Rolls-Royce’s first electric vehicle sounds like no other
Tim Stevens My favorite feature of the new $420,000, all-electric Rolls-Royce Spectre isn’t the cosseting ride quality or the illuminated stars embedded in the headliner of the insanely ornate interior.…
The AI search engines are here — and getting better
Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 59, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so…
Trailers of the week: Squid Game, Presence, and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Screenshot: YouTube With all the noise from the lead-up to the 2024 US Presidential election next week, you’d be forgiven for having missed some of the trailers that came out…
Kindle Colorsoft owners complain of a yellow bar on the e-reader’s screen
Image: David Pierce / The Verge People have started receiving their orders of Amazon’s first color e-reader, the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition, and many say they’re disappointed to find a…
Voter Turnout Surges in Swing States Impacted by Hurricane Helene
It’s been a little over a month since Hurricane Helene ripped through the southeastern United States, claiming hundreds of lives and causing an estimated $53 billion dollars in damages. In…
Democrats Have Edge in Swing House Races, According to Election Forecasters
With much of the attention on the House gravitating towards the battleground states of New York and California, where Democrats are trying to push back GOP gains from 2022, a…
Paid Sick Leave Is On the Ballot in Three States
St. Louis — Voters in Missouri, Nebraska, and Alaska will soon decide whether workers in those states should be entitled to paid sick leave. If approved, the ballot measures would…
Encampment Ban Heightens Risks for Miami’s Unhoused During Hurricane Milton
Florida’s houseless communities are reeling in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, the second Category 5 hurricane of the season. The storm pummeled Central Florida with catastrophic rainfall, storm surges, and…
Voting Experts Fear Post-Election Chaos But Tout Resilience of Electoral System
After months of fending off last minute challenges to electoral procedures and voter eligibility in key swing states filed by an array of right-wing forces, voting rights groups say the…
Billionaires Who Aim to “Disrupt” Education May Get a Chance Even If Trump Loses
If reelected U.S. president, Donald Trump, echoing other Republicans, has said he would shut down the Department of Education. All signs point toward a second Trump term expanding school privatization…
