Happy to return to @theverge.com with a 2-part look at Chinese automaker Geely + what it faces before it can sell cars in the U.S. I hadn't driven any Chinese car since 2020, which might as well have been the 1990s given that industry's speed. Part I is my drive reports of 3 brands w/3 powertrains.

why tho?

started getting instagram ads for mira's toddler-sized gas masks while putting together this article. also, at the same time, saw videos of that preschool getting tear gassed. no we will not be adding a section on the best gas mask for toddlers www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

Across six top large language models, xAI’s Grok performed the worst at identifying and countering antisemitic content, according to a study published Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League. Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

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America’s new era of energy imperialism is about more than oil

oh mickey you're so fined search.app/MyKLa

Taylor Swift publicist Tree Paine runs into The Verge’s background policy. If you want to be in our stories as an official spokesperson, you have to be on the record! www.theverge.com/report/84572...

I have a flight tomorrow and I'm planning on dressing really shitty, just to spite Sean Duffy

My dad lives in a trailer in the woods and is unaware of the show Stranger Things. Should I tell him?

Please have patience with our nation’s parents today who are confronting for the first time their Kpop Demon Hunters stats in Spotify Wrapped

Today in image credits on @theverge.com @reckless.bsky.social

Over the past year or so, a Chinese company called DCar Studio has been reaching out to US-based car reviewers and influencers to set them with Chinese EVs. www.theverge.com/transportati...

great headline by @justcalma.bsky.social

If reading about college students using AI to cheat made you feel crazy, wait till you hear about where they get their news

Leave it to Sean Duffy to make a critical safety milestone — the introduction of a female crash test dummy — grossly transphobic and weird

Tesla's Optimus robot appears to have loose panel during Tesla's shareholder meeting

Sweet ride to the polls @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social welcome to the Bunch fam!!!!! #bunchfam #cargobike #omg #nyc

What would be the New Yorkiest response to this bullshit?

i'm glad all these people are enjoying their $100K electric truck, but I don't think they deserve to be called Nazis when "tacky" would have sufficed. (Except the J6er) www.wired.com/story/owning...

Proud to work for a publication that amplifies trans voices while recognizing the extraordinary danger inherent in being trans online. While other publications doubles down on biased, inaccurate coverage, The Verge recognizes that trans rights are human rights. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

hey friends — if you haven't seen, The Verge is running a series on the future of being trans on the internet. it's got a bunch of very cool stories from talented writers! you should check it out www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

The single pancake on the side clinched it — this is an elite diner order.

Oooh yes! Join @davidpierce.xyz @andyjayhawk.bsky.social @seanokane.bsky.social for a whole hour chatting hoverboards! I have such fond memories of riding these magical feeling things, then quickly pivoting to stories about hoverboard fires and recalls.

Hello! Are you a freelance journalist in the Bay Area? Have you covered e-bikes and EVs? If so, please reach out to me at andrew-dot-hawkins-at-theverge-dot-com. I have a possible assignment for you!

Let's be clear: Trump's attacks on "antifa" are an attack on America. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

This is my love letter to my favorite product: electric cargo bikes www.theverge.com/transportati...

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

Wow @justcalma.bsky.social just won a Covering Climate Now award for her story on forest restoration in Costa Rica! So deserved coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...

Civil War (2024, dir. Alex Garland)

proud to work at a publication rejects the grotesque urge to frame what's happening as a "win" for Trump, and simply calls this what it is: government censorship www.theverge.com/policy/78114...

New: My report from the Luigi Mangione hearing today in NYC. The crowds were smaller, more contained, and it was less of a circus. What does it mean for the case that attention seems to live and die by the social media firestorm that reignites each time? www.theverge.com/report/77935...

Great piece by @haydenfield.bsky.social about the hunger strike to stop artificial general intelligence www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

The Trump administration is using Charlie Kirk’s death as a way to weaponize citizens against each other, its chilling effect suppressing free speech on the left. Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/77897...

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

If you value the work we do at The Verge, please consider subscribing so we can keep doing it. It's $4/month right now, which is a really great deal!

New from @tinanguyen.bsky.social and me: Charlie Kirk's shooter left behind bullet casings with a furry sex meme and a bunch of Helldivers video game references. Subreddits for Helldivers immediately picked up on it. www.theverge.com/politics/777...

I wrote about how Wikipedia became the factual foundation of the web and why it's under attack

Let Vee give you a life makeover

Big Tech is on a giant data center construction splurge, and @justcalma.bsky.social has the scoop about how the NAACP is creating a playbook for communities to ensure their health and well-being are being protected. www.theverge.com/exclusive/77...

Two smart dudes I count as friends, @andyjayhawk.bsky.social [email protected], land on the same conclusion about Tesla's Master Plan 4: it sure reads like AI barfed it up techcrunch.com/2025/09/02/t... www.theverge.com/tesla/769009...

"When seen through the lens of information-nationalism, the TikTok ban makes perfect sense." @sarahjeong.bsky.social coming in white-hot with an essential read into the role Palestine played in the TikTok ban. www.theverge.com/features/761...

People over profits. It’s gross that our colleagues at Eater busted their butts for the big 20th anniversary package, which Vox will trumpet as their success, and then lay off everyone who made it possible. I’m so tired of seeing this man.

We got you something. Today we’re debuting three newsletter offerings just for our distinguished, venerated subscribers. 📜Regulator by @tinanguyen.bsky.social 📺Lowpass by @jank0.bsky.social ◀️The Stepback by… everyone Here’s how it breaks down 🧵

Yes, the rumors are true. I'm now a newsletter writer. Or at least a newsletter contributor. The first issue of The Verge's brand new Stepback newsletter goes live August 10th, featuring a cool piece by yours truly. Please subscribe. www.theverge.com/the-stepback...

AI is a huge energy hog, and under Donald Trump its on track to become pollution nightmare www.theverge.com/climate-chan...

Tesla protesters are gearing up to target the company's newly opened retro-futuristic diner in LA www.theverge.com/news/711701/...

“In terms of the scale and the hard commitments and the meat behind it, it is by far the biggest partnership deal that Uber has announced or done.” www.theverge.com/news/708479/...

Steve Bannon calling Ted Cruz "a fucking pimp" is sending me rn www.theverge.com/politics/704...