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Happy St. Paddy’s: Enjoy Some Green Energy News
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Happy St. Paddy’s: Enjoy Some Green Energy News

Companies are moving quickly to advance green energy production, but as we already know – it’s not easy being green.

March 17, 2023

T-Mobile To Buy Mint Mobile
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T-Mobile To Buy Mint Mobile

If my cellphone plan goes up even one dollar I am leaving a bad review for all the DeadPool movies on Rotten Tomatoes. -Chris

March 16, 2023

Technology Parade: TikTok, Google, and Apple
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Technology Parade: TikTok, Google, and Apple

TikTok gets educational, AI gets its own email, and Apple gets virtual.

March 15, 2023

EVs Growing Up: Big, Fast, Light
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EVs Growing Up: Big, Fast, Light

Anybody, like Mr. Jean, who has gone from rocking long braided hair to a shaved head knows more about aerodynamics than money can buy.

March 8, 2023

Starlink’s Satellite Send-Off
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Starlink’s Satellite Send-Off

At what point do satellites just become space junk?

March 6, 2023

Mining the Deep Seas
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Mining the Deep Seas

Anyone else get major unobtainium and “Sky People” vibes from this?

March 1, 2023

The Future of Pilot-Free Skies
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The Future of Pilot-Free Skies

What would it take to get you on a pilot-less flight? Free bags? Twice the leg-room? Complimentary parachute?

February 28, 2023

BMW, GM and Volvo Embrace Eco-Friendly Metals
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BMW, GM and Volvo Embrace Eco-Friendly Metals

Move over Derek Zoolander, blue steel is old news. We’re into that Campbell’s-can vibe now.

February 23, 2023

Microsoft Limits Bing
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Microsoft Limits Bing

We have seen a lot of “AI Gone Wrong” fiction over the years. In none of it did we guess the robots would start catfishing us.

February 21, 2023

Meta Offers ID Verification Subscription
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Meta Offers ID Verification Subscription

Honestly, just putting an option to pay for tech support prioritization would make a lot of companies a lot of money. Looking at you, MS Paint…

February 20, 2023

Deep Opinions About Deepfakes
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Deep Opinions About Deepfakes

In case anybody is wondering, we use no DF tech on The Automotive Troublemaker, Paul and Kyle just always look kinda like one another.

February 16, 2023

Amazon’s Robotaxi Begins Testing
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Amazon’s Robotaxi Begins Testing

It’s good Amazon worked out same day delivery before starting their taxi service, because I am NOT waiting 7-10 days to go to the library.

February 15, 2023

Top Tech Trends and Predictions
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Top Tech Trends and Predictions

Given the amoeba-like shape of technology’s trajectory, it will be interesting to look back on these predictions and see if (when) they became irrelevant.

February 7, 2023

Tech Layoffs Spark New Opportunities
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Tech Layoffs Spark New Opportunities

Many of the skills entering the hiring pool right now will dramatically benefit the industry that pulls them in. Got your nets?

February 6, 2023

TikTok: To Ban Or Not To Ban
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TikTok: To Ban Or Not To Ban

To fill the void left by TikTok, ASOTU is developing a new app. It is called ClipClop, and it features almost exclusively videos of horses getting dapper haircuts. So far, the user base is… humble.

January 31, 2023

Mercedes-Benz Offers Self-driving And Tetris
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Mercedes-Benz Offers Self-driving And Tetris

Technology comes and goes… Tetris is forever.

January 30, 2023

Recycled and Electric Roads
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Recycled and Electric Roads

Cars are getting more advanced. Why not upgrade the roads too?

January 11, 2023

Sony Gaming Accessibility
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Sony Gaming Accessibility

Asking for a friend - Does it work for people with hands “too big for normal people technology?”

January 9, 2023

Microsoft’s New Investment
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Microsoft’s New Investment

We’ve written about a lot of these investments and acquisitions lately, but this one could mean Clippy is coming back to ride in our cars with us, and that is pretty good news.

January 5, 2023

Air, Water, Soil
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Air, Water, Soil

TL: DR- Uganda is addressing motorcycle emissions, South Korea is addressing plastic in the water, and NY is addressing limited cemetery space.

