Monthly Archives: August 2022

Here are the Republicans the White House put on blast for bashing student loan forgiveness despite having their own PPP loans forgiven

Left to right, top to bottom: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Rep. Vern Buchanan, Rep. Markwayne Mullin, Rep. Kevin Stern, Rep. Mike Kelly, Rep Matt Gaetz Left to right, top to bottom: Joe Raedle/Getty Images, Bill Clark/Roll Call/Getty Images, Drew Angerer/Getty Images, Samuel Corum/Getty Images, Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call, Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Biden announced plans to…

iFixit Says Apple’s DIY Repair Program Makes MacBooks ‘Seem Less Repairable’

Apple this week expanded its Self Service Repair program to MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models equipped with the M1 series of chips, providing customers in the U.S. with access to select parts, manuals, and tools to repair the notebooks. While the program’s expansion is good news for the right-to-repair movement, repair guide website iFixit…

Why startups are thriving in South East Asia and Pakistan

In the past few years, startups throughout South East Asia and Pakistan have been steadily growing and taking on the regions’ most pressing challenges. From agriculture to healthcare, these startups are building digital solutions to tackle their area of focus. Recently, the digital audiences in these regions have expanded significantly. In South East Asia alone,…

Elon Musk says Tesla cars will connect to Starlink’s new cellular-broadcasting satellites

Soon with satellite connectivity. | Photo by Loren Grush / The Verge Elon Musk just announced that the upcoming second-generation Starlink internet satellites include cellular antennas for connections with phones from T-Mobile in the US, and potentially other operators as well. Following the event, he responded to tweets asking whether the connections will work with…

Official White House Twitter roasts GOP critics of student debt forgiveness

The White House is getting messy on main. The official Twitter account has called out commentators who criticised its student loan forgiveness plan — by sharing exactly how much of their own debt the government forgave. It ain’t pennies, either. Earlier this week, President Biden announced that the U.S. government would partially forgive some students’…

T-Mobile says subscribers will be able to connect to Starlink’s second-gen satellites for coverage

T-Mobile and SpaceX have announced a new technology alliance they’re calling “Coverage and Above and Beyond” that aims to end mobile deadzones. In an event at SpaceX’s Starbase facility, the companies have revealed that they’re working on integrating a slice of T-Mobile’s mid-band 5G spectrum into the second-gen Starlink satellites launching next year. It’s like…

T-Mobile and SpaceX Starlink say your 5G phone will connect to satellites next year

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile says it’s getting rid of mobile dead zones thanks to a new partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet, at an event hosted by T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert and Elon Musk. According to Musk, second-generation Starlink satellites launching next year will be able to broadcast service using part…