Billionaire Tom Steyer profited from fossil fuels, and now he wants them eliminated
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Over the past decade, billionaire presidential candidate Tom Steyer has reinvented himself from fossil fuel
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Day: December 20, 2019
Watch Boeing launch its new passenger spacecraft on its first flight to the space station
(NASA/Joel Kowsky) Tomorrow morning, December 20th, Boeing is poised to launch its brand-new passenger spacecraft, the CST-100 Starliner, from Florida,
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US votes to raise age for buying tobacco — including e-cigs — from 18 to 21
Photo by Helen Havlak / The Verge The US Congress has voted to raise the age for purchasing tobacco from
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After a 20-year drought, US lawmakers fund gun violence research
Gun violence research just got $25 million in federal funds, after a 20-year drought in funding for that purpose. The
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Amazon’s Ring has been blaming reused passwords, but now thousands of logins have leaked
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Amazon’s Ring is having a very bad week. BuzzFeed News first reported today
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Cox owes $1 billion to record labels for harboring music pirates, jury decides
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Over the past few years, record labels have been suing ISPs for not
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Flickr owner SmugMug says it needs more money to ‘keep the Flickr dream alive’
Photo by Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images Photo hosting service SmugMug has penned an open letter asking fans of the
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Best Buy is having a flash sale on Xbox bundles, JBL speakers, and more
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Best Buy is having a flash sale from 7PM ET on December 19th
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Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names like ‘Dick,’ ‘Finger,’ and ‘Cummings’
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Lyft is flagging people with names its algorithm thinks are inappropriate, like “Dick,”
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Tesla vehicles can soon be charged at EVgo charging stations in the US
Tesla owners will soon be able to charge their vehicles at EVgo charging stations. The EV charging company said it
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