Notices by The Verge (verge@mastodon.social)

Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teams https://www.theverge.com/news/621353/microsoft-skype-shutting-down-retirement-may-2025

Tim Cook teases a new Apple launch next week, and it’s probably the iPhone SE https://www.theverge.com/news/612163/tim-cook-teases-iphone-se-event

Microsoft 365 is losing its free VPN feature https://www.theverge.com/news/604949/microsoft-365-vpn-feature-end-of-support

Spotify says that streaming has made the world ‘value music’ https://www.theverge.com/news/597155/spotify-streaming-adds-value-music-payouts

I hope Sharge’s new retractable charger can survive me fidgeting with it all day https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/22/24349420/sharge-retractable-65-charger-gan-65w

Microsoft won’t support Office apps on Windows 10 after October 14th https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344209/microsoft-365-office-apps-windows-10-end-of-support

Free Our Feeds wants to build a social media ecosystem ‘resistant to billionaire influence’ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24342799/free-our-feeds-social-media-ecosystem-at-protocol-bluesky

The Tesla Cybertruck isn’t living up to expectations https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/24334954/tesla-cybertruck-sales-demand-expectation-elon-musk

Is your iPhone sharing photos with Apple by default? https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/29/24331354/ios-18-sending-photos-data-apple-enhanced-visual-search-opt-out-landmark-lookup

Adobe now has a tool to get rid of ugly window reflections in photos https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/12/24319849/adobe-lightroom-camera-raw-reflection-removal

A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/26/24280075/fediverse-tiktok-alternative-loops-pixelfed-mastodon-activitypub-signups-open

Steam now says the ‘game’ you’re buying is really just a license https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/11/24267864/steam-buy-purchase-license-digital-storefront

Mastodon switches things up to make its app a little easier to use https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/8/24265201/mastodon-4-3-update-grouped-notifications-design-discover-carousel

Mark Zuckerberg says there’s ‘no causal connection’ between social media and teen mental health https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/25/24254044/mark-zuckerberg-meta-social-media-teen-mental-health

French authorities arrest Telegram’s CEO https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/24/24227672/telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-ceo

Valve officially announces Deadlock, a game ‘in early development’ https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/23/24219054/valve-deadlock-announcement

YouTube Shorts adds TikTok-style artificial voiceovers https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/11/24195934/youtube-shorts-new-features-voiceover-auto-captions

President Biden is now posting into the fediverse https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24119353/joe-biden-threads-mastodon-activitypub-fediverse

Meta’s new opt-out setting limits visibility of politics on Instagram and Threads https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/25/24111604/meta-setting-downranks-politics-instagram-threads

Welcome to the public domain, Mickey Mouse https://www.theverge.com/24006670/mickey-mouse-steamboat-willie-enters-copyright-public-domain-2024?utm_content=bufferea0c5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer