Shira Ovide

New York

Writer of The Tech Friend newsletter

Education: Haverford College; Columbia Journalism School

Shira Ovide writes The Tech Friend newsletter. Sign up here. She is the strategy editor for Help Desk, The Washington Post's team of journalists who focus on the impact of our digital lives and empower us to corral technology to serve our needs. Before joining The Post in October 2022, Ovide wrote the On Tech newsletter for the New York Times. She has also been a technology columnist at Bloomberg Opinion and wrote about technology, finance and the media industry for the Wall Street Journal. Ovide lives in New York.
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The best alternatives to Amazon for e-books and audiobooks

You have great choices if you want to skip Kindle and Audible for holiday gifts (or all year).

November 29, 2024

Five annoying tech things to turn off right now

You can put a stop to Apple’s bonkers AI summaries and the clickety sounds as you type on your phone.

November 26, 2024

Will AI kill Google? Past predictions of doom were totally wrong.

Past technology revolutions made Google even stronger rather than weaker, as many tech dudes predicted. So what about AI?

November 22, 2024

3 ways TikTok might survive a ban, with or without Trump’s help

Donald Trump or the Supreme Court could be TikTok’s best hopes for survival. But there’s no guarantee.

November 19, 2024

Love buying cheap stuff online? Thank a law that avoids Trump’s tariffs.

A tax-free law used by American tourists also turbocharged bargain apps like Temu and Shein. The next White House could change everything.

November 15, 2024

The Mike Tyson-Jake Paul boxing match shows streaming is just cable now

Netflix shunned live sports and events for most of its history. Advertising money changed everything.

November 12, 2024

Could your iPhone cost $300 more in the Trump administration?

Apple avoided tariffs on most of its products during the first Trump presidency. No one knows what happens with Trump 2.0.

November 8, 2024
People at a town hall with Donald Trump take photographs with their phones in October in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The sane human’s guide to ‘panic responsibly’ on Election Day

Feeling election anxiety? Know what to expect, including days of vote counting and garbage information online, and how to put it in perspective.

November 5, 2024

They made a public Rolodex of our faces. Here’s how I tried to get out.

Face search websites can help protect your privacy, but they can also be abused. Try these steps to protect yourself.

November 1, 2024

Kids can now report unwanted nude photos to Apple. Is it a good idea?

Most technology companies have added children’s safety features — but they’re often poorly designed and ineffective.

October 25, 2024