Stories Are Taking Over

Now it's Spotify's turn to test the format

DECEMBER 1, 2020 It's December 1, 2020—welcome to a brand new month! Happy National Pie Day (though we thought that was the day after Thanksgiving; our bad).     ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 731 articles, 11 podcasts, 19 press releases, 410 tweets, and 7 YouTube videos 1. Spotify Testing Snapchat-Style Stories Everyone's doing it, so why not music streaming and podcast-sequestering Spotify? The company is now testing new playlist-supporting Stories, which feature clips of the artists from the list. Merry Christmas Hits, everyone! 2. Raspberry Pi 4 Gets Official Case Fan If you've ever used a Raspberry Pi for a server, you know that the constant power tends to overheat the thing and shut it down. Now you might not have to run it without a cover, as a new official cooling fan is available for $5.  3. Instagram to Highlight Donations on Giving Tuesday  Starting today, Instagram will highlight accounts you follow that use official donation stickers. You'll see a new Giving Tuesday Story to the left of the rest of your Stories so you can bask in the good everyone is doing. 🦑 Go Deeper Who knew? A new study shows that people who use smartphones may become more impulsive over time. Our own Sascha Brodsky has a deeper look at this very real issue.      🎱 By the Numbers We like Pi Data: ZD Net This little computer on a board has taken off since its release in 2012, moving through four models. The current one has been used for regulating ventilators, among many, many other possible tasks it's able to take care of.  🔥 Today's Hot Deal Plantronics' excellent noise-canceling headset (which boasts an impressive 12 hours of battery life on a single charge and Bluetooth range up to 98 feet), is a very solid $131 off right now. Don't Miss This Deal 🤓 Nerd Out "A new epoch for science and medicine." -Ajay Kumar, Tech Editor Google's Deep Mind AI has made a (dare we say it) quantum leap in advancing the course of biology as it discovers a way to predict a protein's 3D shape from its amino-acid sequence. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It  Home gym redefined Image: Tonal Many of us are figuring out how to work out at home these days, but this tech takes the cake (that we're definitely not eating, ok?). The Tonal Home Gym will match you with your best workouts and features a lovely touchscreen to show you how to do the exercises—sounds amazing, right? 🙈 Wait, What? Correlation is not causation. Game publisher EA started featuring football players on its super-popular Madden series around the year 2000. Many of those players became injured soon after, leading some gamers to refer to it as the "Madden curse." Obviously, this sort of magical thinking isn't real.      🗞 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, too. 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]