Monthly Archives: July 2022

Twitter is back after a major outage

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter went down for around 40 minutes this morning, in a major outage for the social network. Issues started with the service at around 8:05AM ET, with many users reporting “over capacity” error messages, and even errors saying “this page is down.” The issues affected Twitter web, mobile,…

GM announces plans to build ‘coast-to-coast’ network of 2,000 EV chargers at truck stops

General Motors announced a “coast-to-coast” network of fast electric vehicle chargers installed at Pilot and Flying J truck stops and managed by EV charging company EVgo. The announcement is the latest sign that legacy automakers will need to spend their own money to shore up the US’ fractured EV charging infrastructure in order to build…

Amazon offers to level the playing field with third-party sellers to avoid EU fines

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon has offered a number of concessions to third-party sellers on its platform in Europe in an attempt to settle an antitrust investigation opened by the EU in 2019. The European Commission accused Amazon of abusing its dual-position as both marketplace operator and retailer; using the sales data…

Corsair’s latest mechanical keyboard is its first with hot-swappable switches

Included tools can be used to remove both the keyboard’s keycaps and switches. | Image: Corsair Corsair’s K70 Pro Mini Wireless is the company’s first mechanical keyboard to feature hot-swappable switches, which means you can easily remove and replace them with an included tool — no soldering required. The $179.99 (£169.99 / €189.99) keyboard is…