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FEBRUARY 8, 2021 It's February 8, 2021. It's National Football Hangover Day, but we'd rather celebrate National Kite Flying Day (also today). Go fly a kite!     ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 387 articles, 7 podcasts, 15 press releases, 453 tweets, and 9 YouTube videos 1. Apple's watchOS 7.4 Beta arrives with FaceID Fix You may have noticed that it's hard for your iPhone to unlock with FaceID when you're wearing a mask. Apple's solution is pure Apple (buy more Apple stuff!), and the feature is now available in beta for your wrist computer. 2. Last Month To Transfer Google Play Music to YouTube Music We've been warning you for quite a while now, but the jig is up: If you don't move your Google Play music to YouTube Music by February 24th, you'll be out of luck as the former shuts down. Again, we told you so. 3. Don't Plan on Seeing Overwatch 2 or Diablo 4 This Year  Publisher Activision Blizzard told investors in an earnings call that neither of these hotly-anticipated game sequels will be ready this year. Sorry, fans.  🦑 Go Deeper Atari is well-known for it's home console and original arcade games. Allison Matyus has a nice deep dive on the company, its games, and how it became the foundation for our modern gaming reality.     🎱 By the Numbers Start your Atari Data: Wikipedia While Atari 2600's 30 million in sales pales in comparison to, say Sony PlayStation's 102.5 million sales, consider that the other two consoles of the same era, Magnavox Odyssey 2 and Intellivision, only sold 2 and 3 million, respectively. Atari is a household name for a reason.     🔥 Today's Hot Deal Save $100 on Apple's Magic Keyboard for iPad Air 11-inch (the latest model) and get your trackpad on with this laptop-esque solution.  Don't Miss This Deal 🤓 Nerd Out "Quantum if you got 'em. " -Jerri Ledford, News Editor Scientists have figured out a way to scale up the number of computations a quantum computer can do (thousands instead of dozens) by lowering the temps to near absolute zero. That's some cold, hard facts. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It  Sometimes more is more Image: Razer If you've got a USB-C/Thunderbolt computer like the MacBook Pro or Air, you'll want a dock that can expand your ports beyond the few that come included. This Razer Thunderbolt 4 dock has all you need PLUS a neat color-changing LED light, which makes it cool as heck.  🎥 Behind the Scenes What do they know? If you want to hear all about the latest in car tech, look no further than this episode of The Vergecast, where the ever-charming Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk about the new Mustang Mach-E, Tesla's auto plans, and the possibility of an Apple car (yeah, hope springs eternal).     🗞 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]