Electronics gadgets: Samsung Now Has Every Game Streaming Service

jueves, 4 de agosto de 2022

Samsung Now Has Every Game Streaming Service

August 4, 2022

It's August 4, 2022. On this day in 2007, NASA launched the Mars Phoenix lander. It wouldn't land on the red planet until May 2008, when it would begin studying Mars' history with water to determine if it could've ever supported life.

⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds

Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to):

358 articles, 14 podcasts, 15 press releases, 443 tweets, and 28 YouTube videos

1. Samsung Adds Amazon Luna Game Streaming

Amazon Luna is now officially available on Samsung smart TVs and monitors as part of the company's Gaming Hub. This means Samsung adopters now have access to every major game streaming service right inside their TVs or monitors. Not bad, Samsung. Not bad at all.

2. Roku Adds Paramount+ to Its Roster

Paramount+ is bound for The Roku Channel, with its ad-free premium plan and more affordable ad-supported plan both being made available for Roku customers. That includes all associated TV shows, films, originals, and live content such as news and sports. At this point, what doesn't Roku have?

3. LucidSound's New Headphones Are Completely Hands Free

LucidSound has released the $100 LS100X wireless headset, designed for game consoles, PC, and mobile devices. With an impressive 130 hour battery life, the phones have a suite of audio settings that can be adjusted with voice controls, so you never have to fiddle with buttons again. AirPods Max who?

🦑 Go Deeper

That iPhone mini that comfortably fits in your pocket? It may be the last of its kind for a while. According to Charlie Sorrel, Apple is ditching the mini in favor of larger phones, but maybe, juuust maybe, the mini and SE lines will merge.

🎱 By the Numbers

Steady increase

Data: Roku

It's easy to overlook Roku when Apple TVs and Fire TV Sticks are around, but both the hardware and the platform have their fans. Look no further for proof than the above chart, which shows how Roku has been slowly adding to its active user base for a while now, reaching over 60 million in July 2022. Nice.

🔥 Today's Hot Deal

Snapping photos with your phone is fun, and now you can instantly print them out with Polaroid's Hi-Print Pocket Photo Printer. It's down to $69.99 on Amazon for a limited time, and it's the perfect companion for the photographer who wants to immediately share their shots. Have at it!

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🤓 Nerd Out

"IE will never die!" —Evan Killham, Editor

Internet Explorer is gone... unless you know how Windows really works. Turns out, if you want it badly enough, you can find a way to launch IE on Windows 11. Just as Microsoft intended, right? (Share on Twitter)

💎 You Know You Want It

Curved is still cool to look at

Image: MSI, Newegg

We'll never stop loving curved monitors, simply because we think they're cool. Case in point, the MSI Optix 1440p UWQHD monitor, a $400 alternative to those LG ultrawide options you may have seen floating around. In fact, you can place three of them side-by-side to achieve a sweet 180° setup. Oh yeah.

🎮 Up-Down-A-B-Start

The PS2 was a great console

Games often pull ideas from one another, but sometimes neglect to improve on their faults. At least, that's what Paste Magazine writer Grace Benfell argues, stating many moderns games can be traced back to 2001's Ico.