Amazon’s Alexa can now tell you if your security camera sees a person or package

Amazon’s Alexa can now tell you when your Ring, Google Nest, or Abode camera sees a person. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge...

Judge’s refusal to let Elon Musk out of his SEC settlement notes the limits of his right to free speech

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Twitter’s prospective new owner Elon Musk still has some restrictions on his tw...

YouTube is testing ads on its short-form answer to TikTok, Shorts

Image: YouTube YouTube is starting to test advertisements on Shorts , a short-form video feature the company introduced in 2020 that’s s...

Google Launches Media CDN To Compete on Content Delivery

This week at the 2022 NAB Show Streaming Summit, Google launched in general availability Media CDN, a platform for delivering content using ...

Virtual Events Startup Hopin Struggles as Real Gatherings Return

British group gained $7.8bn valuation in pandemic, but lay-offs and slump in secondary market trades have followed. From a report: In Novemb...

Wearables are too expensive for groups underrepresented in medical research

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Most people who use smartwatches and other wearable devices that can track health are white, well...

Chess.com Banned By Russia

Chess.com, writes in a blog post: Yesterday, Chess.com was banned by the Russian government agency Roscomnadzor, the "Federal Service f...