Banning flavored vapes won’t stop deadly lung disease
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge As the number of respiratory illnesses linked to e-cigarettes continues to rise, lawmakers
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Day: September 20, 2019
Google makes ‘biggest corporate purchase’ of renewable energy ahead of climate strikes
Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images On Thursday, Google announced its plan to make “the biggest corporate purchase of
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Microsoft employees are protesting the company’s ‘complicity in the climate crisis’
Alex Castro Microsoft workers have released a letter protesting the company’s work with oil companies, and say they’ve been made
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Jeff Bezos pledges that Amazon will swiftly combat climate change
Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Amazon Today, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced a massive new commitment to fight climate
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Twitter rolls out “hide replies” to let you tame toxic discussions
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter announced today that it’s giving people more control over the conversations they
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Google Maps, Waze, and Pandora now work natively with Siri on iOS 13
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple’s release of iOS 13 today means third-party developers can now release apps
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Facebook may copy your app, but Amazon will copy your shoe
Image: Amazon Copying has a long and rich history in Silicon Valley, from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ infamous raiding of
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Here’s why so many apps are asking to use Bluetooth on iOS 13
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple’s new iOS 13 update adds a new privacy measure that requires apps
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Google offshoot Wing is teaming up with FedEx and Walgreens for drone deliveries
Wing, the drone delivery service that’s an offshoot of Google parent company Alphabet, will launch its first pilot service in
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Lyft is adding bike lanes to its app to encourage safer riding
Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Bike lanes are coming to Lyft’s app. The ride-hailing company is adding protected bike lanes
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