Apple Seeds Its Next iPhone Event

See you all October 13th

OCTOBER 7, 2020 Everything worth knowing in tech today, October 7, 2020. Today in 1988, the first ever Computer Bowl trivia contest happened. Nerdy fun!     ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 371 articles, 8 podcasts, 10 press releases, 324 tweets, and 9 YouTube videos 1. Apple Sends Out Invites for Oct. 13 Event  The invitation, quickly shared out by various invitee journalists on Twitter, says the event will be about speed. Which, honestly, means iPhone 12. 5G? Faster processor? Quicker camera or screen refresh? Maybe all of that.  2. G Suite is now Google Workspace Google says Workspace isn't just another fancy name for the G Suite series of apps it's replacing. It also promises deeper integration between apps like Gmail, Meet, Chat, and Docs. Will it change much of the day to day? Probably not, in all honesty. Still, you'll at least know what to call it all.  3. Instagram Turns 10 on the App Store The Facebook-owned photo sharing social network has been on iOS for a long ten years, and it's celebrating with a new archive for Stories, classic icons, and a new anti-bullying feature, which we're all for.  🦑 Go Deeper Electronic voting is fraught with issues around security and ease of use. Sascha Brodsky has a deeper look at some specific problems in Georgia that point to larger national ones.      🎱 By the Numbers Doomscrolling is the new hotness Data: WeAreSocial Hootsuite/We Are Social asked its users to self-report their own behavior, with the largest number saying they spent more time on social media coming from the 16-24 year-old age category. But we're all doing it, right? Scroll, scroll, scroll. 🤓 Nerd Out "First the colored chalk and now this?! Willie's gonna lose it." -Bob Schulties, Senior Editor Turns out that most of Scottish Wikipedia was written by an American who just mangled up some English to represent the Scottish language. Yet another reason to check your sources. (Share on Twitter)  💎 You Know You Want It  Talk about getting an earful Image: Ultimate Ears If your ears and earbuds never get along, maybe it's time for earbuds to put in the work to suit you. These UE Fits earbuds use "lightform technology" and gel-filled tip molds to create a custom fit. Sure, they're $199 (normally $250), but can you really put a price on comfort?  🚀 Facing the Future Pros: Fast internet. Cons: 3000 satellites above us, no guidelines Astronomers are freaking out over the huge amount of approvals for companies to send up satellites into orbit without any oversight. Amazon alone was just given the right to send up 3,326 of them, nearly 600 more than what's already there. Talk about an unregulated parking lot of corporate interest.     🗞 Extra! Extra! We've got you covered with the best in daily tech news! See the latest on our site or follow us on 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. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Tech Today newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here .   Our editors independently research, test, and recommend the best products; you can learn more about our review process here. We may receive commissions on purchases made from our chosen links. A Dotdash Brand 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 2020 Dotdash • All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.   [View in Browser]