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  • The unfolding Jensen Huang scandal: a timeline

    Nvidia co-founder and now former CEO Jensen Huang has never been as flashy or controversy-prone as AI leaders like OpenAI’s Sam Altman or SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk. Now, the 63-year-old industry kingpin has admitted that he cheated on his wife of 40 years in affairs that could have ramifications beyond Huang’s personal life and U.S. national […] More

  • Muse can now place calls to US businesses — if you pay

    After initially testing the feature in September, Meta’s consumer AI agent Muse is now able to place calls to U.S. businesses on behalf of its users. However, only paid subscribers have access to the feature, the company says. Meta’s Muse, which now has over 10 million users, the company said last month, has been working […] More

  • Nvidia privately confirmed it could track chips to fight smuggling, even as industry publicly questioned feasibility

    When the Chip Security Act was introduced, in May 2025, lawmakers said the technology to implement it existed, something Nvidia has not publicly confirmed. In March 2026, the Semiconductor Industry Association, of which Nvidia is a member, explicitly opposed the bill and wrote that its mandates for chip tracking were “new, untested, and potentially infeasible.”  […] More

  • Google’s latest Search upgrade promises better answers to your most complicated questions

    Google Search is getting better at understanding complicated questions, including those with multiple parts, highly specific requests, or confusing typos. The updates are coming via the company’s newly released Gemini 4 Hydrogen model, which Google claims is its “biggest model improvement to Search yet.” While Google’s frontier models, Gemini 4 Carbon and Gemini 4 Argon, […] More

  • Jensen Huang is out at Nvidia — who is Colette Kress, his interim replacement?

    The Nvidia Board of Directors announced on Thursday morning that the company’s co-founder and CEO of 33 years, Jensen Huang, has resigned as President, CEO, and member of the Board, effective immediately. This is a shocking twist for one of the most valuable companies in the world, which designs the chips that make the AI […] More

  • The Download: COP31’s climate challenge and the quest for immortality

    This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What to know about this year’s UN climate talks Thousands of delegates, lobbyists, and journalists have gathered in Antalya, Turkey, for COP31, the annual UN climate talks. But this year’s negotiations […] More

  • Jensen Huang accused of having another affair — with an Nvidia exec

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is already under investigation after having admitted to having an affair with a woman accused of being a Chinese spy. Now the New York Times is reporting that Huang is also suspected of having another extramarital affair, with a direct report of his at the company — Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice […] More

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