| OCTOBER 8, 2020
Everything worth knowing in tech today, October 8, 2020. It's National Fluffernutter Day - get out your favorite marshmallow spread!  ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 297 articles, 6 podcasts, 8 press releases, 456 tweets, and 7 YouTube videos 1. US House Report Says Big Tech Companies Are Monopolistic The House judiciary committee on antitrust just released a 450-page report on its 16-month investigation into Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon. Spoiler alert: The report says all four enjoy "monopoly power," which frankly sounds like it should be a Saturday morning cartoon. 2. Slack Update Offers More WFH Features Working from home isn't going away any time soon for a lot of us, so Slack is updating its popular collaboration tool around that fact. In addition to persistent audio calls and an Instagram Story-like feature, we're getting new ways to talk to people outside our own business silos. 3. PS5 Hardware Teardown on YouTube Sony just published a revealing look at its upcoming PS5 console with a hardware teardown video showing all the components, including an incredible heat-sink and the motherboard itself. It's in Japanese, though, so you're ahead of the game if you speak the language. 🦑 Go Deeper Game developers are infamous for forcing their employees to work crazy long extra hours just before a game's release. CD Projekt Red promised to not do so for Cyberpunk 2077. Brandon Sams takes a deeper look at how they failed. 🎱 By the Numbers What's up, FB?  Data: Company Sources The big tech companies may have monopolistic power, but it definitely seems like Amazon is doing the most, in terms of revenue. Let's see what effect any governmental regulation will do to these enormous bottom lines. 🤓 Nerd Out "Get you some Zoom help." -Bob Schulties, Senior Editor Work from home nerds might dig a free 40-page primer on how to use Zoom, from one of the biggest names in tech help in the printing world, Take Control Books. Zoom on, folks. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It It's about time (get it?)  Image: Apple Inc Watch nerds and bargain nerds unite! With almost all the same features as the new Series 6, but at a much friendlier price, the Apple Watch SE is a wrist computer/health wearable you won't mind giving to your kids (or self). 🎮 Up-Down-A-B-Start Cerebus is a good boy, isn't he? Yes, he is If you haven't played Hades, yet, now's the time. It's available on Nintendo's hyper-accessible Switch console, and it makes a game from a genre typically known for being super difficult (rogue-like) much more playable. Give it a try! 🗞 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.
You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Tech Today newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here .
Our editors independently research, test, and recommend the best products; you can learn more about our review process here. We may receive commissions on purchases made from our chosen links.
2020 Dotdash • All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.
|
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Surprise! Big Tech Is Monopolistic
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment