Wes Davis Profile and Activity

Weekend Editor

Wes Davis is The Verge’s weekend editor, reporting on the latest developments in tech and entertainment. He’s specialized in covering smart home and Wi-Fi routers, and has also written about gaming, home entertainment, movies, and more. You can find him published at PC World, Gizmodo, CNN Underscored, Tom’s (both Hardware and Guide), and other places.

Outside of tech, Wes is a longtime cyclist (commuting, not racing) and musician. He likes ridiculous bicycles and once opened for The Village People while fronting an ELO tribute band. It was weird. But fun.

wes@theverge.com

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X Social Media is suing X, a social media company

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OnePlus says yes, its debut foldable phone is a rebadged Oppo

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Are BMW wireless chargers breaking iPhone 15 Pro NFC readers?

Over the weekend, MacRumors reported that several commenters on its forums complained that their iPhone 15 Pro NFC chips were dying after sitting on their BMWs’ wireless charging pads.

We reached out to both Apple and BMW to see if there was any reason to believe that’s possible, and Jay Hanson, a spokesperson for BMW’s product and technology group, replied via email:

We’re looking into this ... We’ll get back in touch as soon as we have something.

Apple has not yet responded. Hopefully, we’ll know more soon.

Warning: BMW Wireless Charging May Break iPhone 15's Apple Pay Chip

[MacRumors]

Tech

FEMA’s national emergency alert test rings phones, TVs, and radios on Wednesday

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We love a good home screen.

Inspired by X CEO Linda Yaccarino flashing her home screen during her Code Conference interview, many of my colleagues at The Verge have been sharing their own home screens on Threads.

The fools! Now I’ve collected them and put them into a gallery here for all to see. (Don’t worry, I included my own.)

Anyway, did you get in on this bit? Share a link to yours in the comments! Or don’t. I’m not your boss.

A screenshot of an iPhone with a couple of widgets, several apps, and four apps in the dock.

A picture of an iOS home screen with only the top three rows occupied, by labeled folders full of apps. A four-square widget shows the weather.

A screenshot of an iOS homescreen. It’s a mix of apps, app folders, a calendar widget, and four apps in the dock.

A screenshot of an Android homescreen, with a widget at the top and five rows of apps and app folders. Search bar at the bottom.

A screenshot of an iOS home screen, with three rows of apps, and three apps in the dock.

A screenshot of an iOS homescreen, with two screen-spanning widgets at the top, one four-app widget on the bottom left and four apps on the bottom right. Four apps in the dock.

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Alex Cranz loves weather.

Screenshot: Alex Cranz

Wes Davis Oct 1

The police chief who raided a Kansas newspaper’s office has been suspended.

The Associated Press reported that Marion, Kansas Mayor Dave Mayfield confirmed he had suspended police Chief Gideon Cody over a month after Marion police returned materials they’d taken in a raid of the local Marion County Record newspaper.

Mayor Mayfield hasn’t offered an explanation, according to AP.

The police chief who led a raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended

[AP News]