| DECEMBER 7, 2020
It's December 7, 2020. Today in 1999, the RIAA sued Napster, kicking off a whole new era of digital music and the fight to control it.  ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don’t have to): 587 articles, 9 podcasts, 13 press releases, 622 tweets, and 8 YouTube videos 1. Google Fires Black, Female AI-Ethics Researcher In what can only be described as a bad move, Google fired a young ethicist who published a paper critical of the company's issues around bias in machine learning. She also called out the lack of diversity at the top, for which she claims she was fired (she probably was). 2. Warner Bros Puts Entire 2021 Film Slate on HBO Max Warner Bros announced that it would put all of its planned 2021 films on the HBO Max streaming service the same day they'll open in theaters. The future of entertainment? Good news for us, but maybe bad news for theaters. 3. Fortnite brings Kratos to All Platforms Now that the Marvel crossover is done in the wildly-popular Battle Royale game, Fortnite, the team has created a Bounty Hunter theme for the latest season. First up? The formerly PlayStation-only protagonist, Kratos from God of War. 🦑 Go Deeper Coronavirus continues to impact our entire global society. Lifewire's Allison Matyus takes a deeper look at how the pandemic has set off a touch-free revolution across retail, restaurants, and security. 🎱 By the Numbers Superheroes win the day  Data: The Numbers It's hard to say how we'll measure the success of movies going forward, especially as massive companies like Warner Bros release their own films into homes. Here's hoping it's a success, though, as it's convenient for many of us.  🔥 Today's Hot Deal
The savings on HP's Envy 17-inch notebooks are easily some of the best, with optional touchscreens, 10th Gen Intel chips, a range of GPU options, and some excellent storage options, many of which combine traditional hard drives with lightning-quick SSDs for the best of both worlds. 🤓 Nerd Out "I like real knobs more than screens." -Bob Schulties, Senior Editor Design nerds are gonna love this site, just bursting with beautiful visions of Soviet-era control rooms. It makes you wanna just press every button and turn every dial, doesn't it? (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It I, Robot, indeed  Image: Autmow Robot vacuums are so last year. Why not outsource your landscaping to an auto-mower? This lovely beast can handle steep grades, large acreage, and a variety of obstacles, all to make sure you never have to mow your lawn manually again. Sign us up! 🎧 Listen Up Our search for meaning is still important Biology, philosophy, and the search for meaning—what more do you want? This podcast episode features David Haig, a geneticist and evolutionary biologist who says that it's legitimate to look for meaning even within a purposeless evolution. Woah—that's deep. 🗞 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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