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Richard Lawler

Richard Lawler

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    Guess who’s back?

    Us, after a long holiday weekend, but also Billy McFarland, the tech bro influencer / fraudster behind Fyre Festival, aka one of the worst pop culture moments that you’d maybe just started to forget about.

    McFarland was released last fall after serving a few years in prison and is apparently ready to sell people on another dream to pay off the millions in restitution he still owes for the old one — a disaster big enough that it made our lists for worst pop culture moments of 2017 and tech flops from the last decade.

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    Richard Lawler
    It is, once again, Bandcamp Friday.

    Yes, I checked. Before you log off, remember that today you can buy some music and put a few more coins into artists’ pockets than you do by streaming.

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    Richard Lawler
    Cash App creator and former Square CTO Bob Lee has died.

    The San Francisco Chronicle and KGO-TV report that Bob Lee died Tuesday. According to the local police officers responded at around 2:35AM local time and found Lee suffering from apparent stab wounds.

    Known for working on Android and creating Cash App during his time with Square, the 43-year-old Lee was serving as the chief product officer of a crypto startup, MobileCoin.

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    Richard Lawler
    Tesla launches a Cybertruck-styled charging box in China.

    Tesla’s angular pickup truck won’t be in full volume production until next year, but Not A Tesla App points out the electric car company revealed this Cybervault in China.

    As described, it’s a weatherproof lockbox (opened by key or code) with a hard-wired version of Tesla’s mobile charger inside. There’s no word on if Tesla plans to sell the $800 setup, including labor and warranty, elsewhere, but you can buy just a mobile charger for $230 from Tesla.

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    Richard Lawler
    If you’re tired of Twitter trouble, Post.news has opened its doors to everyone.

    If unlabeled retweets have you looking for a Twitter alternative, here’s one.

    TechCrunch reports that Post.news is now available in public beta after quietly dropping its invitation requirement a few weeks ago. It lets users buy premium news articles individually, tip creators, and it is led by former Waze CEO Noam Bardin who called it “a social platform for real people, real news, and civil conversations.”

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    Richard Lawler
    The Asus ROG Ally handheld is real and aimed directly at the Steam Deck.

    After an odd April Fools’ Day tease, Asus confirmed the ROG Ally is coming out someday. Dave2D got hands-on time with a prototype and reports it will be a global release, but with no word on the battery or price.

    But the most important element is the custom-designed AMD Ryzen APU inside, which is a major strength of Valve’s Steam Deck that other portable PC gaming machines haven’t been able to match until now.

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    Richard Lawler
    April Fools’ 2023: Apex Legends.

    Combining last year’s Nessie-shooting pistol and the “Mozambique here!” joke that’s been present since Apex Legends launched, Respawn has made (what used to be) the game’s worst gun into an assortment of other weapons.

    Pinging a door or other weapon turns it into one of several random Mozambiques that have properties of other guns that have been removed from the game, as well as the Nessie variant.

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    Richard Lawler
    April Fools’ 2023: Nothing Beer (5.1%).

    Fresh off of releasing the Ear 2 earbuds and ahead of its second phone, Nothing claims its latest product is not a joke. On the company’s website, it says they’ve made a beer that’s due to be released in summer 2023 and ask people to sign up for updates.

    Making beautiful tech is thirsty work.

    So we created Beer (5.1%). A crisp, unfiltered rice lager. Brewed independently at Freetime Beer Co in Wales, UK.

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    Richard Lawler
    April Fools’ 2023: Tinder is now fish-free.

    If this were true, then a lot of bros would need to fill in some blanks on their dating profiles immediately.