George Hotz is known for developing iOS jailbreaks, reverse engineering the PlayStation 3, and for the subsequent lawsuit brought against him by Sony.
27 Facts About George Hotz
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George Hotz attended the Academy for Engineering and Design Technology at the Bergen County Academies, a magnet public high school in Hackensack, New Jersey.
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George Hotz briefly attended Rochester Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University.
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George Hotz traded his second unlocked 8 GB iPhone to Terry Daidone, the founder of CertiCell, for a Nissan 350Z and three 8 GB iPhones.
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On July 13,2010, George Hotz announced the discontinuation of his jailbreaking activities, citing demotivation over the technology and the unwanted personal attention.
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In December 2009, George Hotz announced his initial intentions to breach security on the PlayStation 3.
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On January 26,2010, George Hotz released the exploit to the public.
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On July 13,2010, George Hotz posted a message on his Twitter account stating that he had abandoned his efforts.
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On January 2,2011, George Hotz posted a copy of the private key of the PlayStation 3 on his website.
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George Hotz published his commentary on the case, including a song about the "disaster" of Sony.
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In June 2014, George Hotz published a root exploit software hack for Samsung Galaxy S5 devices used in the US market.
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George Hotz made a meaningful side income from public donations solicited for his security exploits.
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George Hotz worked at Facebook between May 2011 and January 2012.
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George Hotz was employed at the startup Vicarious from January until July 2015.
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George Hotz built a working self-driving 2016 Acura ILX, which he demonstrated on California's Interstate 280 freeway in a video, resulting in a cease and desist letter from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
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George Hotz wanted to sell his technology to Tesla Motors, meeting with CEO Elon Musk.
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Musk offered advice on George Hotz's self-driving car project in a December 2015 interview.
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George Hotz left in March 2019, but returned in May 2019 to become president .
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On October 31,2022, George Hotz said he is taking some time away from comma.
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George Hotz then founded the tiny corp on November 5,2022.
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On November 18,2022, George Hotz announced that he had been hired by Twitter for a 12 week internship.
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George Hotz was a finalist at the 2004 ISEF competition in Portland, Oregon with his project "The Mapping Robot".
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George Hotz was a finalist at the 2005 ISEF competition, with his project "The Googler".
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George Hotz competed in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a science competition for high school students, where his 3D imaging project, entitled "I want a Holodeck", received awards and prizes in several categories including a $20,000 Intel scholarship.
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George Hotz travelled to Sweden to speak about the project at the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar.
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In 2013, George Hotz began making hip hop music on his SoundCloud, tomcr00se.
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George Hotz has a Twitch channel, where he frequently does programming livestreams.