Twitter politely asks you to protect its targeted ad dollars in new iOS 14.5 prompt
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge As part of iOS 14.5, Apple’s App Tracking Transparency forces developers to ask permission for something they used to be able to do…
COVID Has Catalyzed a Wave of Tenant Organizing That Was Long Overdue
Fifty billion dollars. That’s the amount of past-due rent accumulated during the first year of the pandemic, according to some estimates. And with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s…
My Grandparents Lived Through the Nakba. Now It’s Happening Again.
On May 15, Palestinians around the world mourn the Nakba, or “catastrophe” in Arabic. The Nakba traditionally refers to a dark period of our history in 1947 and 1948 when…
Ebay will enact a sex ban starting June 15
Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images If you’re hoping to turn a dollar on that extremely explicit hentai you picked up in college, you won’t be selling it…
Venmo shows who you’re friends with even if you’re Joe Biden
Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick-Pool/Getty Images Venmo has a major privacy flaw that’s been well-known for years: there’s no way to keep your list of Venmo contacts private. That means you…
Ireland refuses to pay ransom demand in attack on its national health service
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Ireland’s health service, the HSE, shut down all of its IT systems on Friday following a “significant” ransomware attack which has disrupted COVID-19…
Apple said Roblox developers don’t make games, and now Roblox agrees
Image: Roblox Massively popular game creation tool Roblox is now a massively popular experience creation tool Roblox, possibly in response to the ongoing Epic v. Apple trial. Roblox allows a…
China is set to land on Mars for the first time
A photo of Mars captured by China’s Tianwen-1 probe in February. | Photo: Xinhua via Getty Images Sometime between tonight and next Wednesday, China will attempt to land a pair…
Apple confirms space gray Magic Keyboards, Trackpads, and Mice are discontinued
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge If you want a space gray Apple accessory, such as a Magic Mouse, Keyboard, or Trackpad, now is the time to get one…
Facebook loses bid to block a potentially major change to EU data sharing
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Ireland’s High Court has dismissed Facebook’s bid to block a European Union privacy regulation — created by the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC)…
