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Richard Lawler

Richard Lawler

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    Netflix’s first live sports broadcast starts at 6PM ET.

    After Netflix’s live Love is Blind reunion show ran into some issues this spring, it’s trying to go live again.

    Tonight, its first-ever live sports broadcast pairs F1 racers from Drive to Survive — conveniently in the US for the Las Vegas Grand Prix this weekend— with golfers from Full Swing in a chase for the inaugural Netflix Cup. What might come next? Maybe Netflix could bid on future NBA In-Season Tournament games (presumably, that name is a placeholder for the Netflix NBA Cup).

    (Disclosure: Vox Media Studios produced Full Swing, and The Verge recently produced a series with Netflix.)

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    Richard Lawler
    If you buy a Cybertruck, Tesla says you can’t sell it for a year.

    Whatever you think of its windshield wiper, if you are one of the first Cybertruck owners (price still TBA), Tesla intends for you to hang onto your electric truck.

    Tesla’s order agreement says “You agree that, you will not sell or otherwise attempt to sell the Vehicle within the first year following your Vehicle’s delivery date,” without getting permission. Breaking the deal could result in your truck being remotely deactivated.

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    Richard Lawler
    Blue Apron’s new owner starts making changes as the delivery meal kit era fades out.

    Wonder, a delivery service that licenses recipes from restaurants, bought Blue Apron for $103 million and, where available, will now use its couriers to deliver BA kits.

    Of the five meal subscription services we reviewed in 2016, Plated and Peach Dish are out of business, Blue Apron and Purple Carrot have been acquired, and the winner, Hello Fresh, has seen its stock value drop by 55 percent in the last three years. This Washington Post article from last year has more info on what’s happened.

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    Richard Lawler
    What could possibly go wrong, again?

    Following a jury’s conviction of former FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried on fraud charges, the Wall Street Journal reports that several former FTX employees, including former general counsel Can Sun, are involved in launching a new cryptocurrency exchange based on Dubai.

    Sun and Ferrante said they wanted to use the lessons they learned from FTX’s failure to protect user funds. Backpack Exchange, the name under which Trek Labs will do business, will use Backpack’s technology to allow users to hold funds in their own “self-custody” crypto wallets that the exchange itself wouldn’t be able to unilaterally access, they said.

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    Richard Lawler
    SpaceX hypes up its next Starship flight test while ignoring a report about workplace injuries.

    The FAA still hasn’t cleared SpaceX to attempt another Starship orbital launch from its Boca Chica, TX, site after the first one caused significant damage to the pad and surrounding environment. SpaceX’s website and this teaser trailer indicate it’s ready to try again as soon as November 17th.

    Those are also popping up on the same day as a report from Reuters documenting 600 injuries to SpaceX workers since 2014.

    The records included reports of more than 100 workers suffering cuts or lacerations, 29 with broken bones or dislocations, 17 whose hands or fingers were “crushed,” and nine with head injuries, including one skull fracture, four concussions and one traumatic brain injury.

    Musk himself at times appeared cavalier about safety on visits to SpaceX sites: Four employees said he sometimes played with a novelty flamethrower and discouraged workers from wearing safety yellow because he dislikes bright colors.

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    “$8 billion is a lot of money.”

    With this stage of Sam Bankman-Fried’s big crypto fraud trial over after the jury found the former FTX boss guilty, The Verge reporter Elizabeth Lopatto joined the Crypto Critics’ Corner podcast to discuss everything that went on in the courtroom.

    Along with hosts Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey, they discuss not only the trial’s final moments but also what’s next for SBF.

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    Richard Lawler
    The ability to dual-boot Windows is still ‘high on the list’ of Steam Deck priorities.

    The Steam Deck’s initial Windows support lacked audio output before addressing that in May of last year, but we’ve been waiting for an update on dual-boot ever since.

    Now, Valve designer Lawrence Yang told IGN in an email that “Dual-boot support (and SteamOS general install) is very high on the list for folks working on SteamOS.” However, those OS folks have been working on the new OLED version. Now that it’s here, players should expect “meaningful updates” in the coming year.

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    Nothing OS 2.5 beta, take two.

    After launching the first public beta of its Nothing OS 2.5 update based on Android 14 last month, the clear phone company is back with a second beta test for Phone 2 owners.

    The video below includes a lot of the new additions that are in Nothing’s 2.5 update, but new additions for this beta round include several tweaks for the Glyph lights on the back of the phone, making them work with Google Calendar appointments, adding presets so you can quickly set up a timer, and a new animation for NFC usage.