Twitter is shutting down Fleets, its expiring tweets feature
Twitter just rolled out Fleets to everyone in November. | Twitter Say goodbye to Fleets, the row of fullscreen tweets at the top of the Twitter timeline that expire after…
Republicans Force Tennessee Health Department to Stop Vaccine Outreach to Youth
The Tennessee health department, under pressure from Republican state lawmakers, is stopping all vaccine outreach to youth in the state and has been ordered to not publicize National Immunization Awareness…
Facebook will pay $1 billion to creators through 2022
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook plans to pay out $1 billion to creators over the next year and a half as part of an effort to court…
Clubhouse launches its DM feature Backchannel
Backchannel, Clubhouse’s messaging feature | Image: Clubhouse Now, you can slide into people’s Clubhouse DMs. The social audio company is launching its direct messaging feature, Backchannel, today for all users…
Android 12 Beta 3 has a wild new way to handle auto-rotation
Google is releasing the latest beta for Android 12 right on schedule. Beta 3 for Android 12 continues adding features, including scrolling screenshots, faster on-device universal search for apps, improved…
Chrome will soon let you turn on an HTTPS-first mode
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is working to make browsing more secure by soon offering an HTTPS-first option, which will try to upgrade page loads to HTTPS,…
An AI model shows health centers in California aren’t prepared for power outages
Wildfires in the West can lead to power outages. There are around 20 federally qualified health centers in the areas touched by the Lava, Tennant, and Salt fires, which started…
Pfizer Is Upholding Global Vaccine Apartheid. Today We Risk Arrest to Stop It.
Pfizer is getting away with murder by only allowing rich countries to get the lion’s share of its COVID-19 vaccines. Today, I am putting my body on the line to…
European Union proposes roadmap for slashing greenhouse gas emissions
Frans Timmermans, vice president of the European Commission, Adina Valean, transport commissioner of the European Union (EU), Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, Paolo Gentiloni, economy commissioner…
Democrats’ New Version of Infrastructure Bill Claws Back Trump Tax Cuts for Rich
The second half of President Biden’s combined $4.1 infrastructure plan has finally landed, after a long and often aggravating first half of summer. A number of the details still have…
