In 2014, Steve Ballmer created an early …

In 2014, Steve Ballmer created an early version of USAFacts, a website that set out to answer his own questions about the way American government works — and doesn’t work. Eight years on, USAFacts is a nonprofit group that now produces an annual report on the state of the country, stuffed with slickly produced figures and charts on trends in living standards, firearm-related deaths, inflation’s effect on wage growth, states that are weathering the pandemic the best and much, much more.

When we spoke, Ballmer had just …

When we spoke, Ballmer had just returned from a whirlwind day of briefings on Capitol Hill, where he met with the House Select Committee on Modernization and the Problem Solvers Caucus, as well as Representative Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, and Representative Kevin McCarthy, the chamber’s top Republican. He also sat down with Denice Ross, the chief data scientist in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. On the Senate side, he briefed around 25 senators — all of them Democrats, despite his best efforts to assemble a bipartisan audience.

Andrew Greif: Clippers second-round …


After breaking ground on a brand new …

After breaking ground on a brand new arena in September 2021, the Los Angeles Clippers have unveiled more details regarding their state-of-the-art scoreboard and video screen. The Intuit Dome, which is scheduled to open in Inglewood at the start of the 2024-25 NBA season, will feature basketball’s largest and most impressive LED display to date. Inside the Clippers’ new $2 billion facility will be the Halo Board, stretching nearly an acre and surrounding 18,000 fans with a 4K view of replays, individual stats, quarter breakdowns, and advanced metrics. It will be the latest innovation of Daktronics, an American LED display designer that’s becoming a household name in the world of sports technology.