A bunch of EVs are going to lose their tax credit starting January 1st

Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Electric vehicles with batteries that contain minerals and materials sourced from China won’t be eligible for the $7,500 federal EV tax credit starting on January 1, 2024, according to guidelines recently released by the Internal Revenue Service. That means a lot of EVs are about to lose their eligibility More...

Finally, non-MagSafe wireless chargers will fast-charge recent iPhones
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Now that Apple has released a preview of the next iOS update, Anker says its upcoming Qi2-compatible wireless chargers will provide faster 15W charging for iPhone 13, More...

Spotify’s not going for Pulitzers anymore
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. The dust is still settling on Spotify’s latest round More...

Ford and Xcel Energy will build 30,000 EV charging ports for fleet businesses
Image: Ford Ford may be dialing back some of its larger EV investments, but it’s still operating under the assumption that a lot of businesses will be interested in electrifying their fleets eventually. More...

PlayStation accounts are being ‘permanently suspended’ and no one knows why
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Many PlayStation Network users reported Monday that their accounts were unexpectedly permanently suspended. “This account is permanently suspended from PlayStation More...

Zach Gage’s Puzzmo gets acquired as the newspaper games space heats up
Image: Puzzmo / Angie Wang The battle over newspaper-style puzzle games is intensifying. Hearst — which publishes the likes of Cosmopolitan, Esquire, and the San Francisco Chronicle — has announced More...

Kiss debuts ‘immortal’ digital avatars and plans to go ‘fully virtual’
Image: Pophouse Entertainment Kiss has been on a really, really long tour. The biggest glam rock band of all time has been playing its End of the Road tour for the last four years, and just wrapped the More...

Zoom stealth-dropped an Apple TV version of its meetings app
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge I know you’ve been waiting all year to hear this: You can use Zoom on your 2nd gen or later Apple TV 4K. Yesterday, AppleInsider spotted a post from Sigmund Judge More...

Fortnite’s Eminem concert teased the future of the game
Image: Epic Games Fortnite’s latest virtual concert was more than just Eminem stomping across a destroyed city — it also teased a number of experiences coming to the game in the future. The Big Bang More...

The second ‘Halo’ season has a release date and a teaser trailer
Master Chief, the Spartan hero from Halo, will continue his live-action adventures with two episodes of its second season premiering worldwide on February 8th next year. Paramount Plus announced More...