Monthly Archives: November 2022

Is IGTV Gone?

I remember recording a 20-minute video I intended to upload to Instagram as IGTV content. The video was a collaboration with a few of my content creator friends, and I was so excited to share it. Imagine my surprise — and confusion — when I logged into Instagram and couldn’t find the IGTV feature! I…

Instagram should have rejected police pressure to ban rap song, says Oversight Board

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Meta Oversight Board says the company shouldn’t have accepted police demands to remove drill music — a rap genre some politicians and officials have blamed for gang violence — from its platform. The board says Instagram erred in banning a UK drill song after a request from…

Lyft is recycling its e-bike and scooter batteries with ex-Tesla founder’s firm

Photo by: Lindsey Nicholson / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Lyft is partnering with Redwood Materials, a battery recycling company founded by a former Tesla executive, to ensure its fleet of shared e-bikes and scooters have a second life. It’s a noteworthy deal considering Lyft’s status as the largest electric bike-share operator…

Tesla has lost almost $700 billion in market value – the equivalent of 3 Disneys, 4 Nikes, or 6 Starbucks

Elon Musk. Reuters Tesla’s market capitalization has plunged from over $1.2 trillion to $530 billion in the past year. Elon Musk’s company has lost nearly a Berkshire Hathaway’s worth of market value. Tesla’s $670 billion decline is roughly equivalent to three Disneys, four Nikes, or six Starbucks. Tesla‘s market capitalization has plunged by approaching $700…

Some Twitter staff who committed to Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ Twitter 2.0 last week have since been laid off, report says

Musk at a 2022 Halloween party. Taylor Hill/Getty Images A number of Twitter sales staff who committed to Elon Musk’s “Twitter 2.0” last week have now been laid-off. Both Platformer and Bloomberg reported the news, saying cuts started on Sunday evening. Bloomberg reported that Musk is trying to balance layoffs across the technical and sales…

GOP election officials in two Arizona counties are delaying certifying their votes on the basis of unproven voting machine claims

A poll worker at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Elections Center (MCTEC) in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 25, 2022. OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images Election officials in two Arizona counties are delaying certifying the midterm election results. The officials are citing unproven claims about voting machines in Maricopa County. Some Republicans are stirring voter disenfranchisement…