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Jensen Huang's signed leather jacket could sell for up to $60,000 at charity auction
Posted on Friday July 03, 2026
Sotheby's, which has been behind several iconic tech auctions over the years, will begin accepting bids on the black leather jacket starting on July 7. Titled The Jensen Jacket: Jensen Huang's Tom Ford Leather Jacket, the auction notes that it is associated with some of the most consequential moments in...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
US homeowners installed a record amount of battery storage this year, and it's reshaping the grid
Posted on Friday July 03, 2026
Recent data underscores how fast the market is moving. US homeowners installed 673 megawatts of battery storage in the first quarter of 2026, a record level, according to the Energy Information Administration. Much of that growth is concentrated in states where electricity is expensive and policies encourage storage, including California...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
In old PCs, what was the function of the "Turbo" button?
Posted on Friday July 03, 2026
A long, long time ago, desktop PCs used to have a Turbo button alongside Power and Reset.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Tesla driver charged with manslaughter after car in FSD mode crashes into Texas home
Posted on Friday July 03, 2026
According to court records and an arrest affidavit, 44-year-old Michael David Butler was driving a 2025 Tesla Model 3 through a residential neighborhood in Katy, Texas, on June 19 when the car left the street and crashed into the home of 76-year-old Martha Avila.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
iFixit is creating a repairability scoring standard for US electronics
Posted on Friday July 03, 2026
The repair specialist says the new system will be separate from its familiar teardown scores, which have long rated devices based on factors such as ease of disassembly, parts access, documentation, and software restrictions. Instead, the NSF project is intended to become a more formal, repeatable standard that can be...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Video Game History Foundation founder says piracy remains the only viable game preservation method
Posted on Friday July 03, 2026
Video Game History Foundation founder Frank Cifaldi recently supported claims that piracy is the only effective way to preserve video games. The comments lay the blame squarely on game companies' refusal to keep legacy content available or allow archivists to build legal repositories.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Singapore charges two people over a scheme to smuggle Nvidia chips to China through a $42 million property deal
Posted on Friday July 03, 2026
Lim Jenny and Woon Guo Jie Aaron are accused of handling proceeds tied to the alleged scheme, with investigators tracing more than $926,000 in each of their bank accounts to criminal activity. Authorities also seized a high-end property valued at $42 million that was allegedly purchased using those funds and...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Concorde-style supersonic flights could return to the US, as long as they're quiet enough
Posted on Friday July 03, 2026
The aptly named rule, titled Enabling Supersonic Overland Flight, would amend Parts 1 and 91 of federal aviation regulations.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A leaked Microsoft experiment reveals a new OS built entirely around Copilot and AI agents
Posted on Friday July 03, 2026
Back when Copilot was still a brand-new AI experience, Microsoft was already trying to turn the service into a cloud-based OS. That experiment appears to be long gone now, but Microsoft is apparently still trying to bring Copilot everywhere, despite stating otherwise.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Someone finally built a working Game Boy emulator for E-ink screens
Posted on Friday July 03, 2026
M5Stack's PaperS3 was originally built for smart home controls, electronic labels, and educational tools. But YouTuber Wenting Channel recently detailed how he turned the old dev board into a 60Hz E-ink Game Boy, its paper-like display an unexpectedly good match for the handheld's graphical capabilities.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »