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    Oura made two new patent licensing agreements with wearable competitors.

    One agreement is with RingConn, which had been blocked from selling its smart rings in the US after a ruling from the United States International Trade Commission (ITC). The ITC had also blocked Ultrahuman from selling its rings in the US, and it’s still unable to.

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    Too many games, the calendar.

    Valve is testing a new Personal Calendar feature in Steam that generates a calendar of new and upcoming games you might like. Fortunately, you can lower the number of suggestions from the default of 100, which I found made my calendar way less overwhelming.

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    KPop Demon Hunters is really, really huge.

    It has already gotten more than 325 million views, the company says. And get ready for more from the franchise: Netflix is partnering with Mattel and Hasbro on toys and products, and the company is looking at “opportunities” in “live experiences, publishing, beauty, lifestyle, and food and beverage.”

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    The endless meeting.

    The major AWS outage is affecting Slack huddles in an interesting way: “We’re currently investigating an issue where some users remain stuck in a huddle after attempting to leave,” Slack says.

    Gives you lots of time to catch up with your colleagues, I guess.

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    Indiegogo has a new look.

    After being acquired by the board game crowdfunding platform Gamefound earlier this year, Indiegogo is getting a redesign and switching over to Gamefound’s infrastructure.

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    Welcome to the Design Room.

    Former Polygon staffer Matt Leone has started a new gaming website called Design Room that’s dedicated to the types of expansive oral histories he used to work on at Polygon. The site’s first story is about the amazing Shadow of the Colossus.