Month: August 2020
PSA: Games Done Quick’s summer speedrunning event kicks off on August 16th
Games Done Quick’s (GDQ) next big speedrunning marathon for charity will kick off on August 16th at 11:30AM ET / 7:30AM PT on Twitch. This year’s summer GDQ will be a bit different than past years due to the pandemic: instead of taking place in a giant room filled with…
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Who Needs a Folding Phone, Anyway?
This week, we look at the Microsoft Surface Duo and wonder if an expensive, dual-screen device like this one feels relevant, or just needlessly extravagant. Source
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Makeup Classes Have Gone Virtual—and We Tried One Out
Many small companies and beauticians have updated in-store lessons for the new stay-at-home world. Think beauty YouTube, but better. Source
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Fortnite vs Apple vs Google: a brief and very incomplete timeline
If you weren’t watching tech news yesterday, you missed an entire afternoon’s worth of cramming handfuls of popcorn in your mouth as you stared wide-eyed at the screen wondering what madness was coming next. It was A Day. Epic baited both Apple and Google into banning Fortnite from their respective…
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Want a new Alexa speaker? Trade in an old Amazon device and get a discount amazon echo
Still using an old Amazon Echo smart speaker from 2017? Want to upgrade to a new model? Or maybe you’ve realized you don’t need a multi-room setup of seven Echo Dots? Amazon will happily take working devices off your hands. The online retail giant is extending its trade-in program to…
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