The space tourism industry is stuck in its billionaire phase
Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty ImagesThe spectacle of launching billionaires into space is the beginning of a long
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Month: July 2021
Facebook pushes back against Biden remarks on COVID-19 misinformation
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeFacebook continued its pushback Saturday against President Biden’s comment that social media platforms were
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Amazon is getting hauled into court for not recalling dangerous products the right way
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeSince 2019, Amazon has sold nearly 400,000 hair dryers that could shock someone if
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TurboTax parent company Intuit is exiting the IRS Free File Program
TurboTax parent company Intuit has opted out of the IRS Free File Program. | Getty ImagesIntuit, the parent company of
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Tesla Full Self Driving subscriptions are now available for $199 a month
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeTesla has started offering a monthly subscription for its Full Self Driving package for
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Emergency department visits spiked during June heatwave in US Northwest
Residents at a cooling center during a heatwave in Portland, Oregon, U.S., on Monday, June 28, 2021. | Maranie Staab/Bloomberg
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The stakes for fighting misinformation are life and death
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThe United States surgeon general published a report this week calling for a whole-of-society
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WhatsApp tests encrypted cloud backups on Android
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeWhen you’re using WhatsApp your messages are encrypted end-to-end, which means prying eyes can’t
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Amazon just got Fakespot booted off Apple’s iOS App Store
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeFakespot, known for its web browser extensions that try to weed out fake product
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Biden says platforms like Facebook are ‘killing people’ with COVID-19 misinformation
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe White House escalated its fight against vaccine misinformation on Friday, with President Biden directly criticizing
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