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Thomas Ricker

Thomas Ricker

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    One million sign up for Sonic’s murder.

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog has racked up 1M downloads since launching as a joke on April 1st, and is already breaking ratings records on Steam, according to a social media manager for the spiny mammal.

    Who’s the fool now, internet? But more importantly, who’s the killer!?

    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    You ok, Western Digital?

    On Monday WD was hacked and still today the company’s My Cloud, My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, My Cloud OS 5, SanDisk ibi, SanDisk Ixpand Wireless Charger services are down. At the time, WD said that it “believes the unauthorized party obtained certain data from its systems.” Oof.

    The outage began on April 3rd.
    The outage began on April 3rd.
    Engwe M20 e-bike review: a budget Super73

    Less than half the price of a Super73-ZX but with more inattention to detail.

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    Miniot Wheel 2 review: a unique vertical turntable worth waiting for

    It’ll cost you more than $2,000. It nearly cost its maker everything.

    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    Your fridge company now offers travel advice.

    LG “highly recommends” you visit Rome and NYC because they “reflect the brand’s embrace of art and tech while delivering unique value to visitors.” Sure.

    What’s next, Samsung offering fashion advice? Oh, right!

    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    Baidu’s ChatGPT-competitor Ernie underwhelms in first demo.

    The use of pre-recorded videos and the lack of a public launch sent Baidu shares tumbling as much as 10 percent, ultimately shaving $3 billion off the Chinese search giant’s market valuation.

    Not surprised — James Vincent said that China’s heavy-handed approach to censorship and regulation could undermine attempts to compete with US chatbots developed with an abundance of training data freely (for now) scraped from the web.

    The Lightship L1 is a caravan built for EVs that can also power your home
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    The self-propelled trailer reduces drag to extend range, comes loaded with solar panels to charge your EV, enough battery capacity to power your home, and sleeps up to six people.

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