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Amazon’s $1.5 billion Air Hub opens in Kentucky to speed up deliveries https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22622087/amazon-kentucky-air-hub-opens-faster-deliveries-prime?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/bLpri42eKr

Facebook shouldn't be allowed to buy Giphy, says UK regulator https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22621957/facebook-giphy-deal-blocked-uk-regulator?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/3bZi69qT3R

Apple updates Eddy Cue’s title to better reflect its turn to services https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22622178/apple-eddy-cue-job-title-update-senior-vp-services?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/dUODxqJ376

Facebook office return delayed until 2022 in the US https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22622282/facebook-office-return-delayed-2022-us?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/7CiE3wJwJs

Bill Gates wants in on Congress’ big climate infrastructure push https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22621636/bill-gates-fund-climate-change-tech?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/dd5tqsPZRi

WhatsApp, Twitter, and Facebook are reportedly blocked in Zambia during its presidential election https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22621875/whatsapp-twitter-facebook-blocked-zambia-presidential-election?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/AgzfC45Zlk

How in the world did these AMD RX 6600 XT GPUs sell at or under MSRP? https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22622066/amd-rx-6600-xt-sale-msrp-micro-center-379-dollars?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/Q5FgPRyu69

Windows 11 is getting updated snipping tool, calculator, and mail apps https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22622012/microsoft-windows-11-snipping-tool-mail-calculator-calendar-app-updates?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/h8GMJsF7jc

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 calculates body fat from the wrist https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22621600/samsung-galaxy-watch-body-fat-composition?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/yPB0P8kYMk

Audi’s new autonomous concept car is also sort of a Transformer https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22621735/audi-skysphere-concept-car-autonomous-electric-transformer?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/uyMQWS6azV

Free Guy guy gets paid Fortnite skin https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22621903/free-guy-fortnite-skin-ryan-reynolds?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/4vrTKX1BI7

Verizon vows to protect Tracfone’s low-income users in new merger promise https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22621905/verizon-tracfone-merger-lifeline-fcc-public-interest?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/MOR2SocUya

The lightest folding electric bike is a costly rideable that almost does it all https://www.theverge.com/22621388/hummingbird-folding-electric-bike-gen-2-lightest-ebike-range-specs-price?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/NUpoGTXw3r

Google bans tracking tool that sold users’ location data https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22621685/google-ban-safegraph-android-user-data-location-tracking?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/5DvxVCkWXA

Nikola wins $2 million DOE grant after founder’s indictment https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22621530/nikola-doe-grant-hydrogen-fueling-autonomous-biden-granholm?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/axZ2wfyhqc

ToneStone is a music production app from the people behind Guitar Hero and Left 4 Dead https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22619199/tonestone-music-production-app-beginners-remixes-social?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/NNGG8rTFHz

Netflix reveals cast for its live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22621540/netflix-avatar-the-last-airbender-live-action-cast?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/uBKgqKkiNW

Even Microsoft is mocking its Xbox Series X name https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/8/12/22621589/microsoft-xbox-series-x-name-meme-mock-video?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/uam1QxpPbN

The Galaxy Watch 4 is still more a Samsung wearable than a Google one https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/12/22620869/galaxy-watch-4-wear-os-3-samsung-wearable-google-smartwatch-tizen-one-ui?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …pic.twitter.com/cxzurXGI7D