1963 Ferrari 250 GTO Sells for Record-Setting $70 Million

Chicago-based David MacNeil has turned over a reported $70 million for a Tour de France-winning 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO. “Only 39 examples of the 250 GTO were built by the legendary Italian marque between 1962 and 1964,” according to CNN, “and it’s extremely rare for an owner to part with one at any price.” In addition to being perceived of as a “Van Gogh of …

Benjamin Hubert’s Unhackable, Design-Forward Cryptocurrency Wallet

Anyone with an understanding of cryptocurrency understands the importance of its management and storage. Designer Benjamin Hubert has proposed a design-forward and unhackable “wallet,” in the form of an aluminum wrist accessory much like a faceless watch. Known as TROVE, the app-connected piece stores the currency offline, locked by the wearer’s ECG signature. Thus, it becomes impossible to forget the authentication. It also happens to …

Microsoft’s Underwater Data Center

One cylinder comprising 864 servers and 27.6 petabytes of storage has been dropped by Microsoft off the coast of Orkney in Scotland. The goal is to see if the tech giant can save energy by cooling in the sea. And the location was chosen as the French-built cylinder will draw power from an undersea cable and the Orkney’s renewable energy supplies. The experiment, known as …