Nilay Patel

The Volvo / Polestar relationship has always been complicated — as Volvo CEO Jim Rowan explained to me on Decoder last year, Volvo owns 48 percent of EV maker Polestar, Rowan sits on Polestar’s board, and both companies share tech and platforms with Volvo’s majority owner Geely — but it’s getting a little simpler, as Volvo announced it won’t be funding Polestar directly anymore. (Geely says it will, though. So, still complicated.)

Jeep accidentally posted new photos of its upcoming Wagoneer S EV a couple days ago, and I just want to know what we all think of this rear wing situation, which... well, it’s a choice.

The sad news that Pitchfork is being folded into GQ means that its excellent features team is being laid off — a team that did some piercing work on how music is actually being made. Here’s a look at the companies that buy huge catalogs from legends and try and get them reworked into new tracks — and more.

Vergecast listeners know about my tortured relationship with my family’s new Samsung Frame TV, but easily the funniest thing is that using any third-party frame blocks the ambient light and motion sensors that make Art Mode convincing. So naturally there is a $99 aftermarket sensor dongle to make it all work... and it still doesn’t quite work, as Samsung won’t let it talk to the API that controls brightness in Art Mode. Whoops!