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Elon Musk is now the world’s second-richest person, and more tech news today
August 20, 2025
1. Elon Musk blows by Bill Gates to become the world’s second-richest person
Bill Gates has mostly been the richest person in the world for as long as I can remember, and even when he wasunseated by the likes of Carlos Slim, it seemed like an aberration.
What’s weird about Elon Musk rocketing up the ladder to reach a net worth at $128 billion, squeaking by Bill Gates according to theBloombergBillionaires Index, is that Musk increased his net worth by about $100 billion in 2020, one of the most volatile years in history.
Now, yes yes, it’s all paper money for now, not cash. But that’s how these indexes have always worked. And Musk has caught a Falcon 9 upwards mostly on the back of Tesla’s share price surge.
Bloombergalso highlights recent disagreementsbetween Gates and Musk, which might normally be fun other than the COVID-19 denial strategy from Musk:
The difference between Musk and myself is that I’d never want to suggest Bill Gates has no clue about anything. (But hey, let’s not compare net worths or anything…)
That interview finished with this nugget, by the way:
2.The new Redmi Note 9 Prohas an official image showing a circular quad camera with new sensor ahead of the launch (Android Authority).
- Poll:How many times per day do you unlock your phone?I logged 117 yesterday. Hmm (Android Authority).
4.MKBHD’s 2020 blind smartphone camera test polls are now live— the annual smartphone competition tends to reveal interesting things people prefer in photos, although usually it comes down to colors. Anyway, you may join in on Twitter, best viewed on a smartphone rather than desktop (Twitter).
Apple Security Chief indicted forallegedly trading iPads for concealed gun permits(Gizmodo).
Snapchat has a TikTok clone called Spotlight… that actually seems fair and decent and original?Snapchat will give users a share of $1m a day for the most entertaining clipsas part of a new scrolling snap feed (The Guardian).
Twitter nowwarns you before liking a tweet labeled for misinformation(The Next Web).
“Why is it so hard to turn off the PS5?” (The Verge).
‘Super Mario Bros. 3’sold for $156,000: The most expensive game ever sold at auction (Engadget).
10.Nintendo’s Game & Watch can run Doom, barely (The Verge).
- GPS rules everything.And it’s getting a big upgradevia a GPS III satellite: three times stronger signal, new L1C civilian frequency and more. Long read but worth thinking about! (CNET).
12.China launches ambitious mission to bring back samples from the Moon, the first attempt since 1976 to get lunar grit (The Verge). By the way, SpaceX is targeting tonight for the next Starlink launch.
13. Asolar-powered rocketmight be our ticket to interstellar space (Wired).
- How aThanksgiving Day gag ruffled feathers in NASA Mission Controlin 1991 (Ars Technica).
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