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The Sony Camera That Tumbled Down an Olympic Ski Slope Survived

February 8, 2022
A Sony camera went viral last week after it was caught by NBC tumbling all the way down a ski slope at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. It turns out that camera survived the accident to shoot another day. The Long Tumble Down a Snowy Mountain On February 3rd, after the first events at the Olympics were underway, NBC shared a short 41-second video on Twitter that had photographers cringing. It…
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GamingNews

Next Nintendo Direct airs on February 9

February 8, 2022
Did you miss a session from GamesBeat’s latest event? Head over to the GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit & GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 On Demand page here. Nintendo announced today that it is hosting a new Direct on February 9 at 2 p.m. Pacific. It will focus on Switch games coming out in the first half of 2022 and run for about 40 minutes. This means we should hear…
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GamingNews

Fortnite officially not coming to Steam Deck

February 8, 2022
Did you miss a session from GamesBeat’s latest event? Head over to the GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit & GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 On Demand page here. Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney announced on social media that Fortnite won’t officially come…
MobileNews

Google Assistant will soon get a new design and faster responses on Wear OS

February 8, 2022
Following Samsung’s tease yesterday afternoon, Google today provided more details on the new Assistant experience coming to Wear OS, including its new design. Launching Assistant — including via the “Hey Google” hotword — on Wear OS will bring up a new screen that asks “Hi, how can I help?” with a four-color light bar at the bottom. You will briefly see an Assistant logo at the…
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MobileNews

Apple announces new Tap to Pay feature that turns iPhones into contactless payment terminals

February 8, 2022
Apple has officially announced a new Tap to Pay feature for iPhone. This feature, coming later this year, will allow businesses to use their iPhones to “seamlessly and securely” accept Apple Pay payments with a simple tap. The feature will also work for contactless credit cards and debit cards, as well as other digital wallets. New Tap to Pay feature for iPhone The most interesting part of…
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