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The Morning After: Tesla really made a low polygon count pickup truck

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to your weekend. Along with the LA Auto Show, this week’s car news ran the gamut from Ford’s Mustang Mach-E to whatever it was that Tesla showed off. But there were other highlight events, including an e…


Jabra Elite 75t review: The leap from good to great

Jabra’s Elite 65t have been some of the best true wireless earbuds you could buy since their introduction last year. They don’t have the best sound quality, but overall, the company assembled a compelling package that costs significantly less than a…


Apple’s first big TV Plus theatrical release is delayed following controversy

Image: Apple Apple is delaying the theatrical release of its upcoming feature film The Banker following sexual misconduct allegations leveled about Bernard Garrett Jr., the son of the character depicted by Anthony Mackie in the film. “We purchased The Banker earlier this year as we were moved by the film’s entertaining and educational story about …


‘The time is now to have a federal privacy bill,’ says Tim Cook

Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Congress has been struggling for years to pass a federal data privacy law, but on Friday, lawmakers gained an unexpected ally in Apple CEO Tim Cook. In an interview with ABC News, the executive said big tech companies haven’t corrected their mistakes, and it’s time for …


Apple removes customer reviews from its online store

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has removed customer reviews from its online store, as first reported by AppleInsider, and we’ve confirmed this to be the case. AppleInsider got a tip from a reader that the reviews had been removed from the US, UK, and Australian Apple Stores (which we have also confirmed). …


Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch review: the one you’ve been waiting for

Apple’s HomeKit gets its first DIY security system

Image: Abode Abode has announced that the long-awaited HomeKit support is now available for its Iota home security system. The update adds the ability to manage and view the status of the system through Apple’s Home app and Siri voice commands on iOS, macOS, the Apple Watch, and HomePod devices. The company says it plans …


Apple reportedly focusing on its buggy iOS problems again with iOS 14

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple will reportedly focus on overhauling the way it tests its iOS software. Bloomberg reports that Apple recently revealed changes internally that involve the company using software flags in daily builds of iOS in an attempt to stabilize future releases. The flags would allow Apple’s own developers …


Trump is lying about the ‘new’ ‘Apple’ factory

Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images In advance of Trump’s factory tour today, I took a look at the strange relationship that’s developed between Tim Cook and Donald Trump over the past three years. One of the things that popped up was one specific story that Trump would tell about Apple, in rally after …


PopSockets made an AirPods grip, and it is godawful

There are some objects that spit in the face of god, either in their design or their intended use, and another such product has just entered our reality. PopSocket — the makers of the now-ubiquitous, carpal tunnel-saving doohickeys that adorn the backs of many smartphones — has now made a PopGrip (its term) that is …