January 3, 2023

Twitter Updates
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Twitter Updates

We never know what Elon will do next, but we do know a portion of the population will call it brilliant, a portion of the population will call it pointless, and a small portion of the population will change jobs.

December 22, 2022

Batteries From The Sea
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Batteries From The Sea

It seems like the future of E-fuel, EV, Seasalt batteries, and hydrogen isn’t “either or” but “yes and.”

December 21, 2022

Over The Air Updates: Rewards and Risks
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Over The Air Updates: Rewards and Risks

TL; DR - Rivian updated the battery range, Honda updated its in-car software, and we are hoping all automakers update their software security before we regret they didnt.

December 16, 2022

ChatGPT
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ChatGPT

It only gets better the longer you try to stump it… seriously give it a try!

December 12, 2022

Trucks, Tractors, Trailers
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Trucks, Tractors, Trailers

TL; DR - EV Trucks go to battle, AI tractors stay home, and a wedge-shaped camper is making it easier to travel between the two.

December 5, 2022

Honda To Offer Hands-Free Driving
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Honda To Offer Hands-Free Driving

We aren’t sure who is asking for all these self-driving features, and at this point, we are too afraid to ask.

December 2, 2022

PS5 While The Robot Drives
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PS5 While The Robot Drives

We are taking a long way to get there, but this is just reinventing playing Gameboy in the back seat while your parents drive.

November 28, 2022

Hyundai Goes Solar (No Not Like You Are Thinking)
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Hyundai Goes Solar (No Not Like You Are Thinking)

Riddle - A tech company and an automotive company walk into a restaurant and the host says “Table for 1?” How can this be!?

November 23, 2022

Predictions Not Preferences
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Predictions Not Preferences

Think long enough, and everything leads to robots.

November 7, 2022

From Wagons To E-Bikes
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From Wagons To E-Bikes

All these features and nowhere to hitch up our wagon? #MissedOpportunity

November 3, 2022

Self-Delivering Furniture
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Self-Delivering Furniture

All this focus on robot delivery, and nobody is asking the real question - when will the robots build my IKEA shelf?!

October 19, 2022

Salesforce Ready to Make Splash In Automotive
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Salesforce Ready to Make Splash In Automotive

Enterprise tech is slowly, but surely, making it's way into Tier 3 automotive and Salesforce is set to be the most recent new entrant with a unified customer profile as the advantage.

October 14, 2022

Stellantis, Software, and Bengaluru
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Stellantis, Software, and Bengaluru

Dear Stellantis, please teach the car to tell me how frosty the windshield is so I can plan my time accordingly. Love, everybody.

October 13, 2022

Tesla Vision
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Tesla Vision

Tesla has long been a tech company that sells cars. It will be interesting to see how their abandoning this technology impacts other FSD efforts.

October 7, 2022

Google’s Vibe Check
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Google’s Vibe Check

You know what they say - Vibes don’t lie, but AI is responsible for some of the funniest mistakes on the internet. It’s us, we are “they.”

September 30, 2022

Offshore Floating Wind Farms
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Offshore Floating Wind Farms

Just thinking out loud — There is also a lot of direct sun on the ocean… 🌞

September 19, 2022

Ethanol Still Exists
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Ethanol Still Exists

Serious question — Are we due for a corn-tech boom?

September 15, 2022

South Korea Goes Nuclear (No Not That one)
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South Korea Goes Nuclear (No Not That one)

That is the same as 180 million degrees Fahrenheit. The core of the sun is 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. 🌶

September 12, 2022

Ford Learns to Change Lanes
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Ford Learns to Change Lanes

🧒vs.🤖 — Oh nice, I was 26 before I learned to change lanes.

September 9, 2022

French Fries to the Rescue
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French Fries to the Rescue

Turning waste into energy is like sustainable+.

September 8, 2022

Honda’s Take On EV Affordability
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Honda’s Take On EV Affordability

At this rate, Lithium-Ion EV batteries will be obsolete before the factories designed to mass produce them are built.

