Electronics gadgets: Today in Stuff Nobody Asked For: Netflix Shuffle

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Today in Stuff Nobody Asked For: Netflix Shuffle

AUGUST 20, 2020

Everything worth knowing in tech today, August 20, 2020. Remember Antenna-gate on this day in 2008? Apple would prefer you didn't.

⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds

Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to):

345 Articles, 7 Podcasts, 21 Press Releases, 653 Tweets, & 4 YouTube videos

1. Netflix Tests Shuffle Play Button

The streaming video juggernaut is currently testing a new way to binge-watch your favorite shows. Netflix says it's putting a big Shuffle Play icon on some users' home screen, letting AI decide what's up next. Yay?

2. Instagram Launches QR Code Feature

Instead of launching Instagram, going to the Search bar, and typing in someone's profile name (@billythekidwhyisthissolong), you'll soon be able to just scan an Insta QR code with your phone's camera and go right there.

3. Zoom Comes to Smart Displays

If you're sick of Zoom meetings on your computer, how about one on your smart device like the Amazon Echo Show, Portal from Facebook, or Google Nest Hub Max? The dream of continuous virtual presence just got more real.

🦑 Go Deeper

Black creators are behind some of the biggest TikTok hits. What do these big influencers think about the potential US ban on their favorite platform? Brandon Sams has the answer to that in Lifewire's latest deeper dive.

🎱 By the Numbers

Netflix is still the one to beat

Data: Reelgood

Whether you want to shuffle your video playlist or not, the decision to add the feature could be a big deal for lots of folks. It's kind of like those old iPod Shuffles, only for all those shows you never watch.

🤓 Nerd Out

"I've been to Japan... kinda." -Kyree Leary, Assistant News Editor

New tech that uses AI to create 3D images of 2D photos could revolutionize how we "visit" far-off places in VR, the way historians study the past, and maybe even those boring vacation photos. (Share on Twitter)

💎 You Know You Want It

Here, Spot. Good... robot.

Image: Boston Dynamics

Remember Spot, the robot dog from Boston Dynamics that could open doors (and occasionally be stopped from opening them)? Well now you can buy one for the "affordable" price of $74,500. It's a robot, it's a dog, it can open doors. Who wouldn't want one (in 6-8 weeks)?

🎮 Up-Down-A-B-Start

Is anyone playing Fortnite old enough to get this reference?

Epic Games planned its most recent assault on the hallowed halls of Apple (and Google), having both a lawsuit ready AND producing a parody video of Apple's famous "1984" video that originally aired, well, back in 1984.