TikTok starts rolling out TikTok Notes, its Instagram rival for sharing photo and text content, for limited testing in Australia and Canada on Android and iOS (@sheenavasani / The Verge)

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Rakuten Kobo announces its first color e-readers, the $220 Kobo Libra Colour and the $150 Kobo Clara Colour, available for preorder now and shipping on April 30 (@sheenavasani / The Verge)

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Google rolls out real-time URL protection to Standard Safe Browsing on desktop and iOS, says the feature protects users' privacy; Android gets the feature soon (@sheenavasani / The Verge)

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Last week, the Vox Media Union's layoff relief fund raised almost $12,000 for workers who lost their jobs in yet another round of media layoffs. We're immensely grateful to everyone who's helped out so far.

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'When you look at the history of innovation, it turns out having some smart guideposts around which innovation takes place not only doesn’t slow things down, but in some cases, it actually raises standards and accelerates progress.' - Obama on The Verge's Decoder discussing AI

“Do not use [my brother's] death and our pain to bring the death and pain of other people and other families. I have no doubt that even in the face of Hamas…he would still speak out against the killing and violence of innocent people.” #CeasefireNOW
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From fart sounds to reminders, I wrote about all the wonderful and weird ways #Alexa helped my Mom, who has #ParkinsonsDisease , and me when I first started my journey as a carer. I teared up a lil writing it but in that healthy, therapeutic kind of way. ❤️

Sad news for us small people 🥺

Solidarity with our Writers Guild of America East and Writers Guild of America West colleagues who are out on strike right now.

What makes a place home, come Hell or High Water? I'm proud to share a new podcast I'm hosting about living with disaster. Our team at Vox Media Audible poured our hearts into these 6 episodes. It goes live Apr. 13, but u can check out the trailer now audible.com/pd/Hell-or-Hig…

I wrote this, but thinking about it I'd also be down for a 'Phone Mode' that makes it impossible to access apps including the camera. Maybe one that lets you access 2-3 apps in an emergency (you choose them ahead of time), but you'd still have to jump through a hoop to do so?

My request is this: please refuse to accept the convenient narrative that bailing out SVB or allowing it to be purchased by a larger bank is a handout to the tech-elite. This narrative is gaining traction. It’s convenient and easy to believe. Demand more facts. (22/23)

The collapse of SVB might look like a 1% problem that only impacts the coastal-tech-elite. Not true. This impacts small businesses made up of hard-working people making modest mortgage payments in the midwest. This impacts parents putting dinner on the table (2/23)

Really important to emphasize they say this with “low confidence.” We don’t know if that’s because of weak or insufficient data, and other departments disagree.

“Seventeen Amazon Echo devices now support Matter’s #interoperable #smarthome standard after Amazon completed the first phase of its promised #Matter rollout today…” Sheena Vasani, The Verge

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Happy Halloween from London!

Instagram is working on a feature to protect users from receiving unsolicited nude photos in their DMs; Meta says the company won't be able to view the messages (@sheenavasani / The Verge)

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Extremely random, but can anybody recommend good fall detection devices? My Mom's got Parkinson's Disease and I want something I can use to keep tabs on her when I'm not around (and ideally get on sale next week for #primeday ) #medicaldevices #parkinsonsdisease #gadgets

Afghan refugees were promised a new life in the US. Makena Kelly reports on resettlement in the Bay Area, where the government has failed to find new Americans long-term housing theverge.com/c/23170906/hom…