| AUGUST 5, 2020
Everything worth knowing in tech today, August 5, 2020. Did you know that NASA launched the Phoenix rocket to Mars today in 2007? Blast off!  ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don’t have to): 241 Articles, 8 Podcasts, 14 Press Releases, 532 Tweets, & 7 YouTube videos 1. WhatsApp Adds Fact-Checking Search WhatsApp already flags messages that have been forwarded too many times to help slow the spread of misinformation. Now, it's adding a new little Search icon to help you fact check any articles you get from your buddies. No more wildly-inaccurate conspiracy theories in your family group chats. 2. Android Takes on AirDrop With Nearby Share It's finally time for Android users to get the cool functionality of Apple's AirDrop, minus the better name. Google's Nearby Share will let you share files, text, photos, and video to other Android phones that are, well, nearby. 3. Google Play Music to Shut Down in October OK, maybe that's overstating things, but Google Play Music is really going away... and it's being replaced by YouTube Music, another Google property. We guess you'll just keep using whatever Google puts out there? Dance for me, dance for me, dance for me, oh oh oh. 🦑 Go Deeper All this TikTok stuff is driving us batty. Will he? Won't he? Will Microsoft? Won't Microsoft? If you want a clear-headed, deeper look at what's going on with our favorite Chinese-owned (but Cayman Islands-operated) weird viral video app, check out Charlie Sorrel's look right here. 🎱 By the Numbers Looks like old people really like Pandora  Data: Counterpoint Research Well, hello, Pandora! Who knew you had such a following? Sure, the numbers don't add up to 100% (you can only be under or over 30, there's no other option), but it's probably because people use more than one app in a month. I mean, we do. Don't you? 🤓 Nerd Out "Singing virtually may be the cure for what ails you." -Kevin Hogan, Associate Content Strategist It turns out, sadly, that singing is a perfect way to spread coronavirus. So what's a choral singer to do? Well, you join a virtual choir, of course. That's what over 17,000 at-home vocalists have already done. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It Movie theater in your FACE  Image: Cinera Edge 5K micro-OLED screen? Check. Dolby 5.1 surround sound? Yep. Weird-looking gadget to strap your head into? Obviously. The Cinera Edge headset engages all our wants for a huge theater experience at home. Just try not to get popcorn grease on it, ok? 🚀 Facing the Future There's a fungus among us Imagine a future free from worry about radiation dangers. A fungus growing in Chernobyl has been discovered to be fairly capable of absorbing radiation, and could be used to protect astronauts from cosmic rays when en route to Mars. The future never looked so fun... gi. 🗞 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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