T-Mobile promises to try not to get hacked again
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile is investing millions of dollars into revamping its cybersecurity practices as part of a settlement with the US Federal Communications Commission. The…
Systems used by courts and governments across the US riddled with vulnerabilities
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Public records systems that courts and governments rely on to manage voter registrations and legal filings have been riddled with vulnerabilities that made it possible for…
In fear of more user protests, Reddit announces controversial policy change
Enlarge (credit: Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images) Following site-wide user protests last year that featured moderators turning thousands of subreddits private or not-safe-for-work (NSFW), Reddit announced that mods now…
Uber beats crash victims’ attempt to try case in court instead of arbitration
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) A married couple can’t sue Uber over severe injuries they suffered in a 2022 car accident because of a mandatory arbitration provision in the…
CEO of “health care terrorists” sues senators after contempt of Congress charges
Enlarge / The empty chair of Steward Health Care System Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Ralph de la Torre who did not show up during the US Senate Committee on Health,…
Franklin expedition captain who died in 1848 was cannibalized by survivors
Enlarge / Oil painting by Belgian marine artist François Etienne Musin depicting tje HMS Erebus trapped in Arctic ice. (credit: Public domain) Scientists at the University of Waterloo have identified…
How Hurricane Helene became a monster storm
This aerial picture taken on September 27th, 2024, shows a flooded street after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Steinhatchee, Florida. | Photo by Ricardo Arduengo / AFP via Getty Images…
This Biohybrid Robot Is Made of Human Cells and Controlled by a Machine ‘Mind’
In a tiny laboratory pond, a robotic stingray flaps its fins and swims around. Roughly the width of a dime, the bot dashes distances multiple times its body size. It…
Tesla China Megapack Factory is Over Twice As Big as Expected
I, Brian Wang, noticed that an aerial view of the Tesla China Megapack factory was revealing a building that is over the twice the size of the Lathrop California Tesla…
YouTube’s missing hits will come back now that it has a deal with SESAC
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube has reached a deal with the music licensing organization SESAC that will bring back songs that were removed over the weekend. Many…