Monthly Archives: August 2022

Lawmakers press Facebook, TikTok, and Truth Social over threats against FBI

Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images Leaders on the House Oversight Committee are demanding major social media platforms swiftly address the surge of online threats against law enforcement after the FBI’s search of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida last week. On Friday, the lawmakers sent letters to eight major social media…

Acura’s Precision EV concept is inspired by… boats

Looks like a boat… looks like an SUV… it’s Acura’s precision concept EV. | Image: Acura Acura revealed a chonky new electric vehicle concept this week, apparently taking some inspiration from the shape of luxury Italian power boats. Teased earlier this month, the Acura Precision EV concept represents the company’s “north star” for the direction…

Twitter bans Florida Republican for encouraging the killing of federal agents

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has banned a Florida Republican candidate from the platform after a tweet that encouraged the killing of federal agents, as reported by Florida Politics on Friday. Luis Miguel is campaigning in the Republican primary to represent Florida’s 20th district in the state House of Representatives. Twitter did…

Intel turns to code translation to run old DirectX9 games on its newest GPUs

Enlarge / Team Fortress 2 is one of several still-popular games that use the DirectX9 API instead of a more modern version. (credit: Valve) Intel’s graphics marketing team is currently in the middle of an expectations-setting PR blitz around its upcoming Arc GPUs. Partly because of immature drivers, the new graphics cards generally perform much…