| MARCH 1, 2021
It's March 1, 2021. On this day in 2008, AOL discontinued the venerable Netscape browser for good. Pour one out for Netscape.  ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don’t have to): 418 articles, 11 podcasts, 7 press releases, 305 tweets, and 7 YouTube videos 1. Twitter Announces 'Super Follow' Paid Feature We're all used to advertising supporting our social media, but Twitter is looking at another way. Called Super Follows, the feature will let you pay a monthly fee to receive special tweets and media from your favorite creators and publishers. Twitter will likely take a cut, of course. 2. FCC Approves Plan to Discount Internet Fees Low-Income US citizens will be able to get $50 off their monthly internet bills soon, as the FCC just approved a $3.2 billion fund called the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program to help offset the price of staying connected. 3. PlayStation State of Play Showed Off Lots of New Games Sony held a State of Play virtual event last week to announce a host of upcoming titles for its PS5 and PS4 consoles. Titles shown off included Final Fantasy VII Remake, Crash Bandicoot 4, Sifu, Oddworld, and Kena: Bridge of Spirits. 🦑 Go Deeper If you have a newer Mac with the M1 chip in it, the included SSD may end up lasting a lot less time than you'd think. Charlie Sorrel has the inside details on what's going on, and how you can check your own drive. 🎱 By the Numbers Facebook in the lead  Data: Spotify Twitter reports about 330 million monthly active users, which is a lot of people, but it pales in comparison with Facebook's 2.4 billion. Facebook also owns WhatsApp and Instagram, making for a formidable foe.  🔥 Today's Hot Deal
Save a whopping $250 on this iRobot Roomba i6+ Wi-Fi Robot Vacuum with Automatic Dirt Disposal right now over at Amazon. Robots forever! 🤓 Nerd Out "Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids." — Elton John, international superstar Finding a stable supply of ice on Mars for both water and hydrogen (to fuel trips back to Earth) is paramount to our future on the Red Planet. Scientists are just starting to find out where the best places are. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It Wow that's gorgeous  Image: Big Ass Fans Everything is smart these days, from speakers to watches to locks. Why not add a smart fan to help manage your indoor environment, then? This lovely unit from Big Ass Fans (the Haiku) might fit the bill with style! 🎥 Behind the Scenes What's this Clubhouse thing we keep hearing about? Looking to get the inside analysis on the latest tech news from a solid, smart crew of podcasters? Check out the February 7th episode of This Week in Tech, where the gang talks Clubhouse, Jeff Bezos, and Section 230. 🗞 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, too.
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