| March 10, 2022
It's March 10, 2022. On this day in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell makes what is considered the first phone call in history to his assistant, Mr. Watson. The conversation? Short, with Bell simply requesting Watson to come see him.  ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 391 articles, 10 podcasts, 9 press releases, 402 tweets, and 25 YouTube videos 1. New Facebook Update Lets Group Admins Fight Misinformation Facebook is rolling out new security tools and features to help group admins fight against misinformation and keep their communities safe. This includes being able to automatically decline posts with verified false information and ban members who continue to post such info. Love it! Keep it up, Meta! 2. There's Now an Official Free Substack Reader App Substack has released its own official reader app designed to keep the newsletters, podcasts, and videos from your favorite writers organized in one place. It's available now for iPhone and iPad, with an Android version coming soon. Hard to believe this wasn't already a thing. 3. Xbox's March 2022 Update Adds New Quick Resume Feature The Xbox March update has new features and fixes for Series X/S owners to enjoy. There's the ability to pin two games to Quick Resume, an option to remap the Share button, and performance improvements for the Elite Series 2 and Adaptive controllers. Not a massive update, but still much appreciated. 🦑 Go Deeper Apple revealed a new desktop during its March event called the Mac Studio, and it's kinda like an older sibling to the Mac mini. Charlie Sorrel is into it, but also points out how weird it is. We like weird. 🎱 By the Numbers Billions of people still use Facebook  Data: Meta It may be nice to think people are giving up on Facebook, but the data from the Meta says its user base is stronger than ever. By the end of 2021, the social media platform had nearly three billion daily active users, which is... so many people. Wow.  🔥 Today's Hot Deal
Audio from your video games getting a little too loud in the evening? HORI's 3D Surround Gaming Neckset should help a ton, and it's down to ~$48 on Amazon right now. Time to ditch those headphones for something a lot cooler. 🤓 Nerd Out "Removing the 'punk' from 'Cyberpunk.'" —Rob LeFebvre, Senior News Editor Science fiction has a noticeable influence on our tech and culture, but some tech CEOs seem to get it all wrong. Join Wisecrack as they delve into the whys and hows of it all. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It No assembly required  Image: Dell, Alienware We like building PCs, but sometimes you just want something pre-made. Look no further than Alienware's Aurora Ryzen Edition R10, a gaming desktop with more than enough power for your day-to-day and gaming needs. It even has an RTX 3070 GPU, and we all know how it is to grab one of those these days. 🎮 Up-Down-A-B-Start A belated Happy Birthday, Switch! Can you believe it's been five years since the Nintendo Switch launched? To celebrate, Fanbyte's Imran Khan looks back on the life of the console-handheld hybrid and all of its successes and failures. Here's to five more? 🗞 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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