Republicans Want to Raise Retirement Age to 70 as Life Expectancy Is Falling
In a time when life expectancy in the U.S. is declining for the first time in decades and Americans can expect on average to enjoy even fewer years of retirement,…
How the Spotify layoffs impact its podcasting business
Nick Barclay / The Verge Another week, another round of layoffs. This time, it is Spotify. CEO Daniel Ek informed employees yesterday morning that the company would be cutting 6…
Elon Musk is theoretically sad that Tesla investors lost money because of his tweets
Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge In testimony that was at times fiery and combative, Elon Musk came extremely close to expressing regret that Tesla investors lost money as…
My favorite new Steam Deck mod is this $30 see-through heatsink backplate
A see-through Steam Deck, with JSAUX’s backplate. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Silly me. I thought I was buying JSAUX’s transparent backplate for the Steam Deck for…
How to file and pay your 2022 taxes online
Samar Haddad / The Verge It’s a new year, and while we may have a variety of hopes for the coming year — a cessation or at least a lessening…
Microsoft Q2 2023: Windows, devices, and Xbox down as cloud holds strong
Illustration: The Verge Microsoft has just posted the second quarter of its 2023 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $52.7 billion in revenue and a net income of $16.4…
LastPass owner GoTo shares more bad news about November’s security breach
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge GoTo, the remote collaboration and IT software company that owns LastPass, has confirmed that, along with the LastPass password vaults, it also…
Google to shut down spam backdoor for political campaigns
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google plans to end a controversial pilot program that allows political groups to bypass Gmail’s spam filters later this month, as first reported…
Apple issues security update for the almost 10-year-old iPhone 5S
A vintage iPhone is getting an important security update well past its “fresh by” date. | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge The iPhone 5S got its last OS…
Florida Teachers Cover Books in Classrooms Over Fear of Anti-“WOKE” Laws
Several teachers in a school district in Florida are putting covers over books in their classroom libraries due to a vague but far-reaching law that restricts what kind of content…