paul allen
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Watch as World’s Largest Plane Releases Hypersonic Vehicle for Its First Powered Test Flight
California startup Stratolaunch completed the first powered flight of its Talon-A hypersonic vehicle as it works to develop a reusable version that’s capable of carrying science payloads and flying them at five times the speed of sound. The company’s massive aircraft, named Roc, launched on Saturday from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California…
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For About $1.6 Million a Week, You Can Rent Paul Allen’s Obscene Superyacht
The late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s 126.19 m superyacht has finally been sold to an unnamed mystery buyer for the low, low price of 235 million euros (about $375 million). The vessel, nicknamed “Octopus” before Allen’s death in 2018, is slightly longer than the average football field, and considered one of the largest superyachts in…
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Paul Allen, Microsoft Co-Founder, Dead At 65
Paul Allen, the man who co-created Microsoft with Bill Gates, one of the largest and most impactful technology companies in history, has passed away. He was 65.
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One In Four Self-Made American Billionaires Dropped Out Of University
Bloomberg crunched the numbers on “self-made” billionaires in the US and found that about a quarter of them were college dropouts. Ten of America’s 43 self-made billionaires dropped out. One, Harold Hamm, never even attended college.