| January 27, 2021
It's January 27, 2021. It's Library Shelfie Day—Take pics of your own library shelves (with your happy face in it) and send along to us on Twitter with #techtodayshelfie.  ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don’t have to): 361 articles, 8 podcasts, 12 press releases, 513 tweets, and 9 YouTube videos 1. iOS and iPadOS 14.4 Out Now Update your iPhones and iPads to the latest iOS and iPadOS and you'll get some updates for your Camera app, a fix for keyboard lag, and support for the new Apple Watch Unity watch faces. Yes! 2. Play Classic Atari Games With Plex Arcade The company known for home media streaming software, Plex, is getting into the game streaming business. It'll cost you $5 ($3 if you're already a Plex Plus member) to stream a list of 27 Atari games like Centipede and Missile Command using pretty much any Bluetooth controller. 3. Twitter Makes Full Archive Available to Researchers The social media giant is opening its full archive to academic researchers for free, a shift from its previous paid subscription model. The data should make it easier for people to hone in on public internet discourse, a key area of study in these troubled times. 🦑 Go Deeper Why are webcams (and other computer peripherals) so terrible? Charlie Sorrel asks, and answers, this important question in a deeper look at the problem. Spoiler: You get what you (are willing to) pay for. 🎱 By the Numbers Get 'em, Pac-Man  Data: Wikipedia The Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man has sold 7,700,000 copies since its release in 1982, with Pitfall! coming in at 4,000,000. Bringing these popular titles to a streaming service seems to make a ton of sense. Best of luck, Plex Arcade!  🔥 Today's Hot Deal
These Sony noise-cancelling headphones are currently $72 off. The "cleverly" named Sony WH-1000XM4 are fantastic headphones, and you can get them for $278 on Amazon right now. 🤓 Nerd Out "Checkmate, sucka." -Tim Fisher, General Manager Sure, supercomputers have been beating human chess players for decades, but a new project has trained AI on millions of games played by actual humans, making skill levels easier to reproduce. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It Look ma, no mirrors  Image: Sony The brand new Sony A1 mirrorless camera is all kinds of pricey ($6500 just for the body), but it can shoot bursts of 30 frames per second and 8K video with autofocus enabled. That's some serious power, and we know you want it. 🚀 Facing the Future Thor got nothing on this plane A scientist at Wuhan University has said he's designed a jet engine that can turn electricity into thrust. This could change everything, and make electric air travel a very real possibility in the future. That's pretty dang cool. 🗞 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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