Twitter will remove misleading COVID-19-related tweets that could incite people to engage in ‘harmful activity’

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has updated its COVID-19 policies to require users remove tweets making unverified claims that “incite people to action and cause widespread panic, social unrest or large-scale disorder.” The changes come as COVID-19 misinformation...

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Google Duo video calls are about to look a whole lot better

Image: Google Google’s Duo video chatting app is about to get a big bump in call quality, thanks to a new video codec technology the company plans to roll out in the next week. The codec, called AV1, is the product of an industry-wide consortium called the Alliance for Open...

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Verizon extends 15GB of extra data deal to customers through May

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Verizon announced today that it’s extending its pledge to provide an additional 15GB of high-speed data to customers with a wireless plan through May 31st due to the coronavirus pandemic. Verizon notes that customers will not have to...

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Nikola gets $4 million pandemic loan, as patent lawsuit against Tesla continues

Image: Nikola Electric big rig startup Nikola received a $4.1 million loan from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) meant to help small businesses keep people employed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an April 15th filing with the...

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Samsung’s blood pressure measurement on smartwatches still a have long way to go

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active 2 has taken another big step toward offering blood pressure monitoring, a feature Samsung has been promising since the original Galaxy Watch Active was released in 2019. This week saw Samsung’s Health Monitor app get regulatory approval from South...

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