Google confirms diversity exec no longer in role after problematic post
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeOne of Google’s top executives in diversity strategy and research has left his post
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Month: June 2021
Facebook to end special treatment for politicians after Trump ban
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeFacebook plans to end its controversial policy that mostly shields politicians from the content
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Apple is updating AirTags to make them less creepy
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeApple is distributing an AirTags software update that makes it harder for people to
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Joe Biden signs order banning US investment in Chinese surveillance companies
Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday expanding a Trump-era ban on Americans investing in
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Ford delays Mustang Mach-E deliveries in the UK due to ‘safety risk’
Photo by Sean O’Kane / The VergeDeliveries of Ford’s first long-range electric vehicle, the Mustang Mach-E, in the United Kingdom
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United Airlines is buying 15 supersonic aircraft from Boom Supersonic
United Airlines has agreed to purchase 15 supersonic aircraft from Boom Supersonic, with an option to increase that order to
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NASA will send two missions to Venus for the first time in over 30 years
The agency has picked two new robotic missions to explore the hot hell-world of Venus, Earth’s neighbor and the second
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You probably shouldn’t eat cicadas if you’re allergic to shellfish
Magicicada periodical cicadas, members of Brood X, cluster on a plant at Fairland Recreational Park June 01, 2021 in Burtonsville,
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SpaceX signs bulk deal for three private Crew Dragon missions
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule is seen docked to the ISS in April, 2021 after a port relocation manuever with its
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This scientist shoots trees to study how they migrate
In Black Rock Forest, just north of New York City, Angie Patterson aims a shotgun at a northern red oak
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