| OCTOBER 16, 2020
Everything worth knowing in tech today, October 16, 2020. It's National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day, so at least dedicate your sandwich to them if you can't be with them in person.  ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don’t have to): 487 articles, 8 podcasts, 10 press releases, 412 tweets, and 6 YouTube videos 1. Joe Biden Campaign Fully Joins Animal Crossing Yes, this is totally true. Joe Biden will launch his own Animal Crossing island for people to visit today. We're pretty sure he didn't terraform his own island, of course, but it's pretty great to go visit a presidential-hopeful's Nook shop. 2. So Long Hangouts, Hello Chat It just keeps getting harder to track which Google services for chat exist any more, with changes coming over and over. This time, though, Hangouts users are being encouraged to join the Slack-like Chat, starting next year. 3. Snapchat Launches TikTok Competitor, Sounds It was only a matter of time before someone else found a way to capitalize on TikTok's woes. California-based Snap Inc. is launching a way to let users add licensed music to their Stories, making for a familiar viral video experience. 🦑 Go Deeper Facebook may have finally banned Holocaust-denial content on its platform, but some say it's too little, too late. Our very own Brandon Sams has the deeper look at this important topic. 🎱 By the Numbers That'll do, Snap. That'll do.  Data: eMarketer Adding a small feature to Snapchat may seem like a small thing, but taking on TikTok's mindshare dominance could prove daunting to most. Snap Inc., though, is doing just fine. 🤓 Nerd Out "Doomguy needs his milk, too, I guess." -Kyree Leary, Associate Editor Gaming nerds love to play on as many different devices as possible, true, but you gotta wonder if anyone ever predicted playing Doom on a fridge. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It It's cooler on the inside  Image: Virtuix Sure, everyone's excited about their new Oculus Quest 2 headset, but have you thought about investing in one of these home VR treadmill systems? We know you want it (because so do we). 🎥 Behind the Scenes Laurence Fishburne once again proves he's awesome Quibi was once hailed as a rival to Netflix, with it's hip mobile-only delivery and, well, tons of cash. It will be interesting if this new-tech-focused service can use it's latest Emmy wins to get what it really needs: Viewers. 🗞 Extra! Extra! We've got you covered with the best in daily tech news! See the latest on our site or follow us on Google News. Did someone forward this to you? Sign up here. Have something you’d like us to write about? We’re always open for suggestions.
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