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Pierre Omidyar, Chairman and Founder of eBay, looks on during the final session of the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York, on Thursday, September 23, 2010.
Pierre Omidyar, Chairman and Founder of eBay.
  • Forbes has determined who the wealthiest resident in every US state is.  
  • Despite all the big stars that flock to Hawaii, the elusive founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar takes the state's crown.
  • Omidyar has given away $1.5 billion of his fortune since 2014.

America's elite have long turned to Hawaii as the ideal tropical paradise for their



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If you know someone who is graduating this year, whether from high school or university, chances are good the gear that’s gotten them through the last four (or more) years is ready for a refresh. The good news is that graduation time is typically a big one for gift-giving, so if you know someone who is about to hit college or the dreaded “real world,” you can make sure they’re prepared by perusing



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Boom's supersonic XB-1 test jet has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval to fly past Mach 1, the company announced. Tests are slated to take place later this year at the Black Mountain Supersonic Corridor in Mojave, CA, and the results could help prove the feasibility of the design in areas like fuel consumption, speeds and flight characteristics.

"Following XB-1’s successful



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Peloton had a great pandemic. It’s a weird thing to say, but the company’s premium exercise equipment (expanding from bikes to treadmills and even weight-training tech) were the hot workout-from-home products. That boom made some people (not normal, sensible people) suggest we were never going back to bricks-and-mortar gyms once the world reopened.

But… we went back. Now, Peloton’s latest



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Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron speaking.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin in 2020.
  • French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the Ukraine war with The Economist. 
  • He said France could send troops if requested by Ukraine in response to a Russian breakthrough.
  • His remarks about French soldiers defending Ukraine are among the most hawkish by a Western leader.

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An Army Tactical Missile System during live-fire testing at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, December 14, 2021.
  • Ukrainian forces took out more than 100 Russian soldiers with an ATACMS missile, per OSINT analysts.
  • Four ATACMS were used to target the group, one analyst said.
  • The soldiers would have been out of reach of Ukraine's shorter-range ATACMS



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Did you know that when someone blocks you on X (formerly Twitter), they can still reply to your posts? This opens up the possibility of abuse, with someone blocking you and then slandering, impersonating, or otherwise abusing you on the very same platform without you seeing it.

Now, X is changing the way blocking works. On Thursday, the company's Engineering account explained the changes as



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Hugo Gernsback was a pioneer in the world of science fiction during the first half of the 20th century—so much so that the Hugo Awards are named after him. But Gernback also edited serious tech magazines and came up with ideas that were often way ahead of their time. Or, in the case of the office “isolator” pictured…

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Flemish venture capital firm Imec.xpand has raised €300mn to invest in deeptech startups.    The VC is a spinoff from Leuven-based Imec, one of the world’s largest microelectronics research institutions.  The new fund targets AI, semiconductors, nanotechnology, photonics, and quantum computing. It will also invest in startups working on new ways to diagnose and treat medical conditions.    To date



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TL;DR: Live stream Taylor Fritz vs. Andrey Rublev in the 2024 Madrid Open for free on RTVE. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.


The Madrid Open has been thoroughly entertaining, with some standout performances as top players look to prepare for the French Open. Two of those impressive performers meet in the semi final, with Taylor Fritz and Andrey Rublev