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The massive outage forced gamers off the platform. What you need to know Discord was down for many users. The outage started around noon PT and lasted for a couple of hours. Discord says that it has addressed the issue, and users should be able to log back in. Discord users were left in the cold on Wednesday when one of the best messaging apps suddenly became unusable. It turns out a massive outage had kept many users from logging in. The outage began sometime before noon Pacific time. Since then, Discord kept users abreast of any updates on Twitter and its status page , saying earlier that it identified and was working to fix the problems. As of 2:19 p.m. PT, an update was posted to Twitter informing users that the chat app should be back up and users should be able to log in. Hey @ everyone connection should be fully restored now! Hope you touched a little grass while we were out. Thx for the patience. https://t.co/smYJJdJm3e pic.twitter.com/fx35pnU3eW — Discord (@d

It's like CES all over again. A health checkpoint at Mobile World Congress 2022 What you need to know Lenovo has announced it will no longer have an in-person booth at Mobile World Congress 2022. Lenovo will have a virtual booth, whereas Sony has said it will skip MWC 2022 entirely. Techradar received confirmation that Huawei, OPPO, and Xiaomi still intend to have in-person booths in Barcelona next month. Other OEMs like Samsung, HMD Global/Nokia, and ASUS are slated to attend as well. Many popular tech brands abandoned in-person CES 2022 at the last minute due to the Omicron surge, including Google, Meta, and Twitter. Now, with not much changed from a pandemic perspective, and MWC 2022 set to arrive in about a month, mobile brands have to decide whether or not to go virtual — or skip the event entirely. MWC UPDATE: Due to the ongoing trends surrounding COVID, Lenovo's activation at MWC 2022 will be fully virtual. — Lenovo Stories & News (@LenovoNews) Januar

Text watermarking ensures that your document is properly marked as confidential or draft. What you need to know Google Docs now allows you to create and import text watermarks. When exporting or importing documents from Microsoft Word, the feature also preserves watermarks. Text watermarks will appear in the background on every page of your document by default. Google Docs users who frequently work with legal or business files are in for a treat, as Google has announced a new feature that allows them to protect the confidentiality of a document or simply label it as a work in progress. The search giant has added native support for text watermark to its online word processor, allowing you to create or import watermarks directly from the application. It will show up in the background to clearly indicate whether a document is confidential or simply a draft that needs to be edited by someone else. Text watermarks in documents imported from other word processors, such as Micro

With so many options, you may get overwhelmed finding the best Arlo cameras. While many of Arlo's best cameras have traditionally been pretty expensive, the company now offers plenty of options for every budget. With consistent updates and some of the greatest features, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better option. With that said, the Arlo Pro 4 is our favorite camera thanks to having almost all of the bells and whistles one could want, to the point that it's one of the best smart home security systems overall. Best overall Arlo camera — Arlo Pro 4 The Arlo Pro 4 became our pick for the best Arlo Camera, thanks to its improvements over the Pro 3. The Pro 4 sports 2K video recording with HDR, allowing users to zoom in on objects and take clearer pictures. There is Color Night Vision, so you can view night recordings in color without relying on the traditional black and white video. With the Pro 4, you can set the camera up either inside or outside, providing extra

Best answer: Yes. The new PS5 VR will feature completely redesigned controllers, dubbed the PS VR2 Sense controllers, with better tracking and more functionality than the PSVR's PS Move controllers. New PS5 VR controller: A whole new look Sony is changing everything up with PS5 VR (PS VR2), starting with the controllers themselves. Gone is the wand design of the PS Move. In its stead are controllers that look like an almost perfect mashup of the Valve Index's Knuckles controllers and the Oculus Quest 2's Touch controllers. The only real similarity between these controllers and the PS Move controllers is their elongated handle, making it easy to grip. It also has a wrist strap to keep the controllers from flying away if you were to let go of them. The new ring tracking system is considerably more accurate and offers total freedom of movement. We're looking at a completely different experience outside of all of that, starting with the tracking. The new PS VR

Google is looking to launch a cheaper foldable phone. What you need to know Google reportedly wants its first foldable to be much more affordable than the Galaxy Z Fold 3. A new report suggests the target price for the Pixel Notepad is $1400. Google could release the device by the end of the year. While we don't expect to see Google's rumored Pixel foldable for a while, there have been rumors that it will be much more affordable than Samsung's best foldable phone when it launches. Now, we may have an idea of just how much it will cost if and when it launches. 9to5Google reports that Google is reportedly targeting a price that will undercut the Galaxy Z Fold 3 by several hundred dollars. At the present time, it's being said that Google is looking at a $1400 price tag for its "Pixel Notepad." While that could change as time goes on, it might explain why the rumored device is taking longer than expected to come to market. It was reported at one

Pixels will finally be a thing of the past. What you need to know In its weekly report, Display Supply Chain Consultants said that the PS VR2's display will sport greater than 800 pixels-per-inch density per eye. This comes as a massive improvement over the original, which was lower than 200 PPI per eye. Sony will continue using an RGB stripe OLED panel, which is also important to display density and quality. The PS VR2 is expected to launch later in 2022 but has no confirmed release date. The PlayStation VR2 is set to have the most pixel-dense display of any modern VR headset, according to a report by Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC). In its weekly industry supply chain report, CEO of DSCC, Ross Young, says that it won't reveal the display provider for Sony's upcoming next-generation PS VR2 but that the display itself features a greater than 800 PPI (pixels per inch) display density per eye . That last part is particularly important because it means t