was the bloodiest year for driving in over a decade
Photo by Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Road deaths jumped 7.2 percent in 2020 from the year before, hitting a 13-year high, even though people weren’t…
Go read this story about why it’s time to scrap racist bird names
An illustration of a Maui parrotbill perched on a branch. | Photo by Brown Bear/Windmill Books/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Some 150 birds named for people tied to slavery…
Facebook gives Trump a 2-year suspension, changes rules for politicians
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook has extended former President Donald Trump’s indefinite ban into a two-year suspension that will end January 7th, 2023. It will then reevaluate…
EPA Workers Demand the Removal of Fossil Fuel Stocks From Their Retirement Plans
This article was originally published at Labor Notes. Not long ago, workers at the Environmental Protection Agency were battling the Trump Administration’s many attempts to interfere with both their agency’s…
FBI Probes Allegation That DeJoy Used Illegal Scheme to Rise as GOP Megadonor
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating Republican campaign donations in connection to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and his former company. As first reported by The Washington Post, FBI…
Tinder will start letting you block people by their phone number
Image: Tinder Tinder is finally letting you avoid all your exes, friends, colleagues, relatives, and anyone else you might not want to run into on a dating app. The company…
New Report Finds Police-Perpetrated Killings in 2020 Were Vastly Underreported
According to The Guardian newspaper, 1,093 people were killed by police in the United States in 2020. Meanwhile, the website Mapping Police Violence, another well-respected source for such information, puts…
The tiny Playdate handheld gets a price bump but double the games
Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge Panic is finally sharing some more information about its delayed Playdate, the tiny yellow handheld with a crank. The quirky little gadget is…
Twitch chats are about to get more chaotic with animated emotes
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitch is announcing some big updates to emotes on Friday, including that animated emotes will soon be available on the live-streaming platform. Emotes…
Senate Parliamentarian Creates New Obstacle for Dems’ Infrastructure Plans
The Senate parliamentarian has issued new guidance on what routes Democrats in Congress can use to pass much of their legislative agenda, creating new roadblocks in their attempts to utilize…