Balancing Technology and Simplicity in Everyday Products

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Sean O'Kane, and Becca Farsace discuss driving Ford's electric Mustang, what's next for Tesla's product line, rumors around Apple's Car endeavors, and Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO.

Further reading:

• Scientists want to know if vaccinated people can still become COVID-19 long-haulers
• If you’re starting an online class, check to make sure your professor is alive
• Volunteers built a one-stop website to find open NYC vaccine appointments
• Amazon will have a new CEO as Jeff Bezos transitions to executive chair later this year
• Bezos’ Amazon: from bookstore to backbone of the internet
• Meet Andy Jassy, Amazon’s next CEO 
• Amazon’s electric Rivian vans will start making deliveries in 16 cities this year
• Ford Mustang Mach-E
• Kuo adds fuel to Apple-Hyundai electric car rumors 
• Apple and Hyundai-Kia pushing toward deal on Apple Car
• Tesla’s new Model S can go up to 520 miles
• Tesla Roadster production delayed to 2022
• Tesla agrees to recall cars with failing displays
• Tesla’s next car will seamlessly unlock with UWB, FCC leak suggests
• Don’t buy Teslas during a production ramp, Elon Musk says
• Another SpaceX Starship nails clean test flight, but explodes on landing
• Elon Musk’s shot at Amazon flares monthslong fight over billionaires’ orbital real estate
• The Alpha 1 is Sony's new flagship camera with monstrous 
• iOS 14.5 tries to solve Face ID’s mask problem with your Apple Watch
• HP’s Spectre x360 14 review: the best 2-in-1 you can buy
• Rad Power Bikes raises $150 million to grow its electric bike empire

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