This Week in Elon: Come back to the office, you’re fired
Hello! Welcome (or welcome back) to This Week in Elon, The Verge’s occasionally revived newsletter for when there’s Too Much Elon News. And, I mean, there’s always too much Elon…
The best tech you can gift mom year-round
What do you gift your mom? That’s a challenging question to answer, especially given mothers — the generous, unselfish beings they can be — are not likely to spill the…
LG’s new lifestyle TV reminds us that TVs don’t have to be ugly
LG is catching up with Samsung in “lifestyle” TV land, adding a new model to its LG OLED Objet Collection that launched last year. The new Posé is a slimline…
Square to begin beta testing support for Apple’s Tap to Pay
Square announced on Thursday that it will begin to support Apple’s Tap to Pay technology later this year with a beta test arriving this summer as part of the company’s…
Biden wishes Elon Musk ‘lots of luck’ on Moon trip that NASA is funding
Today, when asked about Elon Musk’s pessimistic attitude toward the economy, President Joe Biden made a dismissive little quip: “Lots of luck on his trip to the Moon.” It’s a…
Amazon’s retail CEO is resigning after 23 years
Dave Clark, Amazon’s CEO of worldwide consumer business, is resigning effective July 1st, the company announced on Friday. Clark has been with Amazon for 23 years and played a major…
Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy Watch 5 Pro ‘confirmed’ in beta app
Well, well, well. There were rumors that Samsung would ditch the Classic model for the Galaxy Watch 5, and according to the beta version of the Samsung Health app, it…
Cruise can finally start charging for fully driverless robotaxis
Self-driving company Cruise has received a permit from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to charge for fully driverless rides, a milestone that the company claims makes it “the first…
Meta adds new Calls tab to its Messenger app for iOS and Android
Meta is rolling out a new ‘Calls’ tab globally in its Messenger app for iOS and Android users. The new tab will keep track of each call you make or…
Resident Evil 4 remake is coming to PS5, Xbox, and PC in March 2023
Capcom is continuing its trend of remaking classic Resident Evil games with the fourth mainline entry in the survival horror series. A remake of Resident Evil 4 will be hitting…