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Been following the whole Try Guys situation with Ned Fulmer? So have Saturday Night Live writers, who apparently think the drama that’s befallen the popular YouTube prankster group and their former fellow members have crossed into melodrama territory.

A skit from the Oct. 8 episode parodies a video, released earlier this week, in which the three remaining members of The Try Guys respond to former fellow Try Guy Fulmer being asked to leave after getting caught cheating on his wife with an employee.

The Try Guys — who have 8 million subscribers on YouTube — are so named for filming wacky stunts like trying on celebrity lingerie and drawing nude self-portraits. Their actual video response to Fulmer being let go was intense, with a somber, emotional Keith Habersberger, Eugene Lee Yang and Zach Kornfeld going into more detail about the initial incident, the internal review involving HR and legal teams and their sadness and anger at the situations.

In that video, the trio shares that Fulmer is being digitally excised from videos and removed from Try Guys merchandise. “We can’t talk about the details of the review, but suffice to say that Ned had engaged in conduct unbecoming of our team,” Habersberger says.

The SNL version kicks up the intensity a few dozen notches, with a CNN reporter played by Ego Nwodim appearing flummoxed about why The Try Guys are making headlines, and especially why a segment on President Biden’s Ukraine stance has to get interrupted to cut to breaking

Asus’ foldable laptop goes on sale for $3,499.99

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Asus’ first foray into the world of folding-screen laptops, the Zenbook 17 Fold OLED, is now on sale for $3,499.99, the company has announced. Asus says the laptop is being sold in the US and Newegg though as of this writing only Newegg seems to have the laptop available for immediate shipping, with B&H listing it as “coming soon.” That aligns with the Q4 target date given to us when we reviewed the laptop in August.

At $3,499.99, the Zenbook 17 Fold OLED is eye-wateringly expensive, but my colleague Monica Chin points out that it’s the first such device that starts to deliver on the promise of this new form factor. You can either use the laptop with its 17.3-inch 2560 x 1920 screen fully unfolded and paired with a bluetooth keyboard and trackpad. Or you can bend the screen to get two 12.5-inch 1920 x 1280 displays. The lower display can either be used as a touchscreen keyboard, or covered with the magnetically attaching keyboard for a more traditional laptop-style experience.

Folded, with and without its keyboard.

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That’s not to say the laptop is perfect. Monica encountered a fair few hardware and software bugs in her time with the Zenbook 17 Fold OLED, which aren’t acceptable on a laptop at this price. And while it’s decently specced, with an Intel i7-1250U processor, 16GB of RAM, 1TB SSD, and a 75Wh battery, it still

The Focusrite Scarlett Solo Is a Cool Gift for the Musician in Your Life

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This story is part of 84 Days of Holidaya collection that helps you find the perfect gift for anyone.

If you’re looking for the perfect gift for the musician or music lover in your life, you’ll want to consider the Focusrite Scarlett Solo. Whether they’re an aspiring singer, journeyman guitarist or gifted professional, the Scarlett Solo makes getting your music into your computer a breeze.

Why it’s a great gift: The Scarlett Solo is a stylish USB interface for connecting audio sources to your computer for recording or just goofing around. Use the XLR jack on the front to connect a pro-level microphone (with a phantom power control) to record your vocals or sing along with karaoke videos.

The second input is a 0.25-inch jack for connecting an instrument like a guitar or bass. There’s also a headphone jack with a Direct Monitor feature so you can hear the clean signal coming into the computer or the output from the computer itself. Or use the line outputs on the back to hook up your favorite speakers.

The Scarlett Solo couldn’t be more simple to set up, especially if you use Focusrite’s Scarlett Solo user guide, available on the company’s website. Once you’re hooked up, it’s easy to connect it to programs like Pro Tools, GarageBand and Ableton.

I’m only still learning to play guitar, so I haven’t made a ton of recordings yet, but I do get a kick out of plugging it in, firing up GarageBand and

‘Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi’ Represents Branch of George Lucas’ Original Vision, Actors Say

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Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi came to Disney Plus on Wednesday, bringing six shorts in the same CGI animated style as The Clone Wars. Three follow legendary Jedi Ahsoka Tano (years before her encounters with The Mandalorian), with the others revealing the backstory of future Sith Lord Count Dooku during his career as a Jedi.

It’s set in the prequel eradecades before the events of original Star Wars movie A New Hope and current live-action show Andor.

The series is written by Clone Wars executive producer Dave Filoniwho’s currently working on the live-action Ahsoka series that’s scheduled to hit Disney Plus next year. He wrote the episodes while flying back and forth to shoot The Mandalorian.

Ahsoka Tano and Dooku surrounded by characters and divided by a lightsaber in the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi poster — The shorts tell the contrasting stories of Ahsoka and Dooku.

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Tales of the Jedi sees Ashley Ecstein return as Ahsoka, having voiced the character since her debut in 2008’s The Clone Wars movie, TV series, follow-up show Rebels and The Rise of Skywalker (Rosario Dawson plays the role in live-action).

In addition to her acting work, she also founded a fandom-focused fashion label Her Universe and voice-guided meditation series Star Wars: Mindful Matters and co-wrote activity, recipe and craft book Star Wars Everyday.

Also back for the shorts is Corey Burton as the voice of Dooku, a role he first played in The Clone Wars video game, which came out exactly 20 years ago Friday. Inspired by the performance of the Sith Lord’s live-action

Amazon says it has ‘hundreds’ of Rivian electric vans making deliveries in the US

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Amazon’s fleet of Rivian-made electric delivery vans is growing. Since first rolling out earlier this year, the retail giant’s new zero-tailpipe emission vehicles have made more than 5 million deliveries in the US, with its fleet-size exceeding 1,000 EDVs (electric delivery vans).

That’s still only a fraction of the company’s overall transportation fleet, which is comprised of 30,000 Amazon-branded delivery vehicles and 20,000 branded trailers. But the electric-portion is growing, with Rivian eventually expecting to deliver 100,000 vans to the company.

That’s still only a fraction of the company’s overall transportation fleet

Starting in July, the EDVs first rolled out in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Nashville, San Diego, and Seattle. Since then, they’ve been put into service in a bunch of new cities, including Austin, Boston, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Madison, Newark, New York, Oakland, Pittsburgh, Portland, Provo, and Salt Lake City .

The vans have been making their way into Amazon’s service, as Rivian’s manufacturing pace slowly accelerates. The EV company said it made 7,363 R1T pickup trucks, R1S SUVs, and EDVs during the three-month period that ended on September 30 — though it didn’t say how much of each. Rivian also said it delivered 6,584 vehicles during the same span. (The company is expected to report its third quarter earnings later this week.)

Of course, supply chain woes and inflation, as well as other hurdles, have conspired to stymie Amazon and Rivian’s goals of an electrified delivery fleet. When then-CEO Jeff Bezos announced a deal with the EV

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SNL Parodies The Try Guys’ Emotional Response to Ned Fulmer Drama

Asus’ foldable laptop goes on sale for $3,499.99

The Focusrite Scarlett Solo Is a Cool Gift for the Musician in Your Life

‘Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi’ Represents Branch of George Lucas’ Original Vision, Actors Say

Amazon says it has ‘hundreds’ of Rivian electric vans making deliveries in the US