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October 27, 2021 It's October 27, 2021. The precursor to the modern internet, ARPANET, went down due to a faulty Interface Message Processor on this day in 1980. Good thing that kind of outage never happens anymore... oh, wait.     ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 276 articles, 8 podcasts, 13 press releases, 227 tweets, and 8 YouTube videos 1. Microsoft Tries Twitch Streaming for Xbox One Again The Xbox's streaming game platform, Mixer, shut down last July, not too long after it was meant to replace Twitch on Microsoft's consoles. Looks like Twitch is set to return soon with a test run set to bring it back like it's 2017 again. 2. Pimax Announces Ridiculously Powerful Standalone VR Headset Never mind Oculus or Valve, check out the Pimax Frontier, a standalone VR headset poised to outperform anything on the market, with a 12K QLED screen boasting 5.7K per eye resolution and a 200-degree horizontal, 135-degree vertical view. That means killer, high-def gaming in VR. Sign us up! 3. Pixelmator Pro Now Supports macOS Monterey and Shortcuts Pixelmator is a fantastic Mac app that competes head to head with the likes of Photoshop. The developers just added support for the latest macOS version, Monterey, Apple's new M1 Pro and M1 Max, and now has useful shortcuts to make your workflow even more streamlined. Be sure to check this one out.  🦑 Go Deeper Now that the new MacBook Pros are out with their shiny new Apple silicon chips, Charlie Sorrel decided to take a deeper look into what could be the next iteration of the lower end but still amazing MacBook Air.      🎱 By the Numbers Get those twitch reflexes up Data: Streamlabs You can easily tell how poorly Mixer did here, and how much better Twitch is doing at grabbing the attention of game stream watchers. Makes a lot of sense why Microsoft wants to get Twitch functionality back.     🔥 Today's Hot Deal Save 39% on this Samsung curved gaming monitor, which makes the total an easier to handle $170. That's a solid price for 1920 x 1080p resolution, speedy 4ms response, HDMI input, and a special game mode, right? Don't Miss This Deal 🤓 Nerd Out "I would have voted for a better name, to be honest." —Kyree Leary, Associate News Editor Researchers in Hawaii have just discovered the youngest planet ever documented (aww, so cute) orbiting a distant star. Named 2M0437b, the youngster will help us learn more about how our own solar system and planets formed. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It  Droning on and on and on and on Image: DJI What's more fun than a quadcopter drone for the holidays? Not a whole heck of a lot, that's what. This robust, high-end DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone Quadcopter comes with a 48MP camera that can handle 4K video (or 8K Hyperlapse mode), which sounds like a ton of fun, too. Get yours today! 🚀 Facing the Future Look, up in the air, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a tiny flying robot! Part of ensuring we even have a future is figuring out how we can fight climate change and pollution. New "flying microchips" may be the answer to helping scientists measure and then combat air pollution.      🗞 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 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10005 2020 Dotdash • All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.   [View in Browser]