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Waymo is letting you tip — but there’s a catch

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Waymo is letting you tip — but there’s a catch A security researcher who lives in San Francisco discovered an unreleased feature in Waymo’s app that allows customers to tip for their robotaxi rides. Jane Manchun Wong, a security researcher who also successfully hacked the display dome on top of a Waymo vehicle to display her name, posted a screenshot of the new tipping feature

The Verge 489 2025-01-29

YouTube TV is letting some subscribers hold off that price hike

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YouTube TV is letting some subscribers hold off that price hike Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeYouTube announced a hefty subscription price increase this week that will shoot the monthly cost up by $10 to $82.99 on January 13th for existing members (or now, if you sign up today). Some subscribers are staving off the hike using the time-honored tradition of threatening to cancel, as one Verge reader i…

The Verge 1.1k 2024-12-15

My mom is threatening to stop letting me wear makeup

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My mom is threatening to stop letting me wear makeup I’m an 18 year old makeup artist and I LOVE wearing makeup. I also LOVE my natural beauty as well but I like expressing myself through my makeup! My mom doesn’t like it when I wear it. She always complains that when we always go out I wear my makeup. Which I don’t always and we don’t go out much of the time. She says really demeaning things abou…

Reddit Makeup Addiction 1.1k 2024-05-08

Think Twice About Letting Vines Envelop Your House

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Think Twice About Letting Vines Envelop Your House Vines climbing the side of a house can look totally charming; something about them implies there is a roaring fire inside that house and a plentiful supply of tea and biscuits. They’re also a way of merging with the natural world around you, even if your house is located in a suburban subdivision. And climbing vines… Read more…

Lifehacker 462 2024-01-19

Airports Want To Make Travel More Miserable By Letting Anyone Into The Terminal

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Airports Want To Make Travel More Miserable By Letting Anyone Into The Terminal Imagine, going to the airport and through all the indignities of security just to eat at the P.F. Chang’s near gate B12 and then go home. Or better yet, imagine trying to get to your gate and having to deal with people just poking around and taking their sweet time while you have a flight to catch. Read more…

Jalopnik 862 2023-11-12

YouTube stops letting Russell Brand earn money on the platform

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YouTube stops letting Russell Brand earn money on the platform Screenshot by Emma Roth / The VergeYouTube has blocked Russell Brand from making money off the videos posted to his channel, as reported earlier by The New York Times. The decision to demonetize Brand’s account comes just days after several reports detailing sexual assault allegations against the actor emerged. Last week, a joint investigation f…

The Verge 1.0k 2023-10-18

Thoughts on letting go during solo-concerts?

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Thoughts on letting go during solo-concerts? Ok so Arctic Monkeys is 3 hours from where I live tomorrow, and they’re a bucketlist band for me. I NEED to watch them live once before I die, so I tried convincing my friends, they didn’t want to come, so I bought a ticket to go alone. Now, I’m not somebody who thinks going alone is weird or worried about whether people will judge me, but I’m s…

Reddit Music 188 2023-08-27

Elon Musk says (yet again) that X will stop letting you block users

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Elon Musk says (yet again) that X will stop letting you block users Image: The VergeElon Musk says X’s — formerly Twitter’s — block feature is on the chopping block, repeating his long-standing gripe against the basic social networking feature. “Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs,” Musk said in an X reply on Friday. He followed up with another post: “It makes no sense.” Musk has made his…

The Verge 172 2023-08-19

Letting an old card close?

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Letting an old card close? Hello, I have an old credit card from a major bank that I’ve had for over ten years. They just sent me an email saying it will be closed due to lack of usage. I forgot I even had this account and will gladly give it up because the limit is so small (600$). I can’t imagine it would have any substantive effect on my score (800 V3.0 837 V9.0). I ca…

Reddit Personal Finance 199 2023-07-24