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AUGUST 18, 2020

Everything worth knowing in tech today, August 18, 2020. Don't make us choose between National Fajita Day and National Ice Cream Pie Day, please.

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

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

532 Articles, 12 Podcasts, 26 Press Releases, 345 Tweets, & 4 YouTube videos

1. Telegram Gets End-to-End Encryption for Video Calls

Watch out, Zoom! Messaging app Telegram announced highly secure end-to-end encryption for its new video chat feature, something Zoom is still working on adding to its own popular video conferencing app. Still, Telegram can only handle 1:1 calls for now.

2. Facebook Merges Instagram and Messenger Chats

Facebook has been notifying folks using its Instagram photo sharing app that their Insta chat will soon be integrated with Facebook Messenger. That's totally not Big Brother at all, right? Oh, Facebook.

3. Quake Arcade Gets Its PC Debut

Arcade geeks rejoice: the unique version of Quake that (rarely) appeared in those sweaty dens of real life cabinetry is now available for your computer. Now you can slay low-polygon-count monsters to your heart's content right at home.

🦑 Go Deeper

AMC Theaters has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic (poor corporation!). While it's still planning on opening up here soon (with precautions, of course), it's looking to streaming options to help save it from disaster. Our very own David Fierro takes a deeper look.

🎱 By the Numbers

Telegram is a chat app, not a, you know, "telegram"

Data: Business of Apps

The last official word from Telegram was that it hit the 200 million user mark back in 2018 and predicted 675 million by 2021. Whether they hit that milestone or not, their new encrypted video calls can only help.

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🤓 Nerd Out

"I trusted you, Moon!" -Kyree Leary, Assistant News Editor

The Moon used to have an ocean of magma that was once thought to have cooled over tens of millions of years, but a new study suggests this cooling process may have taken about 200 million years. Has the Moon been lying about its age this whole time? (Share on Twitter)

💎 You Know You Want It

Sweet, sweet organization... with style!

Image: Waterfield Designs

We're suckers around here for organization AND fashion (you should see our Insta). This slick new Tech Folio from Waterfield Designs has both in spades. Where else can you slide your MacBook Pro 16-inch with all its associated dongles and cables? Wait, don't answer that.

🙈 Wait, What?

Walter White a liar? No way.

We know you saw that Breaking Bad episode where Walter and Jesse use a huge magnet to erase a hard drive, but you know that's just Hollywood storytelling, right? That's another word for "lie," since there's no way that could have worked in real life. Just ask science!

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