It was a slow news weekend in the tech world, but there is one things to look forward to this week:

1. PS4 Event

Like I wrote about weeks ago, Sony is scheduled to announce the future of Playstation (meaning the PS4) on Feb. 20. While that isn’t a scheduled Tech with Taylor post day, I’ll write a quick update to let you know everything about the event.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the PS4 will stream PS3 straight to the console.

This is the source article, but it’s behind WSJ’s paywall.

Last year, Sony bought the streaming service Gaikai, which makes this announcement seem expected: But PS3 games are huge, graphic and processor-intensive games. From what I understand, you’d have to have one hell of an Internet connection to stream a game at full resolution.

The new PS4 controller is also rumored to have a touchpad in place of the start/select buttons, a concept that may remind some of you of this piece of failed hardware.

There are some pretty odd looking “leaks” of the controller all over the Internet. I’m praying this is a prototype.

If Sony does something innovative with the touchpad and doesn’t shove it down every developer’s throat, this could be a real selling point for the console. 

The event is in New York at 6 p.m. EST.

2. Why do parents join Facebook?

This question has bothered many since the dawn of Facebook: why do my parents want one?

The answer is a no-brainer: to spy on you, of course.

A piece by Mashable and Education Database Online revealed that half of parents join Facebook to spy on their children. 

Shocking, I know.

According to the study, 72 percent of moms in America have a Facebook, and of those who use social media, 92 percent are online buds with their kids.

This means that your parents actually do see those bar pictures you drunkenly uploaded last night and they definitely see you were posting Harlem Shake videos to everyone’s wall while you were supposed to be studying.

Almost half of parents look at their children’s profile daily, mostly interested in status updates.

Unsurprisingly, 30 percent of teens on Facebook said they’d unfriend their parents if possible.

But that doesn’t have to be the answer. It’s pretty simple to block your parents (or anyone else, for that matter) from seeing anything you post: just select who you want shut out in your privacy settings. I’ve done it for several of my family members.

I suppose I’ll know by the end of today whether or not my family reads this blog.

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That’s all the news for Monday, Feb. 18! Make sure to check back Wednesday night for an update from Sony’s conference and again Thursday morning for a full-blown Tech with Taylor.