September 6, 2022

Water Trains, Car Brains, and Battery Gains
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Water Trains, Car Brains, and Battery Gains

TL:DR — Hydrogen trains in Germany, Apple software in cars, and a spare battery in EVs.

August 29, 2022

3D Printed Houses and Less Plastic In The Ocean?
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3D Printed Houses and Less Plastic In The Ocean?

Ask the Experts — I tried to ask the crew what they thought about this, and they got distracted trying to buy one, so I didn’t get any quotes. -Chris@asotu.com

August 24, 2022

Everybody’s Coming After TikTok
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Everybody’s Coming After TikTok

It doesn’t take a Jim McKelvey to know if Amazon is coming after you, but the real miracle here is something that makes Google do something about clickbait.

August 22, 2022

A Tale Of Two Gig Apps
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A Tale Of Two Gig Apps

If friends with vehicles ever start doing favors for gas money again, a whole sector of the economy will fall into ruin!

August 16, 2022

The Shape Of Motors To Come
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The Shape Of Motors To Come

Some of his other inventions are a running robot and a super fast go-kart. With ideas like those, we may skip over EVs and into personal solar jetpacks before you know it.

August 15, 2022

Microsoft Emoji Go Open Source
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Microsoft Emoji Go Open Source

This may seem irrelevant, but imagine if your whole sales team had custom emojis so customers knew who they were looking for when they came in after a text convo? All we have to work with is this: 🤠

August 11, 2022

Solar Windows Generate Buzz
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Solar Windows Generate Buzz

Imagine if 10 years ago somebody told you the cure for climate change was a Tesla roof and tie-dye windows. You’d cross the street when you saw them coming, but, apparently, here we are.

August 5, 2022

Target Expands Delivery Network
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Target Expands Delivery Network

Does Target know “Going to Target” is, like, a hobby for some people? You can’t deliver that!

July 27, 2022

Self-Driving: Sink Or Swim Edition
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Self-Driving: Sink Or Swim Edition

Riding down the highway with no steering wheel sounds like a stress dream to us. The NHTSA admin’s last name being “Cliff,” moves the situation more into short story foreshadowing territory than we like to go.

July 22, 2022

Rising Temps Challenge Battery Life
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Rising Temps Challenge Battery Life

Free Idea — Put the battery in the passenger seat with the AC aiming right at it. Just remember to leave the window cracked when you go in the store.

July 15, 2022

Twitter And Elon: Round 3
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Twitter And Elon: Round 3

Say what you want about Elon, using 4 pictures of yourself to troll a social media company on their own platform is a level of self assurance few people ever reach.

July 12, 2022

Nuclear Power To The Rescue?
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Nuclear Power To The Rescue?

While the timeline isn't agreed upon, Earth will eventually run out of crude oil. The impact of a global change that immense has companies already thinking 30 years in advance on how to be the primary energy provider of the future.

July 7, 2022

New Vehicle Quality Takes A Hit
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New Vehicle Quality Takes A Hit

Before we all panic. Let’s make sure Mary Barra didn’t fill out eighty thousand surveys voicing concerns about a metaphorical Tesla.

July 1, 2022

Apple Expanding Manufacturing Footprint
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Apple Expanding Manufacturing Footprint

What effect will expanding during a crisis have on production once things return to normal? Asking for 1,000,000,000+ Apple using friends.

May 24, 2022

American EV Charging Network Going Fully Solar
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American EV Charging Network Going Fully Solar

Solar seems like a pretty good idea. The sun isn’t going anywhere, and if it ever does, charging our cars will be pretty low on our to-do list.

May 23, 2022

Hackers Develop Bluetooth Hijacking
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Hackers Develop Bluetooth Hijacking

We’re just going to add Bluetooth to the list of things we mostly leave off. Right next to ringtones.

May 19, 2022

Uber Starts Robo Food Delivery
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Uber Starts Robo Food Delivery

Delivery driver traffic is down by 84%, robot robbery is up 400%. Cue Terminator 2 soundtrack

May 16, 2022

Google Drops Headphone Port, Apple Switches To USB-C
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Google Drops Headphone Port, Apple Switches To USB-C

Google learned what customers will tolerate. Apple learned what customers want.

