| DECEMBER 15, 2020
It's December 15, 2020. It's National Cupcake Day! Need we say more? Have a sweet cupcake or two for us (we like lemon).  ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don’t have to): 645 articles, 11 podcasts, 13 press releases, 523 tweets, and 8 YouTube videos 1. Best Buy Promises PS5s Today If you're still hoping to get your hands on Sony's hot new gaming console, you might be in luck. Best Buy is promising available stock (online only) for the PS5 (and Xbox Series X/S) "sometime after 8 am CT." Which will be after this newsletter hits your inbox. You're welcome. 2. Apple Launches Privacy Badges on the App Store Like little nutritional labels, Apple's new App Store privacy badges are meant to help us figure out what data is being collected by the companies that make apps. Good for us, and maybe bad for places like Facebook? 3. Google Hit with Massive Outage You might have noticed having a hard time getting to YouTube videos, Gmail, or Google Docs yesterday. The culprit was a huge outage at Google, which seems to have been fixed quickly and effectively. Nice work, Google! 🦑 Go Deeper Facial recognition isn’t just for tracking people anymore, says Lifewire's Sascha Brodsky, in a story about how this type of software identifies the faces of animals for farming and conservationist purposes. 🎱 By the Numbers #winning  Data: Ampere Analysis Ampere Analysis' head researcher for games predicted the above numbers for PS5 sales before the console came out, basing his educated opinion on the previous generation of consoles. He also believes the PS5 will outsell the new Xbox by a decent margin, as well.  🔥 Today's Hot Deal
This modestly-sized laptop packs an impressive amount of performance into its diminutive form factor. The Lenovo ThinkPad T495s typically costs around $1300 but is currently available on the Lenovo website for just $650. 🤓 Nerd Out "Why is it so dark all of a sudden?" -Rob LeFebvre, Senior News Editor The only total eclipse of this year happened yesterday, and here are the pictures to prove it. It lasted a little over two minutes, but could only be seen from the southern hemisphere. Still pretty cool. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It Now you're playing with power  Image: ASUS This Republic of Gamers laptop from ASUS has all the kit you'll need to pwn your enemies in pretty much any arena. It's got you covered with a 17.3-inch, 144Hz FHD Display with G-Sync, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, an Intel Core i9-9980HK, a 1.5TB SSD, 64GB of DDR4 RAM, and Windows 10 Pro. What more do you need? Maybe a really good job to afford it. 🙈 Wait, What? We've been saying this all along Look, it's weird that we still have to say this, but playing video games can actually be good for you. A new study shows that it's even better for you during a pandemic, helping you feel happier during a situation over which you have little control, like whether or not your neighbors will wear a freakin' mask. 🗞 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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