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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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    X obeys more government takedown requests under Elon Musk’s leadership.

    The social platform has released its first transparency report in over three years, and we’ve linked the full document below so you can compare it against the last report from 2021.

    Notably, X has suspended more accounts and obliged 20 percent more legal requests to take down or withhold user content since Musk purchased the platform.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    A repairable Pixel Watch could be on the horizon.

    At a Climate Week NYC panel, Google policy manager Nicole Azores said the company is considering how to change its watch design, which currently has to be replaced entirely if damaged.

    Here’s a snippet from Wired’s reporting which notes that Apple’s and Samsung’s watches are repairable:

    Watches and wearables are still fairly nascent, and we are thinking through how to make this repairable,” Azores said on the panel. “We’re thinking about repairability on a broader scale, not just on phones and tablets, and we want to make sure that all of our products eventually become repairable.

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    Jess Weatherbed
    Gmail’s blue checkmarks are coming to iOS and Android.

    The verification marks will now appear in Gmail’s mobile apps for senders who have adopted BIMI, Google’s Brand Indicators for Message Identification feature. They were previously only visible on the Gmail web client.

    Gmail now also supports Common Mark Certificates (CMC) which will allow a “broader range of senders to utilize BIMI” according to Google.

    A blue verified checkmark seen next to a senders name on Gmail.
    Here’s an example of what the checkmarks will look like on Gmail’s mobile app.
    Image: Google
    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    TikTok is killing its short-lived music streaming platform.

    The service will be shut down on November 28th according to a post on the streaming site, with subscription renewals being automatically canceled.

    TikTok Music launched in 2023 as a rival to services like Spotify and Apple Music, but was only available in Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and Mexico. Users have until October 28th to transfer their TikTok Music playlists to other platforms.