May 13, 2022

Ongoing Cyber Attack Steals Trillions
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Ongoing Cyber Attack Steals Trillions

At this rate, hackers will start stealing things before the original creators even have the idea to make them.

May 5, 2022

Facebook Shutting Down Podcast Offerings
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Facebook Shutting Down Podcast Offerings

Finally, Facebook is going to focus on what really matters like staying in touch with grandmothers, liking pictures of people’s dinner, and some third thing we are definitely sure exists.

May 4, 2022

Google Offers $100K in Training to US Businesses
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Google Offers $100K in Training to US Businesses

A lot of sons-in-law (AKA family IT guys) just breathed a sigh of relief.

May 3, 2022

Amazon Launches Starlink Competition
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Amazon Launches Starlink Competition

Un-imaginative Competition 101 — “People are paying that guy for spaceships and satellites…I need to get some spaceships and satellites.”

April 29, 2022

Meta Opens Retail Shop
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Meta Opens Retail Shop

Is Mark Z just really hoping people get headsets in time for his metaverse birthday party?

April 27, 2022

Robotaxis Come To Chinese Cities
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Robotaxis Come To Chinese Cities

How many robotaxis does it take to shrink the biggest auto market in the world? Asking for a friend.

April 26, 2022

Amazon Expands Prime Service
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Amazon Expands Prime Service

Logistics aside, science has proven that 98% of people cancel their online orders rather than go ALL THE WAY to the next room to find their credit card and type in the number. (Source: Personal experience)

April 25, 2022

GM Patents Self-Driving Car That Can Teach Driver's Ed
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GM Patents Self-Driving Car That Can Teach Driver's Ed

Cost Cutting Tip — Receive real-time driving instructions by simply picking up your grandmother and taking her literally anywhere.

April 22, 2022

Netflix Reports First Subscriber Loss In A Decade
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Netflix Reports First Subscriber Loss In A Decade

Let's face it we're only here until Ozark ends…

April 21, 2022

Delta Airline Is Testing Starlink Wifi For Flights
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Delta Airline Is Testing Starlink Wifi For Flights

Whoa whoa, wait… What does this mean for “Airplane Mode?”

April 20, 2022

Google Increases Investments in the US
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Google Increases Investments in the US

Giving employees the ability to live where they want and still work for the company is a good move.

April 15, 2022

Hacker Forum Seized
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Hacker Forum Seized

Cybercrime is big money, these sorts of joint efforts are only going to become more common and more important.

April 14, 2022

Elon Musk Teases Mining Operation
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Elon Musk Teases Mining Operation

Step One — Get your hands on some top-shelf hole digging technology...

April 12, 2022

Google Maps Gets An Update
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Google Maps Gets An Update

Next Update Idea — “No Traffic At All Route.” We don’t care if it takes longer, get us out of the gridlock!

April 7, 2022

Boston Dynamics' New Robot Is A Hit
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Boston Dynamics' New Robot Is A Hit

We’re conducting a poll: tell us which dealer will be the first to have one of these guys washing cars?

April 4, 2022

CNN Launches Streaming Service
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CNN Launches Streaming Service

ASOTU is launching a streaming service where you can watch the Crew office. S1E1 of “Paul’s Wall” is released and RIVETING!

March 31, 2022

Uber And NYC Taxi Partner Up
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Uber And NYC Taxi Partner Up

Now cab drivers can take an Uber to the depot without getting mean looks.

March 28, 2022

Brain Implant Restores Ability to Communicate
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Brain Implant Restores Ability to Communicate

Pretend we said something insightful here because, truth be told, we are left speechless by the intelligence and compassion in this story.

March 25, 2022

New SpaceX Starship Moves Towards First Launch
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New SpaceX Starship Moves Towards First Launch

“I’m never going to catch that Roadster at this rate” -Elon Musk

March 22, 2022

Egyptian Banks Set Up Fintech Innovation Fund
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Egyptian Banks Set Up Fintech Innovation Fund

A wonderful thing about our interconnected world is you never know when the next Paypal just got funding in Egypt and will change the shape of business within the next five years. It’s always fun to pay attention to the possibility.

