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Getting close — but not too close — to the Tesla Cybertruck

I could not grab the windshield wiper because it was roped off and I’m a coward.

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Protesters take over NYC streets to tell Joe Biden to ‘end fossil fuels’

Demonstrators flood city streets ahead of a key United Nations climate summit with a clear message for Joe Biden: ‘end fossil fuels.’

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iMac at 25: a visual history of Apple’s iconic all-in-one computer

It’s a computer, a monitor, an internet communicator, and one of the most iconic lines of tech in history.

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New York City’s orange Wednesday, in pictures.

The Verge snapped some photos of the apocalyptic scene in the Big Apple yesterday — from amber skies to desolate streets. To stay updated, you can follow the EPA’s air quality monitoring tool AirNow. Its forecast for Thursday is still bad — not quite a Code Maroon (hopefully) but a Code Red for “unhealthy” air.

A biker at a street corner against an orange sky hazy with smoke.
Manhattan’s skyline, shrouded in smoke.
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The wild keyboard and headphone designs of Angry Miao

Overengineered arthouse tech from a tiny microbrand

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2024 Volkswagen ID Buzz electric microbus revealed: less flower, more power

VW resurrects its iconic microbus for an electric era

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Up close with the Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck

Confirmed: Ford’s first electric truck is a truck

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Audi reveals its Porsche-powered E-Tron GT

Starting at a cool $100,000

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In photos: the pro-Trump mob’s invasion of Congress

As seen from inside the Capitol building

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Windows turns 35: a visual history

From Windows 1.0 to Windows 10

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The sky is on fire in San Francisco, and we flew a drone through it

Millions of acres are burning across the West Coast

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Windows 95 is 25 years old today

Where do you want to go today?

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33 powerful Black Lives Matter murals

Artists have turned boarded-up businesses into powerful Black Lives Matter art

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The Koenigsegg Gemera is the world’s most wickedly weird hybrid

Three electric motors, one combustion engine, and 1,700 horsepower

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Hyundai’s Prophecy concept looks like the baby of a Porsche and a Model 3

An electric car with joysticks instead of a steering wheel

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BMW’s electric i4 sedan finally shown off in concept form

The long-awaited EV, coming next year, will have 270 miles of range

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Zero unveils the SR/S, the ‘Gulfstream’ of electric motorcycles

A more sophisticated version of Zero’s flagship bike

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Sony’s electric car is the best surprise of CES
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A real working car stuffed full of Sony tech

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Driving the Taycan, Porsche’s first electric car
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All the speed you’d expect from a Porsche, with zero emissions

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Tesla Cybertruck first ride: inside Elon Musk’s electric pickup truck
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Audi reveals its second electric car, the E-Tron Sportback

Coming to Europe in 2020 with over 200 miles of range

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Lexus teases its first electric vehicles with a wild drone-deploying concept car

The LF-30 is a weird harbinger of Lexus’ electric future

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A closer look at the XC40 Recharge, Volvo’s first electric car

The XC40 Recharge won’t blow people away or engender rapturous headlines like the Tesla Model 3 or the Porsche Taycan, but it may actually have more to say

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Apple’s iconic Fifth Avenue store is back and bigger than ever

The cube looks the same, but everything around it is new

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How Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob meme toys were birthed by the internet

Nickelodeon’s Creative Director of Toy Design, Freddy Tutiven, explains

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The Lotus Evija is a ludicrously powerful electric hypercar

Chinese giant Geely’s remaking of the British automaker seems to be going well

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A photo history of Frog, the company that designed the original Mac

Frog Design is 50 years old today

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