Another NBA blockbuster as Portland Trail Blazers sell to group led by billionaire Tom Dundon for reported $4.25 billion The Dallas-based businessman plans to keep the team in Oregon, according to reports. Fortune · Aug 14, 2025
Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon strikes tentative deal to buy the Portland Trail Blazers Paul Allen’s estate has agreed to a tentative agreement to sell the Portland Trail Blazers to a group led by Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon, a person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025
Trail Blazers Sold to Current NHL Owner for More Than $4 Billion Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon has purchased the Trail Blazers. Sports Illustrated · Aug 13, 2025
7 Famous People Who Got Rich By Accident Most people chase success—few become rich by accident. Yet, some individuals stumbled into extraordinary wealth through quirky chance, overlooked assets, or unintended opportunity. These stories aren’t just inspiring—they reveal how fortune can strike without planning. Understanding how they became rich by accident offers perspective on luck, timing, and unexpected windfalls.… Plunged in Debt · Jul 29, 2025
Peter James obituary Innovative artistic director at theatres including the Liverpool Everyman, the Sheffield Crucible and the Lyric, Hammersmith The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025
“I had that guy on the phone and said, ‘Give me one good reason why we should sell you the guitar?’ He said, ‘The money.’ I said, ‘That’s not a good reason’”: Why Uli Jon Roth turned down a $9 million offer for Jimi Hendrix’s iconic black Strat Hendrix’s “Black Beauty” was one of his go-to guitars – and he was in fact photographed with it a day before his death Guitar World · Jun 11, 2025
Trail Blazers Officially Put Up for Sale by Paul Allen's Estate Paul Allen's estate has officially put the Portland Trail Blazers up for sale. Sports Illustrated · May 13, 2025
Stratolaunch's Talon-A2 prototype goes hypersonic after dropping from world's largest airplane (photos) Stratolaunch Systems conducted its first hypersonic test flight with its Talon-A2 vehicle and Roc carrier plane in December, then repeated the feat in March. Space · May 6, 2025
3 men sentenced to over a century in prison after plot to kill a ringleader in UK's biggest heist Three men who plotted to kill a former cage fighter, who years before had been convicted of being one of the ringleaders in the U.K.’s biggest-ever heist, have been sentenced to a collective term of over a century in prison The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025
Trio jailed for plotting to murder cagefighter who took part in UK’s biggest cash robbery Their victim Paul Allen has been left paralysed for life The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025
Three men jailed for over 100 years after plot to murder cagefighter who took part in £54m Securitas robbery Brothers Louis Ahearne, 36, and Stewart Ahearne, 46, were sentenced at the Old Bailey alongside Daniel Kelly, 46 Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2025
Three men jailed for plotting to murder £54m Securitas robber Brothers Louis Ahearne, 36, and Stewart Ahearne, 46, were sentenced at the Old Bailey alongside Daniel Kelly, 46. The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025
Microsoft just turned 50. Here's a look at an iconic 1978 photo of its first employees and where they are now The 1978 photo came about because one employee, Bob Greenberg, won a free portrait from a radio contest. Fortune · Apr 4, 2025
The 50-year-old code that reshaped the world: Bill Gates on the 'revolution' that started Microsoft Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects on the original source code that laid the foundations of one of the world's biggest tech companies five decades ago. Euronews · Apr 4, 2025
Tom’s Guide · Apr 4, 2025 Microsoft 50th Anniversary Copilot Event recap — all the big AI news and announcements Microsoft is celebrating its 50th birthday with an anniversary Copilot Event today — follow along with us live.
PC Gamer · Apr 3, 2025 'We coded day and night for the two months to create the software we had said already existed': The history of Microsoft reminds me how far we've come in just 50 years Coding onto paper and punch cards.
Windows Central · Apr 3, 2025 Bill Gates shares his original Altair BASIC source code for Microsoft's 50th anniversary — "The coolest code I've ever written" Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates commemorates its 50th birthday by sharing the BASIC interpreter code that led to its creation.
The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025 Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology
The Conversation · Apr 2, 2025 From IBM to OpenAI: 50 years of winning (and failed) strategies at Microsoft Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary. This article was written using Microsoft Word on a computer running Microsoft Windows. It is likely to be published on platforms hosted by Microsoft Azure, including LinkedIn, a Microsoft subsidiary with over one billion users. In 2024, the company generated a net profit of $88 billion…
International Business Times · Mar 31, 2025 Four Men Loom Large In Microsoft History Microsoft was shaped by Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella over the course of the last half-century in the male-dominated tech world.
Euronews · Mar 26, 2025 Three men convicted of cage fighter murder plot after raid on Geneva art museum Two UK brothers and a co-conspirator attempted to kill a convicted armed robber just weeks after stealing Ming Dynasty artefacts worth millions of Euros.
Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2025 Museum burglars convicted of plot to murder £54m Securitas robber in his east London home Paul Allen, now 47, was left paralysed for life after six shots were fired into his kitchen
Fortune · Mar 24, 2025 Bill Gates now drives an electric Fiat500 with a top speed of 100mph Philanthropist Bill Gates revealed he was gifted an EV from Fiat by U2 frontman Bono for his birthday.
The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2025 Three guilty of plot to murder £54m Securitas robber Paul Allen Paul Allen was paralysed for life after shots were fired at his large detached rented home in east London in 2019.
Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2025 Three men guilty of plotting to murder £54m Securitas robber Paul Allen was paralysed for life after shots were fired at his large detached rented home in east London in 2019.