Five-Minute Breathing Workout Lowers Blood Pressure As Much As Exercise, Drugs
A new study shows that a breathing exercise known as Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training can reduce blood pressure in weeks, with benefits on par with daily exercise or medication.
Tencent taps Blizzard veterans to make ‘the next great PC RTS’
PUBG Mobile is currently one of Tencent’s biggest titles. | Image: Tencent Games Tencent’s sprawling games empire just grew one studio bigger. Uncapped Games is a new Los Angeles-based studio…
AT&T joins T-Mobile in switching all Android phones to Google’s Messages app for RCS
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge AT&T and Google have announced that all Android phones on the network will use Google’s Android Messages app for SMS and RCS…
Newly Discovered White Dwarf So Dense It Might Collapse
Smoldering cinder packs “a mass greater than that of our Sun into a body about the size of our Moon”
Maya Schenwar Says Defunding the Police Might Have Saved Her Sister’s Life
As the U.S. marks 50 years since President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs on June 17, 1971, we speak with journalist Maya Schenwar, editor-in-chief of the news website…
Sen. Warren calls for investigation of Google’s ‘Project Bernanke’
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called for an investigation of Google’s alleged…
The auto industry is distancing itself from Tesla in response to new crash reporting rule
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge The auto industry is holding its fire — for now — over the new requirement to report crashes involving vehicles equipped with partially…
Canada’s Indigenous Genocide Is Ongoing
A powerful message painted on the front of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on June 25, 2021.Pat Dubois The recovery of mass and unmarked graves at former Indian residential…
Fannie and Freddie Are Just Government Agencies. They’re Likely to Stay That Way.
Fannie and Freddie were long quasi-government corporations that typified the corrupt union between the feds and corporate America
The Fed’s Power over Inflation and Interest Rates Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Because of past easy-money binges, the pool of wealth may be declining just as prices are increasing