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

398 articles, 17 podcasts, 9 press releases, 499 tweets, and 8 YouTube videos

1. iPhone 12 Handles Drops Better Thanks to Ceramic Shield

The new iPhone 12 screens are made with "ceramic glass," which Apple claims is stronger than any other phone screen. Allstate (yes, really) put this to the test and found that, yes, the latest flagship iPhones do fare better when dropped.

2. Facebook Quietly Expands Cloud Gaming

Now you can play more advanced games like Asphalt 9 via Facebook on Android or the web (no iOS, though) as the social media company expands its gaming offerings to stay relevant in a world of Stadia, PS Now, and Luna.

3. Stanford Creates OLED Display with 10,000 pixels per inch

VR is pretty capable these days, though it's (only relatively in a world of 8K TVs) a little low-resolution. Samsung and Stanford University have just found a way to create an OLED display with 10,000 pixels per inch, opening the door to what they call "flawless VR."

🦑 Go Deeper

Election anxiety is a real thing, and the My Vote Counts app is here to help you manage it. Sascha Brodsky has a deeper look at the app and its plan to help us all participate in the upcoming election.

VR is facing sort of an inflection point, with rising popularity, better technology, and falling prices. Now that the Oculus Quest 2 is out and beating Rift performance, it's anyone's guess as to what's next, but that new OLED display from Stanford can only help things move forward.

🤓 Nerd Out

"ZOOM!" -Tim Fisher, General Manager

Science nerds, listen up: Physicists just confirmed the upper speed of sound in the universe at 36 km per second or 22 miles per second. Whew, that's fast. (Share on Twitter)

💎 You Know You Want It

I'm bored in the house/I'm in the house bored

Image: Woojer

VR is already pretty immersive, what with the full-360-degree visual environments. But what if you could feel every body blow, every booming bass track in your music game? The Woojer Vest Edge promises just that, and we'll take two, thanks.

🙈 Wait, What?

Do the right thing

Sign up for an anti-virus service or buy some software and you're safe, right? Not so fast—like many prophylactics, anti-virus software only lessens the risk of getting a bad infection, but it won't protect you from everything. You still gotta behave safely, too.

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