| February 24, 2022
It's February 24, 2022. It's National Tortilla Chip Day, which really should have gone with Margarita Day, but whatever. Grab yourself a bag and some salsa and enjoy the day, anyway.  ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 331 articles, 7 podcasts, 3 press releases, 226 tweets, and 12 YouTube videos 1. Google Acknowledges Pixel 6 Wi-Fi Issues, Promises Fix Apparently, some Pixel 6 users have noticed a lack of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity after a recent update to their Pixel 6 smartphones. Google has now admitted to the issue in a response to a Reddit thread, and has promised a fix to roll out sometime in March. Good on ya, Google! 2. Blu's New G91 Max Gaming-Focused Smartphone Is Out Now There's a new gaming phone in town and it's an Amazon exclusive from Blu. Called the G91 Max , it's got a larger Full HD+ display, uses a marginally newer MediaTek Helio GPU, includes more RAM, and features a nicer series of cameras than its predecessor. Nice! 3. Acer Adds New Models to Its Swift Laptop Lineup Acer is adding two new lightweight laptops to its repertoire, the Swift 3 and Swift 5, both designed with business executives in mind. If you're wearing your business socks, you know what time it is. Maybe grab yourself one of these new laptops and get busy. 🦑 Go Deeper Social media may cost you nothing to use, but is it really "free?" Lifewire's own Charlie Sorrel takes a deeper look at the environmental and other costs of our obsession with social networking. 🎱 By the Numbers Still trying to get on the charts  Data: Mozilla Here's hoping that Google can get out of the Other category and into it's own bar on this chart. Apple's got the lead with 56% YoY growth in the smartphone market, while Samsung is close behind with 22% growth. Lenovo is hanging in there, too, with 12% growth. OnePlus? 8%, which leaves Other at 2%. Sigh.  🔥 Today's Hot Deal
Looking for a huge TV but don't wanna pay full price? How about saving $1500 on this 75-inch NanoCell LED 8K UHD Smart webOS TV from LG? Honestly, why are you still here? 🤓 Nerd Out "Joni always said, 'We are stardust; we are golden.'" —Jerri Ledford, News Editor When the next interstellar objects, like 'Oumuamua and Borisov, come through our solar system, the newly deployed James Webb telescope will be online and ready to catch all their glorious details. How about that!? (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It Still runs on electricity, sadly.  Image: Datamancer You probably have a computer keyboard, but it's likely you don't one as cool as the metal-hotness of a Sojourner keyboard. Imagine how steampunk you'll feel as you type out corporate emails or loving LiveJournal posts with this thing. Yasss. 🚀 Facing the Future I need a five letter word for difficult Y'all, we all know you love Wordle so much and can't wait to share your latest solution with your friends on Facebook. Still, though, it's not any harder now than it was before the New York Times bought the viral hit, so settle down, ok? 🗞 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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