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Jeff Lawson, the co-founder and recently departed CEO of enterprise infrastructure software company Twilio, is the proud new owner of satirical online newspaper The Onion. “Alright, the news is out — yes, I bought The Onion,” Lawson wrote in a…

Google is testing a new “Speaking practice” feature in Search that helps users improve their conversational English skills. The company told TechCrunch that the feature is available to English learners in Argentina, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Mexico and Venezuela who have…

Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai are joining the government’s Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board, according to The Wall Street Journal. They’re also joined by Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Northrop Grumman’s Kathy Warden and…

Airbus Helicopters has flown its high-speed concept copter, which dashes 50% faster than other commercial copters, for the first time. The 249-mph (216-kt, 400-km/h) Racer demonstrator is not only fast, but consumes up to 25% less fuel. In 2013, Airbus…

To change your Garmin watch face, you must dive into difficult-to-find menus, choose between vaguely-labeled data fields, and download a separate Garmin app if you want custom options. It’s not that difficult once you know how, but you’ll need a…

The makers of Escape from Tarkov, which originally launched in 2017, announced an eye-watering $250 special edition of the extraction shooter on Thursday. It did not go well. Where to begin? The “Unheard Edition” has a slew of extra content,…

Enlarge / NASA’s Orion spacecraft descends toward the Pacific Ocean on December 11, 2021, at the end of the Artemis I mission. NASA NASA officials declared the Artemis I mission successful in late 2021, and it’s hard to argue with…

Dairy cows at a farm in the US Shutterstock / Roman Melnyk As a bird flu virus continues to spread among dairy cattle in the US, the country’s health agencies are actively preparing for the possibility of an outbreak in…

Apple’s latest MacBook Air with the new M3 chip just hit its lowest price yet at Amazon. The retailer is taking $110 off the laptop’s list price, which is $10 cheaper than the sale price of $999 its been hitting…

Sony’s Xperia 1 VI is getting official on May 17, and as we get closer to that date the number of leaks about it is growing. Less than a day ago the phone’s camera island leaked hinting at larger camera…