Nothing like some positive news to start out the week: In search for a solution to counter the massive carbon footprint of data centers, researchers at the University of California San Diego, with support from Google, are giving retired smartphones a second life as general-purpose cloud computing servers, rather than buying new expensive hardware.

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A vintage Super Mario Bros. cartridge released in 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) just shattered the record for the most expensive video game ever sold, having fetched $3 million at auction. That sum, which includes a 25% buyer’s premium fee, is $1 million higher than the previous record when the same game sold for $2 million.

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