Launching a major tech IPO would seem risky right now, shortly after one of Nasdaq’s biggest sell-offs and amid revelations that a CEO central to the AI boom had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. But that isn’t deterring Anthropic, which is moving ahead with its listing plans, according…
Jensen Huang reportedly engaged a PR firm with a history of handling high-profile sex scandals a year ago
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hired Heller Inc., a crisis communications firm known for handling sex scandals, at least a year before he publicly acknowledged an extramarital affair with a woman suspected of spying for China, Wired reported. Heller Inc. founder Risa Heller has advised prominent men through personal scandals and…
One of the best kaiju movies of the century is free to stream
Kaiju movies have been all the rage lately. In the past decades, audiences have flocked to theaters to see monsters like Godzilla and King Kong duke it out in Legendary’s Monsterverse. More recently, audiences have raved over filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki’s new movie, Godzilla Minus Zero, the sequel to the Oscar-winning…
Hotel giant Wyndham exposed customer data after app security lapse
Hotel and resort giant Wyndham has acknowledged a cybersecurity incident after a good-faith security researcher discovered a bug that allowed anyone to access customers’ personal information. Security researcher Robert Wiggins at What Security exclusively told TechCrunch that he found a password inside the source code of Wyndham’s Android app, which…
I transformed my PC into an iPad and I’m shocked that it worked
I love my 12-inch Surface Pro, as well as my Surface Go 2, but it’s clear that Windows 11 isn’t exactly ideal when using these devices purely as tablets. Unlike Windows 10, which featured its own bespoke Tablet Mode, Windows 11 simply adjusts certain user interface elements automatically when it…
Fervo now has $12B in orders for its geothermal power tech
Geothermal company Fervo couldn’t have picked a better time to deliver its first power plants. In its third-quarter earnings report, released Monday, the company said it now has $11.9 billion worth of contracted revenue on the books, up from $7.2 billion last quarter. Fervo has been hitting its deadlines recently,…
4 disaster DVDs that you need to upgrade to 4K UHD
I’m a big fan of the Sci-Fi genre and all the subgenres that come with it. There are quite a few to dig into, and what I throw on depends greatly on my mood. Over the years, I’ve become a bigger fan of the disaster genre, and that’s something that…
Jensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has pulled out of the ElevenLabs Summit scheduled for this Wednesday in New York, ElevenLabs, the voice AI company, confirmed Monday. He has also dropped out of other speaking engagements, including the Anthropic CEO Forum. Nvidia is an investor in ElevenLabs. The withdrawals come after Huang…
Android Auto has a hidden expiration date tied to your phone
No matter what kind of Android phone I’m using, there’s always one feature I rely on more than anything else every day: Android Auto. I live in a more rural area, so I spend a lot of time behind the wheel, and Android Auto makes all those hours every week…
Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy puts Nvidia’s China ambitions under scrutiny
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has never been quiet about his belief that the U.S. should continue selling AI chips to China, rather than shutting the country off from the technology. The revelation that he had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy threatens to complicate that argument. The Financial Times…