Henk Rogers brought Tetris to the masses. Now, he wants to bring the masses to the moon.
Henk Rogers, who helped make Tetris a huge hit, has set his sights on space. Henk Rogers may be the man behind Tetris, but gaming is no longer top of his agenda. Along with the Tetris creator, Alexey Pajitnov, Rogers is best known for bringing the best-selling video game out of the Soviet Union to…
Meta CTO said 2025 will likely prove the metaverse to be a visionary bet or ‘legendary misadventure,’ leaked memo shows
Andrew Bosworth, the CTO of Meta, told staff in a memo that 2025 is “most critical” for its metaverse bets. Meta’s chief technology officer thinks 2025 could be a make-or-break year for its metaverse bets, B-17 has learned. Andrew “Boz” Bosworth told staff this year is “most critical” to prove the metaverse is either a…
My family bought a fixer-upper in another country, sight unseen. Renovations cost us a million dollars and years of peace.
It took five years and nearly a million dollars to finish renovating our fixer-upper. In 2017, we were living in Australia with our daughters and planning our move to Canada when I found my dream house on the internet. From our home in Brisbane, I video-called and emailed a real-estate agent in Toronto, doing my…
Billionaires, industry leaders, and execs urge Trump to rethink ‘devastating’ tariffs on Canada and Mexico
Some business leaders are asking President Donald Trump to rethink tariffs. Billionaires, industry leaders, and executives are reacting to President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China. The Trump administration said Saturday it had imposed a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on China. The announcement sparked swift…
My family spent $36,000 renovating our home after 35 years. These 7 upgrades had the most dramatic effect.
Some changes made a bigger difference in our home renovation than others. My parents and I finally broke down and decided to renovate the 40-year-old home that we’ve owned and lived in for 35 years. I always thought that significant home renovations meant new flooring and building a room over the garage, but I quickly…
I’m a Marine who founded a defense systems technology company. Here’s why I started my company in Puerto Rico.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jonathan Soto-Nieves, the 40-year-old founder and CEO of iTerra Solutions, a Puerto Rican-based company focusing on cybersecurity and the defense industry. Soto-Nieves moved from Virginia back to his home country of Puerto Rico last year to launch the startup. The following has been lightly edited for…
Inside the shady world of celebrity meme coinsCrypto coins keep ripping off investors. One cyber sleuth set out to find the culprit.
Nicolas Vaiman, a scruffy 30-year-old with a dark beard and glasses, was at home in France last May when he saw a tweet from Caitlyn Jenner. “Make america great again!!!” the former Olympian posted on X. “We love crypto!” Jenner attached a photo of herself shaking hands with Donald Trump, along with a link to…
I left a career in Big Tech to move to Portugal. The catalyst was wanting a better work-life balance.
I loved working in tech and I may even go back one day. But this is how I chose to restore balance for now. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Roshan Gupta, a 46-year-old business owner who moved to Portugal with his family in 2022. B-17 has verified his former employment and…
Everything we know about Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ film
Christopher Nolan’s next movie premieres in 2026. After his box-office hit, award-sweeping “Oppenheimer” movie, Christopher Nolan is adapting Homer’s Greek epic poem “The Odyssey” for his next film. Universal Pictures announced the movie in late 2024, saying it would be shot using “brand new Imax film technology” and that it would arrive in theaters on…
