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Nvidia announced this morning that Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO following reports of two affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy and one with a direct report. The situation surrounding Huang has unfolded…
Read at The VergeThe previous-generation Oura Ring 4 is on sale for as low as $249 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target, $100 off the retail price, and the first big discount on the device since July. The price varies a bit by size and…
Read at The VergeFor the 25th anniversary of Xbox, Microsoft is beginning to make good on its paid "next-gen game preservation" promise. Starting today, you can play 25 different original Xbox games on your Windows PC, as long as you…
Read at The VergeOver the last hour or so, reports have come in from around the world that people can't access their Outlook email, either through the web or apps. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue from its Microsoft 365 Status…
Read at The VergeThis is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. We'll be taking a break next…
Read at The VergeA livestream Ars discussion is happening on November 17 at 1 pm Eastern Time.
Read at Ars TechnicaN-Gage exclusive Shadowkey gets an AI-coded glow-up with plenty of new features.
Read at Ars TechnicaArmed with a team of AI agents, Google researcher Pietro Miotti claimed earlier this week to have discovered a potentially unmapped Maya site in Mexico. There was just one problem: The site had already been discovered…
Read at The VergeGemini 4 Hydrogen isn't getting a slow, security-conscious release like Carbon and Argon.
Read at Ars TechnicaReport: Ukraine suspects speeds limits are intended to help Russia in peace talks.
Read at Ars TechnicaMore than a hundred thousand users are reporting issues with Microsoft systems as the company says it is working to address the problems being seen around the world.
Read at Global NewsFamilies confront Google after teen’s lawsuit labels Gemini a “suicide coach.”
Read at Ars TechnicaCEO was viewed as ‘irreplaceable’, but recklessness of affair with a woman regarded by US officials as a Chinese spy made him a political liability
Read at The Guardian"It's hard being the only honest players in a crooked game."
Read at Ars Technica"We're not doing this thing because we like rockets."
Read at Ars TechnicaDoctors warn that such life-threatening cases are becoming more common.
Read at Ars TechnicaI had other things to do today, but Alex Karp's pathetic attempt to pivot back to the left gave me no choice but to put them on hold. Last week's elections were a bloodbath for the right, a problem for all the wannabe…
Read at The VergeI was certain, until the story of Jensen Huang's second affair hit, that Huang was bulletproof. After all, why wouldn't he be? He's placed himself indispensably at the center of the AI industry and famously had no…
Read at The VergeAn exoplanet seems to have stopped transiting in front of its host star.
Read at Ars TechnicaWithin days, Huang's status as a seemingly untouchable figure leading the global tech race has crumbled.
Read at BBC NewsThe Cybertruck is heading to that shiny cyber-dumpster in the sky, leaving the folks who built online identities around Elon Musk's polarizing pickup feeling bereft. Usually, Musk's fanbase treads lightly around their…
Read at The VergeMicrosoft has spent the past 25 years trying to shake up the game console market. The original Xbox, which launched on November 15th in 2001, took on an industry dominated by Sony and Nintendo. Twenty-five years later…
Read at The VergeMove follows admission of affair with woman alleged to be Chinese spy and reported relationships with two employees
Read at The GuardianZoe Kleinman explains how the man who built Nvidia from the ground up lost everything in a matter of days.
Read at BBC NewsThe billionaire tech executive has left the company following reports of a second extramarital affair.
Read at BBC NewsChief financial officer Colette Kress in in charge of Nvidia for now, but several others are in the frame as potential successors.
Read at BBC NewsAs governments adopt AI, workers are gaining ground in how it’s used and securing safeguards against its harms
Read at The GuardianThe first Gemini smartglasses are a collab between Google, Samsung, Gentle Monster, and Warby Parker.
Read at Ars TechnicaHuang co-founded the chipmaker Nvidia, which has become one of the driving forces behind the AI boom. But reports that he may have had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy quickly sank his career.
Read at NPRThe FBI is investigating as Nvidia’s board holds urgent talks over Huang’s future.
Read at Ars TechnicaOrder a Diet Coke or invade Iran – that’s the choice facing the US president in one of several satirical games, as designers turn the gamification of politics back on the White House
Read at The GuardianMost viewers wish there was a TV Guide for streaming.
Read at Ars TechnicaShares of Nvidia tumbled early Thursday as The New York Times reported Wednesday that Huang had a second affair with an Nvidia executive who reports to him.
Read at Global NewsAfter a month-long investigation it was concluded that Kundizeza’s story The Blue Fighter, which won the £10,000 Caine prize, was ‘human-written’
Read at The GuardianA slower adoption of artificial intelligence has had a net-neutral effect on Canada’s GDP, new analysis says. But long-term productivity gains are still possible.
Read at Global NewsExclusive: The Guardian revealed 29 hospital trusts were not or hardly using the controversial patient data tech
Read at The GuardianIt is built of wood, resembles an Ikea and its power is totally renewable. Plus, it was built with the local community in mind. Is this facility in Falun the best datacentre in the world?
Read at The GuardianIn the age of endless online streaming, Canadians want to return to physical media and tech, a new survey from Best Buy Canada shows.
Read at Global NewsNintendo Switch/2, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One/series X/S, PC; Denkiworks/Inpleron Limited
Read at The GuardianThe Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says strong predation numbers of wolves and black bears could be a major factor in moose decline while a conservationist says rising temperatures are putting stress on the…
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