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Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images Uber will acquire food delivery service Postmates in a $2.65 billion all-stock deal intended to give the ride-hail company a much-need jolt after its offer to buy Grubhub fell apart amid antitrust scrutiny. Postmates’ app will continue to run separately after the acquisition, but it’ll be able to tap into … Continue reading Uber acquires meal delivery service Postmates for $2.65 billion Continue Reading →

Emma Robbins’ grandparents used to live in a traditional hogan like the one above, pictured with a 275-gallon water tank outside. They later moved into a home with two bathrooms. But without running water, the bathrooms were used as storage spaces. | DigDeep No running water is making it harder to fight COVID-19 Emma Robbins … Continue reading The Navajo Nation faced water shortages for generations — and then the pandemic hit Continue Reading →

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge One of the startup’s most exciting projects is finished, but will anyone see it? In April 2020, the weird and ambitious startup Magic Leap cut its workforce in half and delayed plans to take mixed reality glasses mainstream. The company had a wealth of ideas about how ordinary people might … Continue reading Fading Light: the story of Magic Leap’s lost mixed reality magnum opus Continue Reading →

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple’s AirPods Pro truly wireless earbuds are $220 at Verizon, which is $30 off the usual $250 price. Most deals we see for this model usually range from $15 to $20, and saving this much is far less common. Compared to the standard AirPods, this model features active noise cancellation, … Continue reading Apple AirPods Pro are $30 off at Verizon Continue Reading →

Microsoft is planning to launch its xCloud game streaming service later this year as part of Xbox Game Pass, and accessory makers are getting ready. 8BitDo, a company that specializes in retro and modern alternative gamepads, has adapted its retro NES controller for Microsoft’s Project xCloud service. The tiny Bluetooth controller is designed to be … Continue reading This tiny Xbox controller is designed for Microsoft’s xCloud service Continue Reading →

I spend a lot of time trying to personalize every aspect of my laptop: pasting stickers on the top, separating all of my icons into folders on my desktop, and, thanks to a little trick I learned on TikTok, using my favorite GIFs as backgrounds on Google Chrome. It’s a super simple process that makes … Continue reading How to personalize your Google Chrome homepage with any GIF Continue Reading →

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Recently, a friend sent me a preview of a book that she was about to have published and asked me to read it. I was delighted — but unfortunately, the copy she sent was formatted as a PDF file. And as many of us know, reading a … Continue reading How to convert a PDF file for your Kindle Continue Reading →

At its best, Pokémon Go blends the real world and the virtual, thanks to its use of location-based gameplay and augmented reality. That sensation really comes across in a new 30-second commercial for the game, directed by none other than Rian Johnson, best known for films like Knives Out and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The short clip features players … Continue reading Watch this Pokémon Go commercial directed by Rian Johnson Continue Reading →

Chinese EV startups Byton, Nio, and Karma Automotive were among the companies that received the largest loans from the government’s COVID-19-related Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in April, with each receiving loans of between $5 million and $10 million, according to new data released by the Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration (SBA). Byton received … Continue reading Chinese EV startups Byton and Nio received paycheck protection loans Continue Reading →

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google, Facebook, and Twitter are pausing the processing of data requests from the Hong Kong government as they review a new security law that went into effect on July 1st. Google put its pause into place as soon as the law took effect last Wednesday. “[W]hen the law … Continue reading Google, Facebook, and Twitter halt government data requests after new Hong Kong security law Continue Reading →