Finally, the table turns and Russia is on the defense as hackers go after targets in Russia. They seem to have great success. Considering hackers largely left Russia alone before they are now actively going after some pretty big targets. Russia is proving to be quite a week and sadly may feel itself being pushed back in a corner. Dangerous times.

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* –Google fires another AI researcher

* –Google Doodle honors Elijah Mccoy

* –11 cleaning tricks to make your phone look like new

* –Google updates its travel search

* –Netflix cancels Meghan Markle animated series

* –Grindr location data was reportedly for sale

* –Microsoft is testing a free 1GB per month VPN service

* –Amazon is closing 6 Whole Food stores

* –Online retailers are offering rare, endangered bugs

* –Peacock begins next-day streaming of Bravo shows

* –NASA is retiring the last 747SPs

* Zepto

* –Amazon will offer $4,000 per year to US employees

* –Amazon workers vote against unionization

* –Google May Pixel update

* –Rocket Lab will try to catch a falling rocket

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In late reporting, the Twitter board has deemed Elon Musk’s offer to buy Twitter as unwelcome signaling that things are about to get ugly and that Musk may have to go to war if he really wants twitter. The simple fact that the board is looking at rejecting his offer shows things are about to get ugly.

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* –FBI believes North Korea hacker is behind crypto heist

* –TikTok is the most downloaded app

* –Samsung.com sales reps are working for free

* –Andy Jassey’s first shareholder letter

* NASA hopes to make space more accessible 

* –Elon Musk wants to make Twitter private

* –NFC body implant for e-payments

* –How to call emergency services without a phone

* –Honda will retire the hybrid insight

* –A robot for emergency stroke surgeries

* –Juul settles

* –US warns of malware

* –Amazon expands

* –Tesla’s racism lawsuit

* –NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet struggles to sell

* –Redditt rolls out improvements

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Is Elon Musk posing to do a hostile takeover of Twitter after he announced he will not join the board of directors and that he may take a bigger stake? Also, my order for Starlink has finally gotten approved and hopefully, I will have a Starlink dish and be out of broadband hell soon enough.

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* –Apple reportedly faces further EU antitrust charges

* –Tesla opens up Roadster reservations

* –Google announces Pixel phone repair kits with iFixit

* –Google is suing a person

* –Google Fi unlimited plans get lower prices

* –Elon Musk and the SEC

* –Lincoln to show off EV concept

* –An ex-Apple employee takes Face ID privacy complaint to Europe

* –Kickstarter will now hide reported comments 

* –Neptune is cooling down

* –Amazon is still struggling to make drone deliveries work 

* –A driverless car appears to flee the scene

* –The Batman on HBO Max

* –Ericsson pulls out of Russia

* –DoorDash adds a cheaper DashPass

* –Fitbit will roll out a passive heart rhythm monitoring feature

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Elon Musk one to put money where his mouth has purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter after complaining several weeks ago that he did not feel they were living up to free speech standards and threatening to build his own platform. So I guess when you can’t beat them join them and buy your way in.

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* The DeLorean EV

* OnePlus Nord Buds

* –Hertz says it will purchase 65,000 electric vehicles 

* –Roku announces multiyear extension

* –Mailchimp says an internal tool was used to breach hundred of accounts

* –Google Play crackdown

* –Tech workers describe detention as they flee Russia

* –A Space Needle-sized asteroid

* –Jack Dorsey says he is “partially to blame” for centralizing the internet

* –Putin’s spokesman says he uses a VPN

* –Paramount+ releases a trailer

* –Google’s April PIxel update

* –EV auto sales in Q1

* –Panasonic’s new strategy 

* –Lenovo plans to hire workers in R&D

* –Nearly 1/2 of crypto owners first bought digital assets 

* –Intel CEO made $178 millon

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Researchers ran a test on a decommissioned TV Satellite with permission to see how easy it would be to take a channel over and broadcast to North America. Something in me would be pretty thrilled to be able to broadcast and distribute the way these folks did. While they did it with permission I am sure we will see folks doing it for real in the years to come.

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* Senators urge FTC to review deal

* The GoPro Volta

* Schlage’s latest smart lock

* YouTube TV

* Dyson announces a headphone combo

* NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket

* Facebook News Feed bug

* Uber’s annual product event

* Researchers using a decommissioned satellite to broadcast hacked TV

* Windows 11 is at a standstill

* Google Search

* The US Space Force will use a “digital twin”

* Wyze was aware of a major camera security flaw

* The EU Parliament and crypto rules

* Google Meet

* “Obi-Wan Kenobi”

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If you’re in New Jersey you will need to go to the mall and try RoboBurger, seems like someone has come up with a machine to make you a fresh hot steaming burger. Not something that is microwaved and warmed up. I love it when people create cool stuff like this. I just want to know how it tastes.

