Billionaire Gautam Adani and several executives at his company, the Indian conglomerate Adani Group, have been indicted over an alleged scheme to pay more than $250 million in bribes to Indian officials in exchange for contracts to a 12 gigawatt … Continue reading Solar power magnate Gautam Adani and others indicted over alleged $250M bribery scheme
Donald J. Trump’s grass-roots opponents search for a new playbook as they reckon with how little they accomplished during his first term. Source: New York Times ‘Get Somebody Else to Do It’: Trump Resistance Encounters Fatigue Continue reading ‘Get Somebody Else to Do It’: Trump Resistance Encounters Fatigue
A conceptual rendering of Blue Origin’s cargo lander. | Image: Blue Origin / NASA After asking both SpaceX and Blue Origin to develop cargo landers for its Artemis missions, NASA has announced plans to use those landers to deliver heavy … Continue reading NASA wants SpaceX and Blue Origin to deliver cargo to the moon
Image: The Verge Reddit appears to be having some issues, as many users can’t get the platform to load reliably. “There was a bug in a recent update we made, but a fix is in place and we’re ramping back … Continue reading Reddit is having some issues
The sentencing came hours after a judge issued a guilty verdict. The case became a flashpoint in the bitter national debate over immigration policy. Source: New York Times Laken Riley Murder Trial: Jose Ibarra Found Guilty of Killing Georgia Nursing … Continue reading Laken Riley Murder Trial: Jose Ibarra Found Guilty of Killing Georgia Nursing Student
The attorney general for the District of Columbia is suing instant payday loan fintech Earnin for “deceptively marketing and providing illegal high-interest loans,” the AG alleges. Earnin allows its users to get loans against paychecks. It advertises that users can … Continue reading Another VC-backed fintech, Earnin, faces crackdown over allegedly ‘predatory’ loans
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has been trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 for months now, ahead of the end of support date for Windows 10 in October, 2025. Earlier this year, … Continue reading Microsoft tries to convince Windows 10 users to buy a new PC with full-screen prompts
Image: Meta Meta has announced that it’s adding HD video calling and noise suppression to its Messenger app, along with several other features like AI backgrounds that help bring it up to par with other popular smartphone video calling apps. … Continue reading Messenger video calls will look and sound better — and add AI backgrounds
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge After its foray into headphones, the next major new product category from Sonos is rumored to be a video streaming box similar to a Roku, Amazon Fire TV, or Apple TV. Such a device … Continue reading Sonos’ smart TV plans might have found an OS
Republicans are exploiting juvenile gossip and unfounded fears of sexual violence. Source: New York Times The Bathrooms of the Capitol Are Now Unsafe Spaces Continue reading The Bathrooms of the Capitol Are Now Unsafe Spaces
