LG Enters the Gaming Laptop Business

LG's first gaming laptop, the 17-inch UltraGear, is set to debut next year with some decent high-end specs.

December 21, 2021 It's December 21, 2021, and only four days until Christmas. If you celebrate the holiday, what are you looking forward to finding under the tree? We're hoping for a new graphics card. Come on, Santa.     ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 299 articles, 8 podcasts, 5 press releases, 393 tweets, and 9 YouTube videos 1. LG Unveils First Gaming Laptop Packed With High-End Specs LG is releasing its first gaming laptop, the 17-inch UltraGear 17G90Q, next year. It will feature an 11th-gen Intel Tiger Lake H CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q graphics card, and support for up to 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage space. Now word on price yet, but expect to hear all about it at CES 2022. 2. Google Maps Tests New Way to Save Specific Locations Google Maps is testing a new "Dock to bottom" feature that lets you place a favorite location in the footer of Maps so you can easily go back to it later. Only a select number of people are part of the test right now, and it's unclear if it'll come to the mobile app, but hey, new Maps features are always a plus. 3. Amazon Banned Itself From Twitch for Breaking the TOS The official Spanish Twitch channel for Amazon Prime has been banned from the platform, but not because of a copyright kerfuffle. While an official explanation hasn't been given yet, it seems likely a host was trying to see how much they could get away with. Well, looks like they found out. 🦑 Go Deeper Should Apple start making their own standalone displays? Charlie Sorrel thinks so, if only to better serve their customers and itself. Imagine all the smooth hardware and software interactions Apple could sell people on.     🎱 By the Numbers Look at that growth Data: TwitchTracker Hard to imagine a time when Twitch wasn't viewed by millions of people, but that was the reality for the platform in 2012, when its viewership was around 121,000. It would be another 6 years before it crossed the million viewers milestone, ending 2018 that year with 1.14 million. Oh, how far it's come.     Sponsored By Ford Meet the Electric Ford SUV That Fits a City Lifestyle From its comfortable interior, hands-free driving system, ability to charge in and around the city, and fun dynamic driving performance, the Ford Mustang Mach-E could be the perfect vehicle for your city lifestyle. Check It Out 🤓 Nerd Out "Did Hulu just start scrapbooking?" —Bob Schulties, Senior Editor Do you spend a lot of time on Hulu? Well, now you can get a recap of how you spend your 2021 on the service with Hulu's new YourTVDNA. Was it full of movies? Dramas? Cartoons? This site will show you everything. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It  Spherical sound Image: Apple iPhone and iPad owners who stream a lot of music can't go wrong with Apple's HomePod mini. 360-degree audio, Siri integration, and you can setup multiple HomePods to create a connected sound system? Sounds like a simple choice to us. 🙈 Wait, What? Go forth, Bluetooth Bluetooth seems like it's only for short distances, considering most of us only use it to pair phones to cars, or earbuds to phones. But the reality is it can travel quite far—up to a kilometer, in fact. This makes the tech pretty reliable for things like drones, which often need to get far away from their owners.     🗞 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]