Ticketmaster yanked its explanation for the Taylor Swift ticket debacle

Where did the explanation go? | Photo by Sven Hoogerhuis / BSR Agency / Getty Images Ticketmaster has taken down its explanation for why buying a ticket to Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour was an absolute disaster. The explanation, titled “The Taylor Swift Onsale Explained,” was live in two places on Ticketmaster’s website on Thursday…

After The Merge, can Ethereum erase its historic emissions, too?

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge There’s a new effort to tackle Ethereum’s legacy of pollution, even after the cryptocurrency drastically reduced its greenhouse gas emissions this year. Ethereum software company ConsenSys launched a new initiative alongside more than a dozen tech and Web3 companies yesterday during the United Nations climate summit taking place…

LightSail 2 just met its fiery end, but solar sailing is just getting started

The last image taken by LightSail 2 before it re-entered the atmosphere. | Image: The Planetary Society After three years in space, the Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 mission burned up in the atmosphere on Thursday, November 17th. During its mission, the crowdfunded spacecraft made 18,000 orbits of the planet using its giant reflective sail and…

Elon Musk begins reinstating banned Twitter accounts, starting with Jordan Peterson and the Babylon Bee

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Photo: Getty Images Elon Musk has begun reinstating Twitter accounts that were previously subject to lifetime bans, taking the first steps toward his promise of lighter moderation on the platform. Announced Friday, the first affected accounts belong to author Jordan Peterson, comedian Kathy Griffin, and conservative parody outlet…