Steve Ballmer's net worth just passed Bill Gates for the first time ever
Ballmer is now the sixth richest person in the world
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72-year-old Florida man arrested after admitting he shot a Walmart delivery drone
He thought he was under surveillance
The world's first photograph required how much time of exposure?
French inventor Joseph-Nicéphore Niépce is credited with creating the first permanent photograph in 1826
Redbox asks court for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and a DIP loan to cover payroll
Parent company, Chicken Soup for the Soul, made a bad gamble with its 2022 acquisition
MIT is designing a robot to bag your groceries at the supermarket
Humans might still be better at some tasks
Fujifilm's retro-styled X100 camera line flipped the company's fortunes, it's backordered everywhere
Fans have flocked to the X100 line
$10,000 cooler designed with AI keeps Core i9-14900KF chilly at 7.5 GHz
Pushing the limits: Enthusiasts are always looking for an edge in the world of overclocking and extreme cooling. In this wild test, the team sought to determine whether advanced GenAI and 3D printing could help them squeeze out more performance from today's processors. To answer this, they built a liquid nitrogen (LN2) container in a whole new way – and arrived at some interesting conclusions.
Kirigami-inspired mechanical computer operates without electricity
A proof-of-concept, for now
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's Living Computers Museum closes permanently
Some of the items from the collection are being auctioned off
Atari digs up 39 more retro classics for 50th anniversary game compilation
It's coming later this year
Japanese Olympic athletes will wear infrared-blocking uniforms to keep camera creeps at bay
It's a growing problem
Why it matters: When the 2024 Summer Olympics kick off in Paris next month, Japanese athletes will be sporting innovative new uniforms designed to block creepy infrared cameras. It's an unfortunate reality that female athletes have increasingly become victims of illicit photography and videography at competition venues. But an innovative solution is set to finally put an end to this problem.
Study shows tracking devices frequently used in organized crime and by domestic violence perpetrators
Not entirely surprising, sadly
Minecraft fan makes Google Earth explorable in the game
Algorithm automatically converts Google Earth data into voxels and Minecraft blocks
Anthropic CEO says a universal basic income isn't enough to address AI job losses
"If the technology goes fast, we'll have to figure it out fast"
TikTok reveals "kill switch" offer to the US government to avoid ban
It would've given the US government the power to shut down the app in case of any mischief
Bugatti's latest hypercar trades turbos for a V16 hybrid powerplant
Forward-looking: Bugatti has taken the wraps off its next hypercar, pushing the category-defining brand to a new level of performance and luxury. The successor to the Chiron, the new Bugatti Tourbillon features an all-new 8.3 liter, 64-valve V16 that ditches the quad-turbo forced induction system for natural aspiration.
YouTuber installed Windows XP on a touchscreen MacBook and it went exactly as you'd expect
Windows XP still has fans in 2024
Nearly half of Dell workers opt for full-time remote work, even though it means no promotions
Which would you choose?
In brief: Would you be willing to sacrifice promotions and the opportunity to change roles if it meant working remotely full-time? That's the dilemma facing Dell's employees, and almost half of them have opted to stay remote due to personal, financial, and logistical reasons.
Where did the name "Bluetooth" come from?
Bluetooth technology is named after...
Man arrested for smuggling "high-end" CPUs into China in a Mercedes-Benz
Suspect could go to jail for seven years if convicted
California Governor supports new measures to restrict smartphone use during school hours
More states are introducing bans
Colossal GPU-style fans installed at Tesla's new Texas data center
Every PC gamer's wet dream
TikTok owner ByteDance is testing an Instagram competitor called Whee
The app's UI closely resembles Meta's social network, but is only for "friends"