Did you see what happened today?

Daily tech news & jokes to have a good start for 06/08/2022

Adam G
4 min readAug 6, 2022

Quote of the day:

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. Jim Afremow

Jokes of the day:

Why are skeletons so calm? Because nothing gets under their skin.

I was reading a great book about an immortal dog the other day. It was impossible to put down.

Top 10 news of the day:

PlayStation Survey at EVO Asks Players What NFTs They’d Like to Buy

At EVO 2022, PlayStation is asking attendees about their interest in NFTs, weeks after the company clarified that its recently launched PlayStation Stars program wouldn’t have any.

At EVO 2022, PlayStation is asking players through a survey about what kind of NFTs they would be interested in purchasing. On Twitter, user snorlaxownz posted a screenshot of a survey they received from PlayStation asking, “Which of the following NF… [1806 chars]

Best Switch Games… That Don’t Fit In Other Lists Of Best Switch Games

Celebrating the games that defy genre — We make a lot of lists here at Nintendo Life, you may have noticed. Why? Because w…

We make a lot of lists here at Nintendo Life, you may have noticed. Why? Because we’ve all been that person who really wants a game that’s like another game they really enjoyed, and they want some more recommendations. It’s easy to lump games togethe… [4620 chars]

Psychedelic DOOM-Like ‘POST VOID’ Shoots For September Release

idspispopd! — https://youtu.be/ZWmSmXWsWpM POST VOID has finally nabbed a release date. The game is only the second title …

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on POST VOID has finally nabbed a release date. The game is only the second title to be published as part of Super Rare’s new publishing label, after Grapple Dog earlier this year. The DOOM inspiration in this vibrant, gory… [645 chars]

Immediate Backlash as Sony Asks Players About Purchasing NFTs

Survey says — Oh dear, here we go again! Just a few weeks after Sony unveiled its PS Stars loyalty scheme and stated that …

Oh dear, here we go again! Just a few weeks after Sony unveiled its PS Stars loyalty scheme and stated that the program’s digital rewards are “definitely not NFTs”, the company has been found asking players whether they’d be interested in purchasing … [1564 chars]

Latest Sonic Origins patch takes aim at Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s wonky Tails AI

Sega has released another round of fixes for Sonic Origins — the publisher’s disappointing collection of classic Sonic …

Sega has released another round of fixes for Sonic Origins — the publisher’s disappointing collection of classic Sonic platformers — this time taking aim at Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s troublesome Tails AI. Sonic Origins was, to put it politely, a bit of … [1958 chars]

iPhone 14 will have a bigger camera bump, come in purple and ditch the display notch, leaks suggest

Ahead of its reported release next month, MailOnline rounds up all the rumoured features the new iPhone 14 series may present. These include a new purple colour and a higher resolution camera.

Apple’s latest device, the iPhone 14, is not due to be unveiled until next month, but the rumour mill has been churning as fans speculate about what it will look like. The series will reportedly include an iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Max and … [9979 chars]

EA put Liverpool star Diogo Jota’s ‘gamer’ celebration in FIFA 23

This one’s a bit Inception: EA has put Liverpool star Diogo Jota’s real life ‘gamer’ celebration in FIFA 23 — a celebra…

This one’s a bit Inception: EA has put Liverpool star Diogo Jota’s real life ‘gamer’ celebration in FIFA 23 — a celebration that sees Jota mimicking himself playing FIFA. Background: one of my favourite video game stories of 2021 was the time when Jo… [2234 chars]

This Mario 64 first-person horror game is terrifying

You step quietly into the castle, holding a lantern aloft in your gloved hand. You creep up the stairs into a room of s…

You step quietly into the castle, holding a lantern aloft in your gloved hand. You creep up the stairs into a room of stained glass windows. Then, turning to leave, the horrific ghost of Princess Peach lurches through the doorway to scare the crap ou… [1148 chars]

Google Pixel 6a review — the best value Android phone of 2022?

Our review of the new Google Pixel 6a (2022) smartphone, based on hands-on tests of specs, features, cameras, performance and battery life.

Shopping for an affordable Android smartphone doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice specs, power and features. The is proof of that. It gives you snappy performance, quality cameras and loads of software smarts for under £400 — a handset we recommend no… [9161 chars]

Strange Horticulture Review (Switch eShop)

It’s a grower

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) Strange Horticulture takes on some big challenges. It’s a carefully authored story that wants to be driven by interaction, and it’s a single-scene play space that wants to create immersion in a whole world. It’s s… [5496 chars]

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Adam G

Tech enthusiast, currently entrepreneuring — regularly sharing content on startup stories. Founder of www.businessideas.directory and qmapper.co