March 21, 2022

Netflix May Charge You For Sharing Your Password
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Netflix May Charge You For Sharing Your Password

Somebody’s gotta pay for the next season of Stranger Things.

March 18, 2022

Lyft Adding a Fuel Surcharge
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Lyft Adding a Fuel Surcharge

*Looks up skateboards and grapple hooks on Amazon*

March 17, 2022

Daylight Savings: Now And Forever
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Daylight Savings: Now And Forever

Our grandkids are never going to believe this was real.

March 16, 2022

Banks Anticipate Cyberattacks
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Banks Anticipate Cyberattacks

Are Fax Machines about to be worth their weight in bitcoin…?

March 16, 2022

Lawmakers Ask DOJ to Investigate Amazon
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Lawmakers Ask DOJ to Investigate Amazon

Having a copy of everybody's playbook does seem like cheating…

March 14, 2022

Twitter goes “Dark”
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Twitter goes “Dark”

Time to find out if the pen, oh sorry, if the Tweet is mightier than the sword.

March 11, 2022

Tech Start-Up Sues McDonald's for False Claims
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Tech Start-Up Sues McDonald's for False Claims

We feel like we speak for ice cream fans everywhere when we say “take em to the cleaners, boys!”

March 9, 2022

Samsung Galaxy: Data Breach and App Throttling
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Samsung Galaxy: Data Breach and App Throttling

iPhone users be like: Hi, friends!

March 8, 2022

Ukrainian Crisis Further Constricts Chip Supply
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Ukrainian Crisis Further Constricts Chip Supply

Y'all didn't seriously think we could make it through a week without new challenges from these chips, did you?

March 7, 2022

Fitbit Recalls 2 Million Smartwatches
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Fitbit Recalls 2 Million Smartwatches

A new reason to nervously glance at our watches every 104 seconds.

March 4, 2022

California Permits Autonomous Vehicle Services
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California Permits Autonomous Vehicle Services

If California is cool with a new technology, we should probably get ready to hear more about it.

March 2, 2022

Musk Investigated Over Tesla Share Sales
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Musk Investigated Over Tesla Share Sales

“We’re the government, we don't believe in coincidences.”

February 28, 2022

Musk Wants Expand Tesla Gaming
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Musk Wants Expand Tesla Gaming

Grand Theft Auto 6 is about to be WILD!

February 25, 2022

Virgin Galactic Reports 2 Years of Losses
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Virgin Galactic Reports 2 Years of Losses

A StarWars box set and 6-pack would have been cheaper and more fun at this point, y’all.

February 24, 2022

Dominos Pizza: Warm Pizza, Hot Tech?
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Dominos Pizza: Warm Pizza, Hot Tech?

From brick & mortar to “I’mma click & order.”

February 23, 2022

Power Industry Eyes Untapped Wind Markets
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Power Industry Eyes Untapped Wind Markets

Money never falls out of the sky, but getting electricity out of the air is pretty close.

February 22, 2022

Space Tourism Demand Rises
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Space Tourism Demand Rises

Amazon Prime: now with 2 day shipping to the moon!

February 21, 2022

Remote-Work Opens New Hiring Pools
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Remote-Work Opens New Hiring Pools

2020: We need to get back to the office! 2022: We need y'all to all move to Brazil…

February 18, 2022

Meta Pays out $90M in Facebook Privacy Suit
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Meta Pays out $90M in Facebook Privacy Suit

Zuck also has plans of returning a copy of “Shrek 2” he rented from Blockbuster 10 years ago since he already has it memorized…

February 18, 2022

Can "Smart Charging" Solve Power Grid Concerns
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Can "Smart Charging" Solve Power Grid Concerns

We are currently seeking investors for our top secret “Windmill Hood Ornament” project.

February 15, 2022

SpaceX Expected to Lose 40 Satellites in Space Storm
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SpaceX Expected to Lose 40 Satellites in Space Storm

If you spend any time at all around magnets you know they can’t be trusted.

February 11, 2022