Elon Musk’s plan to put Twitter’s blue tick verification badges up for sale has reportedly been delayed, slowing the microblogging platform’s rapid plummet to hell by a fraction. However, Musk is also banning unlabelled parody accounts. The New York Times reports that Twitter’s paid verification will now be launched Nov. 9, one day after the…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Former President Donald Trump reacts to the crowd after he finished speaking at a campaign rally in support of the campaign of Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida at the Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition on Sunday, November 6, 2022, in Miami. Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo Trump urged voters at a rally in Miami to reelect…
Sonoran desert toad (left); Joe Rogan (right) National Park Service; Christian Petersen/Getty Images The National Park Service told visitors not to lick toads or anything else they find in the parks. The warning was a nod to the psychoactive properties in toad secretions that some people smoke. However, licking the toads is dangerous to humans…
Then-President Donald Trump campaigns with Ron DeSantis at a rally in Pensacola, Fla., on November 3, 2018. AP Photo/Butch Dill, File Citadel CEO Ken Griffin said it was time to “move on” from Former President Donald Trump. The conservative donor put his support behind Governor Ron DeSantis instead. Neither Trump nor DeSantis has confirmed whether…
My wife messaged me on Friday to ask what the app was called that she uses every day to call me because she couldn’t find it. The app she needed to find was Google Duo, which was killed off by Google back in August, only to be brought back in icon form a couple of…
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple says to expect “longer wait times” if you plan on ordering an iPhone 14 Pro or 14 Pro Max. In a press release, the company explains that covid restrictions are affecting its iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, China, which is currently “operating at significantly reduced capacity.” “We…
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk’s Twitter has a new rule for everyone with an account on Twitter to follow, as he announced from his own account: “any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended.” In a follow-up tweet, Musk said “Previously, we issued…
Apple warned investors and customers on Sunday that it expects to ship fewer iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max units as the world’s most valuable tech firm grapples with the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown in China. The company said it continues to see strong demand for the pro models of the new iPhone 14…
Getty Images; Insider Oregon Measure 112 would change language in the state constitution that addresses slavery and involuntary servitude in prisons. Supporters argue that the slavery language has heavily affected marginalized communities. Oregon’s Department of Corrections argues that the measure misleads the public. A “yes” on Oregon Measure 112 would edit language in the state…
An M1A2 Abrams at Fort Benning in Georgia on April 29. US Army/Spc. Joshua Taeckens The US military has fielded the Abrams tank for more than 40 years. The next version may be the AbramsX, a lighter tank with an array of technological upgrades. America’s next main battle tank may be a lighter but more…