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Tech Culture Industry

Jensen Huang's signed leather jacket could sell for up to $60,000 at charity auction

The auction estimate puts Huang's jacket in the same ballpark as some Nvidia AI hardware
In brief: These days Jensen Huang is better known for turning Nvidia from a beloved gaming company into a somewhat disliked AI supercorporation. But he used to get a lot of attention for his leather jacket. Now, one of those famed items of clothing is going up for auction, and it's expected to raise $40,000 to $60,000 – for charity, of course.
Full story By Rob Thubron, 11 comments
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Gaming Tech Culture

Make-A-Wish is auctioning off the chance to become an NPC in The Elder Scrolls 6

Have your American Express Black ready, this opportunity won't be cheap
In a nutshell: Bethesda has remained mostly radio silent regarding The Elder Scrolls 6 development since announcing the project in 2018. The silence ended on Monday when the studio revealed it would be developing an NPC based on the winner of an auction to benefit charity.
Full story By Cal Jeffrey,
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Tech Culture Hardware

Two of the world's first desktop PCs discovered during routine home cleaning

Only three of the Intel 8008-powered Q1 PCs are known to still exist
In a nutshell: Even in this connected era where anything of value already seems to be on eBay, amazing discoveries are being made. In London, a routine house cleaning by a waste company uncovered two of the world's first desktop PCs, released back in the early 1970s, of which only three are known to still exist today.
Full story By Rob Thubron, 8 comments
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