Steve Jobs' 8th Grade Science Project Sells for $34,375
5 news sources are covering this Technology story right now — Archynetys is tracking how fast it spreads.
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- Detected The first matching coverage entered the Archynetys cluster.
- Latest coverage observed Most recent article currently attached to this story cluster.
- Peak measured velocity The recorded velocity reached 3.
- Evidence threshold reached The story had enough independent coverage for an explanatory brief.
Source diversity sample: cultofmac.com · Boing Boing · AppleInsider · 9to5Mac · MacRumors.
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What happened
- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage exploded across 5 distinct news outlets with 5 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 3.
- Primary Driver: 5 news sources are covering this Technology story right now — Archynetys is tracking how fast it spreads.
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"Steve Jobs' 8th Grade Science Project Sells for $34,375" is generating significant coverage in the Technology category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by Archynetys so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include cultofmac.com, Boing Boing, AppleInsider and 9to5Mac. Archynetys measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
Synthesized from multi-source international reporting and live coverage telemetry under Archynetys open intelligence methodology.
Generated by Archynetys's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 14d ago.
Who reported it (5)
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You won’t believe what someone paid for Steve Jobs’ eighth-grade science projectcultofmac.com · 16d ago
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Steve Jobs told his stepbrother to keep his old stuff. Good call!Boing Boing · 16d ago
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Steve Jobs' 8th-grade science fair project sold for over $34,000AppleInsider · 16d ago
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Steve Jobs’ 1968 science fair project fetches $34,375 at auction9to5Mac · 16d ago
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Steve Jobs' 8th Grade Science Project Sells for $34,375MacRumors · 16d ago
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