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- Quibi reportedly lost 90 percent of early users after their free trials expired
- Ford employees ask the company to stop making police cars
- Amazon’s Alexa app will soon let you speak commands without pressing the blue button
- Apple promises to support Thunderbolt on its new ARM Macs
- Google reportedly abandoned a cloud computing product for the Chinese market
- Facebook bans Roger Stone after linking him to fake accounts
- Smart home platform Wink is finally rolling out its controversial subscription program on July 27th
- Doctors are better at treating COVID-19 patients now than they were in March
- Amazon will start listing names and addresses of Marketplace sellers to combat counterfeiting
- Harley Quinn shows superheroes are better when you don’t take them so seriously
| Quibi reportedly lost 90 percent of early users after their free trials expired Posted: 08 Jul 2020 04:51 PM PDT  Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Streaming service Quibi only managed to convert a little under 10 percent of its early wave of users into paying subscribers, says mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower. According to the firm's new report on Quibi's early growth, the short-form video platform signed up about 910,000 users in its first few days back in April. Of those users, only about 72,000 stuck around after the three-month free trial, indicating the app had about an 8 percent conversion rate. That's not too bad. But compare it to the streaming video industry's most successful debut of the last few years, Disney Plus, and the resulting picture is a grim one for Quibi, which has struggled both to find a hit among its mobile-centric shows and gain traction with its desired... |
| Ford employees ask the company to stop making police cars Posted: 08 Jul 2020 04:11 PM PDT  Employees inside Ford have asked the company's leadership to stop making and selling police vehicles, according to Jalopnik. In response, Ford CEO Jim Hackett has told employees in a letter that he doesn't think it's "controversial that the Ford Police Interceptor helps officers do their job" and that Ford will continue the business. The internal discussion, which Ford confirmed to The Verge, comes as the country is gripped by national movements for racial justice and against police brutality that were sparked by the killing of George Floyd. Ford is far and away the leading automaker in the US when it comes to making and selling specially-designed vehicles for law enforcement, making up some two-thirds of the market. While it's not a... |
| Amazon’s Alexa app will soon let you speak commands without pressing the blue button Posted: 08 Jul 2020 03:38 PM PDT  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is making a small tweak to the Alexa companion app on iOS and Android; in a few days you'll no longer need to tap the blue Alexa button on your screen to say a voice command, TechCrunch reports. Unfortunately, the new "hands-free" mode apparently only works if you launch the app and continuously keep it open on your phone. For me, it won't be very useful until I can use Alexa on my iPhone without unlocking and launching it first. If you really want a phone that allows you to use Alexa as your phone's voice assistant, Amazon sells a bunch of co-branded "Alexa-Built In" smartphones where it partners with Android manufacturers like OnePlus, Motorola and Sony to let you wake Alexa with just your voice. If you're like me and don't want... |
| Apple promises to support Thunderbolt on its new ARM Macs Posted: 08 Jul 2020 03:04 PM PDT  Apple is moving away from Intel's chipsets in favor of its new, custom-designed ARM chips — but the company is promising that it'll still support Intel's Thunderbolt USB-C connectivity standard on new Apple silicon computers, despite the lack of Intel processors. "Over a decade ago, Apple partnered with Intel to design and develop Thunderbolt, and today our customers enjoy the speed and flexibility it brings to every Mac. We remain committed to the future of Thunderbolt and will support it in Macs with Apple silicon," commented an Apple spokesperson, in a statement to The Verge. While there was some concern that Apple might be losing support for Thunderbolt on its upcoming Macs, the fact that Apple is sticking with the standard makes a... |
| Google reportedly abandoned a cloud computing product for the Chinese market Posted: 08 Jul 2020 02:46 PM PDT  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has abandoned plans to develop and launch a cloud computing product designed for the Chinese market, among other politically controversial countries, according to a report from Bloomberg. The move marks the second high-profile initiative within Google to develop a product for the Chinese market, after the existence of a censored Chinese search product, codenamed "Dragonfly," was revealed in media reports in 2018 and caused a firestorm of controversy until Google reportedly shut it down in December of that year. This new project is referred to internally as "Isolated Region," and the intended customer was to be countries intent on controlling the flow of data within their borders, Bloomberg reports. The goal was to separate this... |
| Facebook bans Roger Stone after linking him to fake accounts Posted: 08 Jul 2020 02:20 PM PDT  Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images On Wednesday, Facebook announced that it had removed accounts belonging to Roger Stone, a friend and confidant of President Donald Trump, after having linked them to fake accounts and pages that were active throughout the 2016 election. The announcement came as part of Facebook's release of its monthly report on disinformation on the platform. The company connected Stone's Facebook and Instagram accounts with a US-based disinformation network that also had ties to the Proud Boys far-right organization, the company said in a statement Wednesday. The Proud Boys was founded by Gavin McInnes, and members have attended right-wing extremist gatherings like the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville in 2017. Facebook said that it removed 54... |
| Smart home platform Wink is finally rolling out its controversial subscription program on July 27th Posted: 08 Jul 2020 01:54 PM PDT  Smart home platform Wink has announced that it'll finally roll out its controversial new $4.99-per-month subscription on July 27th, following months of delays. The subscription will put many of the service's previously free features behind a paywall, including crucial aspects of the service like the ability to update firmware or add new devices. "Please know that we have adjusted our timelines since our initial announcement on May 6th to allow users more opportunity to make considerations. We were able to extend our service so that subscriptions will now begin on Monday, July 27th, 2020," reads the latest blog post announcing the delay. Any users who don't sign up will see their Wink devices severely limited in what they can do going... |
| Doctors are better at treating COVID-19 patients now than they were in March Posted: 08 Jul 2020 12:45 PM PDT  Nurses assess a COVID-19 patient in New York. | Photo by Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images But they still don't have good tools to help people who aren't severely ill |
| Amazon will start listing names and addresses of Marketplace sellers to combat counterfeiting Posted: 08 Jul 2020 12:09 PM PDT  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon will start publicly listing the names and addresses of US-based third-party sellers on its Marketplace platform as a measure to fight counterfeiters, according to a report from Business Insider. The change was announced in a note sent to sellers on Wednesday, and the change goes into effect on September 1st. "These features help customers learn more about the businesses of a seller and the products that they are selling," the note says, according to a copy obtained by Business Insider. "We are making this change to ensure there is a consistent baseline of seller information to help customers make informed shopping decisions." The change in policy will make it harder to stay an anonymous seller on Marketplace, but it also means... |
| Harley Quinn shows superheroes are better when you don’t take them so seriously Posted: 08 Jul 2020 12:05 PM PDT  Despite over a decade of very serious cinematic universes, it helps to remember that superhero fiction is, in fact, quite silly. This is an empirical fact: it doesn't matter who wears the batsuit, the mystique all falls away the second they have to do something mundane. This is not limiting, but freeing: You can learn all sorts of things about the world once you stop taking yourself so seriously. This is why Harley Quinn, the animated series streaming on DC Universe and airing on Syfy, is one of the best TV takes on comic books you can catch right now. Like Birds of Prey, the show follows Harley Quinn (Kaley Cuoco) as she tries to step out from under the shadow of her notorious, toxic ex, Joker (Alan Tudyk). In the first season, this... |
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