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Nov 4, 2022 4 tweets 4 min read
In this week’s Vergecast, @alexeheath joins us to discuss the ongoing Elon Musk and Twitter saga: “This is the most dramatic cultural reset of a company I’ve ever witnessed.” Listen to the full conversation and subscribe here: pod.link/430333725 @alexeheath Twitter employees have compared the changes at Twitter to the Trump White House transition. Listen to today’s latest Vergecast episode: pod.link/430333725
Oct 26, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico passed policies aimed at building a more resilient, renewable electric grid with the help of $12 billion in federal recovery funds. Five years later, why has so little of it been spent? theverge.com/c/features/234… Image Very few of the long-term federal recovery funds have been spent so far. Less than 2 percent of the $9.5 billion allocated by FEMA and only 0.3 percent of the $3 billion in hazard mitigation grants have been disbursed
Mar 9, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
Justin Sun is one of crypto's loudest hype men. But according to former employees, he takes many risks dodging US and Chinese financial regulations theverge.com/c/22947663/jus… According to a former employee, his company, Tron, has a dedicated "market-making team" to pump the value of his cryptocurrency — "insider trading all the time"
Oct 14, 2021 7 tweets 6 min read
The Verge is turning 10, and we're celebrating! Join us in NYC on October 22nd and 23rd for live performances, special guests, interactive art and games, awesome food and drinks, and an opening night party. Grab your ticket while you still can: voxmediaevents.com/ontheverge/twi… Come experience interactive art installations by @VolvoxLabs and @ZachLieberman, get your game on in our one-of-a-kind indie arcade from @WondervilleNYC, and don’t forget to stop by The Giffinator with your friends
Oct 5, 2021 18 tweets 4 min read
In a few minutes, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will be appearing before a Senate Commerce subcommittee — and we’ll be tracking everything that happens right here. Here’s what we’re expecting: theverge.com/2021/10/5/2271… You can watch the hearing here, and we’ll be recapping the action as it happens
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Oct 19, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
President Trump struck a deal with Foxconn that promised to turn Wisconsin into a tech manufacturing powerhouse in exchange for billions in tax subsidies. Three years later, the factory — and the jobs — don’t exist, and they probably never will theverge.com/21507966/foxco… Foxconn had said it would build a 20-million-square-foot LCD complex in Wisconsin. Instead, it constructed an empty building 1/20th that size
Jul 29, 2020 35 tweets 13 min read
Everything you need to know from the tech antitrust hearing theverge.com/2020/7/29/2133… Rep @davidcicilline comes out swinging: "As gatekeepers to the digital economy, these platforms enjoy the power to pick winners and losers … Their ability to dictate terms, call the shots, upend entire sectors, and inspire fear represent the powers of a private government"
May 28, 2020 6 tweets 4 min read
Breaking: Donald Trump signs executive order targeting social media companies theverge.com/2020/5/28/2127… Right now, you might be wondering what Section 230...actually is. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered
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Jun 12, 2019 4 tweets 3 min read
What’s going to happen to all of your tweets and Instagram photos when you die? In the first episode of Why’d You Push That Button’s three-part miniseries about death online, @ashleyrcarman and @kait_tiffany are in search of the perfect digital afterlife applepodcasts.com/wyptb .@TimHerrera discusses why setting up a legacy contact is important, how a lot of your personal information will be lost to encryption if you don’t, and how Facebook is leading the charge open.spotify.com/show/4xEBxMawk…
Mar 12, 2019 27 tweets 9 min read
The World Wide Web turns 30: our favorite memories from A to Z theverge.com/2019/3/12/1825… Amazon: what began as an online bookstore rapidly expanded, and soon consumed, many of the brick-and-mortar brands we knew and loved. These days, using Amazon is kind of unavoidable.
Feb 25, 2019 10 tweets 3 min read
The Trauma Floor: The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America theverge.com/2019/2/25/1822… by @caseynewton Moderators in Phoenix will make just $28,800 per year — while the average Facebook employee has a total compensation of $240,000.
Feb 1, 2019 51 tweets 7 min read
We'll be liveblogging oral arguments for Mozilla v. FCC in this thread, so stay tuned for lots of arguing about net neutrality. The petitioners in the case go hard right off the bat: “This order is a stab in the heart of the Communications Act.”