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* –HP buys Poly

* –Google Maps blocked 100 million abusive edits

* –What’s new on Paramount +?

* –Tesla price increases

* –Google makes an improvement to the online shopping experience

* –DC AG sues Grubhub

* –New Google Calendar feature

* –Ex-Google CEO funneled money into the White House

* –Spotify and Podz

* –Samsung’s new 4K smart monitor

* –Elon Musk’s next Twitter

* –NASA’s new budget request

* –Apple’s $55 million fine

* –Georgia’s unconstitutional content moderation bill

* –Democrats digital dollar

* –The fastest supercomputer

* –Google ordered Russian translators not to call a war

The Webb telescope alignments and performance is exceeding scientist expectations in early testing and as final alignments wrap up the space telescope will soon be able to start doing real science and the team is excited at what they may see.

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* Google ramps up support 

* T-Mobile teams up with BMW

* Lego readies a new Back to The Future kit

* Apple leads the 5G transition 

* Google discovers threat actor

* California legislators introduced a bill to blame internet companies

* Amie is a new calendar app

* Netflix fights password sharing

* Elon Musk has another prediction

* T-Mobile is reportedly adding PIN protection

* Qualcomm reveals it’s not selling to Russia

* Apple will fix the Apple’s Display webcam

* ExoMars rover launched axed

* Maserati plans to go fully electric

* Android 13

* US mulls laws 

* Samsung’s Neo QLED 8K TV’s

* Meta to test new tools

4.1 Billion is the price tag to launch the SLS. It’s a shockingly absurd amount. When you have private industry rapidly moving towards lift capabilities slightly less than SLS. I am not sure NASA is being a good steward of taxpayer dollars.

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* –Ted Lasso

* –Betrayed Uber driver

* –Apple’s early ATT debates

* –Twitter rolls back update

* –Ukraine and Clearview

* –President Zelensky to address Congress

* SpaceX at 20

* –Facebook users in Ukraine banned

* –Google shuts down YouTube Vanced

* –Former Nintendo America president left GameStop board

* –Russia says it will not strand American astronaut

* –Black hole “billiards”

* –Lyft to add temporarily fuel surcharge

* –Elon Musk challenged Putin

* Russia bans Instagram

* –The best budget robot vacuums you can buy

* –Wi-Fi 6E not hit by chip shortage

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The world is 100% behind Ukraine minus the Russians and Chinese and from that business has been suspended in mass in Russia. The list grows longer by the day with Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, Amex all shutting off business. Isolating them financially and even Coinbase has been blocking individuals.

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* –The 7 best mobile apps to help you when you are moving

* AI discovery and the treatment of spinal cord injuries 

* –The Batman and a live bat

* –Microsoft suspends sales in Russia

* –Apple goes back to work

* –Amazon is reportedly using Chinese suppliers 

* –Samsung promises app throttling controls

* –Apple’s Peek Performance event

* –Deere & Co and the FTC

* –The EU Parliament will vote on crypto

* –What is the point of Mini PCs?

* Netflix, Paypal, and others suspending business in Russia

* –YouTube offers $50,000 to popular podcasts

* –Uber Q1

* –ZTE summoned to the US

* –Coinbase blocks over 25,000 addresses linked to illegal activity

* –Google says Chrome outperforms Safari on Mac

The US Space Force has announced that they will start patrolling as far out as 220,000 miles from the earth using a new satellite that is being proposed to be built. I guess they will be looking for objects that should not be out there. Pretty hard to hide in this part of space but it is what it is.

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* –Chrome 99 has landed

* –Wingstop has filed a trademark

* –Kytch suing Mcdonalds

* –Melinda Gates says billionaires should be giving away their wealth

* –SpaceX successfully launches 47 Starlink satellites

* –Rivian backtracks on price hikes 

* Cars kill people outside of the vehicle 

* –US Space Force

* –Space junk set to crash into the far side of the moon

* Russia halts rocket engine sales to the US

* –FCC considers crackdown

* –RT moves to Rumble

* –A “molecular drinks printer”

* –Google Meet now shares detailed bandwidth information……

* –Senate committee advances FCC nominee

* –Reddit bans links to Russian state media

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