Electric scooter-sharing grinds to a halt in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Photo by Nils Petter Nilsson/Getty Images Electric scooters are vanishing from more cities as the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to
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Month: March 2020
Snap rolling out ‘Here For You’ mental health tool early with focus on coronavirus
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Snap is rolling out its Here For You search tool a bit earlier
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Blood from recovered COVID-19 patients is a key resource for scientists
A recovered COVID-19 patient donates blood in Beijing. | Photo by Cui Nan/China News Service via Getty Images When a
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Air pollution could make the COVID-19 pandemic worse for some people
Photo by Mark Wilson / Getty Images Juliana Pino usually fights to push polluters out of the Little Village neighborhood
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Self-driving car engineer Anthony Levandowski pleads guilty to stealing Google trade secrets
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Anthony Levandowski, the self-driving car engineer and former Google executive who joined Uber via an
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Tesla to shut down California and New York factories amid coronavirus pandemic
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Tesla will temporarily shut down its car manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, starting
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Uber is lifting restrictions on drivers in NYC in response to coronavirus
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Uber will stop blocking drivers in New York City from signing on to its app,
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Uber is doing 70 percent fewer trips in cities hit hard by coronavirus
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber took stock of the effect the coronavirus outbreak has had on its
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Mexican gray wolf numbers in the US soared in 2019
A Mexican wolf pup. | Photo: US Fish and Wildlife Service The US population of endangered Mexican gray wolves jumped
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Go read this in-depth look at how COVID-19 will challenge hospitals
Credit: ProPublica The coronavirus is going to challenge industries across the globe, and among the most pressing questions is whether
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