Ford just unveiled the F-150 Lightning, its first electric pickup truck. And as has become tradition in the EV world, a mere $100 deposit can get you in line for one when these rigs eventually begin to roll off the assembly line starting in 2022. The trucks are available for Continue Reading
Asus’ new Zenbook 13 offers an OLED display for a previously unthinkable $800 price
If you told me you’d found an OLED laptop for just $800, I’d have warned you against refurbished computers and deep-discount closeout sales. The inky blackness and gorgeous colors of OLED have not come cheap. Dell charges a $300 premium just for the screen. And yet Asus’s new affordable OLED Continue Reading
Ford F-150 Lightning revealed: an electric truck for the masses
Images: Ford Up to 300 miles of range starting at just under $40,000 Continue reading…
Google details how interconnected Matter smart home standard will work on Android and Nest
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Google is one of the major companies behind the upcoming interconnected cross-platform smart home standard Matter, and today, the company has explained how it’ll work to support Matter with its Android devices and Nest smart home products. To start, the company is promising Continue Reading
Twitter says its image crops weren’t very biased, but is phasing them out anyhow
Image: Yee, Tantipongpipat, Mishra Twitter is phasing out its image cropping algorithm in favor of showing larger previews, and the company has announced that it’s been looking into accusations that the system was biased. It found that the crops were slightly biased towards certain races and genders, but Twitter’s main Continue Reading
Slack will let you list your pronouns right under your job title
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Slack is now rolling out a new field for profiles that will let you list your pronouns right under your name and job title. Once filled out, your pronouns will appear both on the mini-profiles you see when you click on someone’s name Continue Reading
Five more women are suing Amazon for discrimination and retaliation
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Five female Amazon employees filed discrimination lawsuits against the company Wednesday, Recode reports. The women worked at vastly different areas of the business, ranging from a warehouse to corporate HR. All say they were retaliated against by white managers after bringing forward complaints Continue Reading
Nintendo’s new Zelda Amiibo removes tedium for an extra $25
Nintendo is releasing the HD remake of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword on the Switch on July 16th, and in the run up to the return of the — checks Hyrule Historia — current earliest entry in the Zelda timeline, it’s also selling a new amiibo. The $25 “Zelda Continue Reading
Netflix is getting a trilogy of Fear Street movies in July
Photo: Netflix The ’90s are back in Netflix’s latest horror movies. A trilogy of movies based on R.L. Stine’s classic Fear Street book series is coming to the streaming service in July. Plan your spooky movie nights accordingly: part one will debut on July 2nd, followed by sequels on the Continue Reading
Ford F-150 Lightning announcement: how to watch the electric pickup truck’s debut
Ford is getting ready to pull the curtain back on its latest electric vehicle. The F-150 Lightning, the electric version of the automaker’s bestselling pickup truck, will take center stage at Ford’s headquarters in Dearborn, MI, at 9:30PM ET on Wednesday, May 19th. Ford says there will be “30+ ways Continue Reading