Welcome to the July issue of The Highlight

Welcome to the July issue of The Highlight

Once upon a time, Sara Herschander writes, going through life meant interacting with the world around you — turning a fiddly key in a lock, scratching out notes on paper, dialing a phone number on an actual keypad. But increasingly, all of those tasks — and many...
T-Mobile is booting customers from its oldest plans

T-Mobile is booting customers from its oldest plans

Time to say goodbye to that legacy Sprint plan. | Image: Alex Castro / The Verge Earlier today, T-Mobile started notifying customers that it will be retiring many legacy plans and moving subscribers onto one of its current rate plans. This move includes plans that...
How the rich got stingy

How the rich got stingy

Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025. | Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images Historically, being ultra-wealthy meant that there was an obligation to share a chunk of it with the world. Gilded Age industrialists like John D. Rockefeller and...