personal computing
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A Signed Steve Jobs Business Card From 1983 Just Sold for $278,000
Although Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died more than a decade ago, his presence still looms large in the fandom around tech, making ordinary items that are signed by him very valuable. The proof is in the pudding: An early Apple business card signed by Jobs just sold for $278,205 ($US181,183) at auction. The signed business…
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This Rare Apple-1 With Woz’s Signature Could Fetch Around $700K in Upcoming Auction
One of only 80 or so remaining, this collectable Apple-1 is in working condition.
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Man Makes Power Bank Able To Charge 5,000 Smartphones
YouTuber Handy Geng noticed that all his buddies had bigger power banks than his. “I’m not so happy with that,” he writes. It bothered him! He could not sleep. So Handy Geng decided to change that by building the biggest power bank of all. Handy Geng put his D.I.Y. skills to the test, welding a…
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5 Predictions for the Near Future From Bill Gates
Bill Gates, the cofounder of Microsoft who left the company’s board in 2020, wrote an end-of-the-year note on Thursday filled with reflections on the pandemic and the year 2021. But Gates also included some predictions for the future, and they could give some indication of where tech companies are looking for the next 2-5 years.