Month: October 2025
The lab where GM is cooking up new EV batteries to beat China
Inside General Motors’ fast-growing battery labs in suburban Detroit, scientists and engineers are analyzing stresses on lithium-ion cells: desert heat, arctic cold, jungle humidity, enough charging and discharging for a half-dozen Frankenstein reboots. For The Verge’s exclusive tour of these secretive labs, I watch researchers peer at cell chemistries down…
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Will challenger banks start to launch their own mobile networks to keep their customers happy? This may well be a defining trend in 2026
The banking-telecom crossover is accelerating faster than regulators or customers expected Mobile connectivity is becoming another battleground for fintechs seeking customer retention Traditional carriers are responding to fintech incursions through travel eSIM spin-offs A growing number of digital-only banks are experimenting with launching their own mobile network services, signaling a…
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Swedish Death Cleaning, but for Your Digital Life
The art of ordering and culling your possessions before you die should extend to your documents, photos, and digital accounts. Source
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5 of this year’s best Netflix movies aren’t out yet, but I’ve seen them – here’s when you can stream them
What if I told you the best Netflix movies of the year haven’t even been released yet? Keep hold of that subscription, because you’re not going to want to miss them. It’s not like the streamer has been having a bad year up to this point, though. Night Always Comes,…
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Gear News of the Week: Honor Teases a Bizarre Robot Phone, and Kohler Debuts a Toilet Sensor
Plus: Coros has a new mountain watch, July unveils a trackable suitcase, Fujifilm has a new Instax, GrapheneOS will work on non-Pixel phones soon, and Roku leans into AI. Source
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Need Something Repaired? Now There’s an App for That
The Repair App is a new platform that connects trusted repair service providers with people who need their stuff fixed. It couldn’t come at a better time for economically strapped consumers. Source
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