The mayor of Shelbyville, Indiana, says only people who live in ‘shitty houses’ oppose data centerTerrence O'Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget.A proposed $2 billion data center has become a political flashpoint in the small city of Shelbyville, Indiana. And the controversy has only grown more intense after...

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Is the convertible car heading into the sunset?3 hours agoTheo LeggettInternational Business CorrespondentGetty ImagesSales of convertibles in the UK have dropped by 90% over the last 20 yearsSophistication, freedom, rebellion or just the simple joy of taking to the open road with the wind in your hair. The convertible car used to represent all of these. But over the past two decades sales have...

Apeiron Labs gets $9.5M to flood the oceans with autonomous underwater robots Most of what we know about the ocean just skims the surface, literally. We’ve gathered a large quantity of data on the oceans from satellites, but most of that is based on the top layer of water. Below that, the picture gets murkier. Buoys, ships, and some autonomous rovers have recently added some detail, but it’s...

The Clicks Communicator Will Have Keyboard Layouts in Arabic, French, German, KoreanThe Clicks Communicator created a buzz after its CES reveal, with its focus on offering a communications-forward Android phone that looks like a BlackBerry, complete with a physical keyboard, prioritizing messaging and typing over everything else. It turns out the keyboard phone may have made a bigger...