| February 14, 2022
It's February 14, 2022—Valentine's Day! You all know what this day's about. But whether you celebrate it or not, know that we're thinking of you, regardless.  ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 219 articles, 6 podcasts, 3 press releases, 264 tweets, and 15 YouTube videos 1. Regulatory Oversight Comes to Google's Privacy Sandbox In accordance with the UK's CMA, Google now has to develop its Privacy Sandbox (balancing user privacy with pushing ads) while considering its relationship to private data, advertisers' income, if it benefits from an unfair advertising advantage, and more. Wow. We bet Google's happy about this one. 2. Google Says Goodbye to Google+... Again Remember Google Currents, the more business-y social platform that replaced Google+? Yeah, that's going away, too. The company announced it plans to "wind down" Currents in 2023 and bring all of its content and users to Google Spaces. Sorry, people, maybe Google+ was just never meant to be. 3. Best Buy Tried to Use Its Perk Program to Limit GPU Purchases To buy a graphics card from Best Buy, you now need the store's $199/year Totaltech perks program. Unfortunately, some scalpers say this made it easier to buy a GPU, while others signed up, patiently waited for the confirmation email, then still missed out anyway. Yeah, we'll keep waiting quietly, thanks. 🦑 Go Deeper You can navigate the web with a mouse, keyboard, or touchscreen, but what if your voice was more involved? Let Sascha Brodsky tell you how voice controls and voice assistants could improve internet access for everyone. 🎱 By the Numbers Ads are brining in the money!  Data: Alphabet/Google If you thought you might one day see fewer ads around the internet, think again! Companies make a lot of money from advertising and you don't need to look any further than the chart above, which shows Google brought in $60 billion in revenue just from ads in Q4 2021. Yeah, they're here to stay.  🔥 Today's Hot Deal
If you're in need of a speaker than can handle its liquid, look no further than the Bose SoundLink Portable Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker, which is down to $99 at Walmart right now. Shower, bathtub, hot tub, beach? It's ready for it all. 🤓 Nerd Out "We haven't even figured out VR yet." —Molly McLaughlin, Senior Content Strategist Metaverse this, metaverse that, but what is it actually trying to do? Well, it seems like it's trying to mimic real life, but doing a poor job. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It In a galaxy not too far away...  Image: Samsung The Samsung Galaxy S22 is out in a couple of weeks, making it the perfect time to upgrade from your old Galaxy phone—maybe even trade it in. Pick from the S22, S22+, or S22 Ultra, with their improved display, cameras, and processor, then have a grand ol' time showing it off. 🎧 Listen Up Search, Play, Listen In internet time, the Spotify drama is relatively old news, but that doesn't mean we should stop learning from it. Tune into this episode of There Are No Girls on the Internet, as host Bridget Todd and disinformation researcher Abbie Richards dig deeper into the audio platform's latest issue. 🗞 Extra! Extra! We've got you covered with the best in daily tech news! See the latest on our site or follow us on Apple News and 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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