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Richard Lawler

Richard Lawler

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    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.

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    Richard Lawler
    April Fools’ 2023: Twitter HQ moving to Miami.

    Sure, maybe Elon Musk could take over FTX’s vacant office space in Miami, but the edit history on the mayor’s tweet exposes this one as a joke.

    Another funny joke from Mayor Francis Suarez is the MiamiCoin cryptocurrency — when we checked in last year, it had lost 88 percent of its value and traded for $0.0044. Now things have gotten so bad that the OkCoin exchange has suspended trading there altogether.

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    Richard Lawler
    April Fools’ 2023: Duolingo’s Love Language.

    We’re dyed-in-the-wool April Fools’ Day haters around here, but hold on one second — Duolingo and Peacock might be on to something.

    This show Love Language doesn’t exist, but its fake trailer is more interesting (and less cringe-inducing) than reality dating shows that actually are arriving on streaming services lately.

    Disclosure: Comcast, which owns NBCUniversal, is also an investor in Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company.

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    Richard Lawler
    April Fools’ 2023: The Razer Razer.

    A bit obvious, and I’m surprised if they hadn’t done this one already.

    The only gaming mouse with both Chroma RGB and 360 fps (follicles per second), etc.

    The performance buff of the Razer Razer will gradually fade as your hair regrows. However, if you’d like to immediately perform worse, we recommend temporarily switching to non-Razer products.

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    Richard Lawler
    April Fools’ 2023: Overwatch 2.

    Blizzard’s team-based shooter has gone all googly-eyes for its characters on April 1st in past years, which is back, along with other changes, including new voice lines to accompany ultimate abilities.

    There’s also a new super serious arcade mode that tries out the most unbalanced version of each hero. How would you like a Ramattra who can stay in Nemesis form forever, a Reinhardt who can fly, or Symmetra turrets that do damage before they even land and deploy?