Go read this story about the parents fighting to stop drug deals on Snapchat
NBC has an excellent story that takes a look at the trend of young adults attempting to buy prescription or recreational drugs from dealers on Snapchat —…
Vergecast: Amazon’s fall hardware event, Google’s Search On event, and Code Conference 2021
Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and…
How to switch languages using the Android Gboard keyboard
Learning a new language on an Android device? If the language uses a different alphabet or employs accents that your primary language does not, you may need…
Sony is offering free trials of Death Stranding and Sackboy in the UK
Sony appears to be reintroducing an old concept for two of its newer Playstation 5 games — game trials. Sony will now let you try the PS5…
Disney and Scarlett Johansson have settled their lawsuit
Three months after Scarlett Johansson sued Disney over its streaming release of Black Widow, arguing she stood to lose millions of dollars because her salary was based…
Get a full year of PlayStation Plus for only $37
Anyone who owns a PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 should consider becoming a PlayStation Plus subscriber — it’s one of the best deals in gaming, after all….
Samsung seems to have pulled ads from its stock apps, as promised
A major annoyance of using a Samsung phone is finally getting fixed, as the company seems to have finally pulled ads from some of its stock apps….
Apple updates iOS 15 to fix the iPhone 13’s Apple Watch unlock bug
Apple’s iPhone 13 lineup just launched last week, but some users ran into a frustrating issue where they couldn’t use their Apple Watch to unlock their new…
Judge shelves Nikola’s $2 billion patent lawsuit against Tesla
A federal judge has administratively closed a $2 billion patent infringement lawsuit hydrogen trucking startup Nikola filed against Tesla in 2018, essentially pulling it off the Northern…
Apple’s fortress of secrecy is crumbling from the inside
On June 14th, 2021, Apple’s remote work advocacy group sent an anonymous email to Tim Cook. “We all agree that we are here at Apple to make…
Google halts plans for Google Pay-based banking service
Google has stopped working on its Plex service, which aimed to let you do your banking through the Google Pay app. The service was supposed to let…
Discord is ending its Stage Discovery tool but says Stage Channels are doing well
Discord said Friday it’s going to sunset its Stage Discovery tool on October 4th, less than six months after it launched. Rolled out in June, Stage Discovery…
CDC emails show that vaccine cards are supposed to fit in your wallet
Since the dawn of time (around five or six months ago), people all over the world (Twitter users in the United States) have been puzzling over a…
Scotland Yard urge women to ‘wave down a bus’ if they are concerned about being approached by a lone male officer
She said: “I feel like they are just clutching at straws, because the advice isn’t relevant. It’s like a distraction because, number one, in that situation you…
GPs to check exemption applications if Covid passports are introduced
GPs will review every Covid vaccination exemption if mandatory vaccine passports are introduced this winter, the Government has announced. New guidance says that if people are medically…
The Queen goes green to plant seeds of ‘lasting legacy’ ahead of Platinum Jubilee
The Queen was given a homemade card to mark the end of her traditional summer break at her Scottish residence. She thanked the children for the “very…
Black History Month website brands white people ‘genetically defective descendants of albino mutants’
A Black History Month website controlled by a white man featured taxpayer-funded adverts alongside claims that white people are the “genetically defective descendants of albino mutants”, a…
Dying former soldier banned from wearing uniform at Belfast trial
His hands and arms are black and blue, bruised from constant treatment and the prodding of needles. He spent 26 years in the Army, signing up at…
GM says chip situation improving; reports first sales drop in 4 qtrs
FILE PHOTO: The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Oct…
Fed’s Mester repeats first rate hike could come at the end of 2022
Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester takes part in a panel convened to speak about the health of the U.S. economy in New York November 18, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas…
U.S. consumer spending increases; inflation eroding households’ buying power
People wearing protective masks shop at Macy’s Herald Square following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York,…
EXCLUSIVE GM aims to profit from software as it broadens its EV lineup
DETROIT, Oct 1 (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) plans to position itself as a technology platform company that is as focused on software as it is…
Merck COVID-19 pill success slams Moderna shares, shakes up healthcare sector
Oct 1 (Reuters) – Positive clinical trial results for Merck & Co’s (MRK.N) experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill reverberated through the healthcare sector on Friday, sending the drugmaker’s…
Wall Street kicks off October with gains, boosted by economic optimism
A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, October 28, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Merck rises on positive COVID-19 pill data…
EXCLUSIVE White House presses U.S. airlines to quickly mandate vaccines for staff
Rows of empty seats of an American Airline flight are seen, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) disruption continues across the global industry, during a flight between Washington D.C….