| November 30, 2021
It's November 30, 2021, which means it's also National Computer Security Day. What better way to keep your data safe than to take a moment to look at how you secure your valuable digital information? Get on that as soon as possible!  ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 338 articles, 7 podcasts, 6 press releases, 226 tweets, and 9 YouTube videos 1. Steam Set a New Record for Users Over Thanksgiving Weekend Steam set a new record for most concurrent users over the holiday weekend, and it'll probably happen again in the not-too-distant future. Combine a bunch of days off and some awesome gaming sales from Steam, and you've got the perfect storm for this kind of event. Bravo, Steam! 2. Pixelmator Pro 2.3 Update Adds Several New Features Getting rid of photo backgrounds can be tedious work, but the folks over at Photoshop-alternative Pixelmator have just made it even easier. The latest update for Pixelmator Pro, dubbed 'Abracadabra,' adds several new features aimed at improving your digital quality of life. Background, begone! 3. Birdwatch Adds Aliases to Protect Twitter Usernames Twitter is adding aliases to its Birdwatch safety program in a bid to shift focus to the notes instead of who wrote them. Birdwatch will now auto-generate a display name for you when you join the security system. Better yet? The aliases aren't publicly associated with your Twitter account. Woot! 🦑 Go Deeper Can retro gaming consoles bring your family together? Our very own Charlie Sorrel thinks so, and he's got a great example of a retro console that could fit the bill: The Evercade VS. It looks great and could even help you with the vibe during your next get together. 🎱 By the Numbers A solid improvement  Data: SteamDB Steam's latest record is just another in a long line of massive numbers of gamers playing at the same time. The PC gaming distribution system is hard to beat, with features its huge user base loves. Go Steam!
💻 The Best Cyber Monday Deals of 2021  Cyber Monday may be over, but some deals are sticking around all week. We'll keep updating our Cyber Monday Deals Roundup with all the headphones, laptops, robot vacuums, and speakers that we can find.
🤓 Nerd Out "I love new terms, don't you?" —Rob LeFebvre, Senior News Editor Here's a new one on us: Hot Jupiters. No, that's not another Stan Lee-style superhero catch phrase, but rather the term for giant gas planets that speed around their stars in super tight orbit. New research is helping us understand them a little bit more. Sweet! (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It A tiny computer on your wrist  Image: Apple If you don't have an Apple Watch yet (or if you have an older one), it's time to upgrade. We like the new Apple Watch Series 7 so much, we even put it in our annual Holiday Gift Guide. Get yours today; it's really the best of the bunch. 🎧 Listen Up Listen... and engage! You might think that the company behind the most popular video conferencing service, Zoom, would hold back encrypting video calls for its paying customers, right? Wrong. According to Zoom itself, both free and paid Zoom meetings are protected via 256-bit encryption. Not even Zoom can see your calls. That's pretty great, yeah? 🗞 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.
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