Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s confession that he had an affair (and reports of another one with a direct report) that led the board to oust him on Thursday isn’t just your run-of-the-mill salacious billionaire CEO sex scandal. In this case, one of his lovers is suspected by the U.S. government…
Jensen Huang agrees to testify before Congress
Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before Congress, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast said on Thursday, according to reports from Bloomberg and NBC News. Huang, who stepped down as CEO following reports of an alleged affair with a woman suspected of spying for China, agreed to…
Phota Labs uses AI to turn everyday photos into professional-looking shots
A new iOS app called Phota Labs gives users access to a personal AI photo assistant that turns everyday snapshots into images that look like they were taken by a professional photographer, all while preserving the authenticity of the image. Rather than giving consumers yet another photo-editing tool, Phota Labs…
I found several easy fixes for my car’s horrible sound quality
Driving home from work on a crystal-clear day earlier this week, I rolled the windows down and jammed out to some of my favorite tunes. But about halfway through the first song, I realized something. “Man, this sounds like #!*%.” It was frustrating, to say the least. I drive a…
United Airlines blocks AI agents from booking flights, citing cybersecurity risks
United Airlines said it will restrict access to AI agents seeking to book flights and manage reservations on their users’ behalf, citing a risk to cybersecurity and undermining federal regulations. The airline is the latest American corporate giant to prevent customers from using AI agents and autonomous assistants to access…
Jensen Huang’s exit puts Nvidia’s support for open source in question
The open source community just lost one of its strongest advocates. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday after he admitted to an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, raising concerns about U.S. national security and the motives behind the executive’s support for softer chip export controls on China. Huang has…
Microsoft’s Outlook email hit by new outage
Microsoft said its Outlook email service is currently experiencing an outage, preventing both business and consumer users from accessing their inboxes. The issue was initially flagged as affecting the U.S. and the Americas, and later expanded to affect “any region.” Microsoft hasn’t given a specific cause, but said that it…
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…
3 reasons to throw away your old USB sticks immediately
It’s funny to think that just a decade ago, I carried a USB stick everywhere I went. It was the simplest way to keep my school projects, photos, and documents on hand, and it made moving files between campus computers, the library, and my PC at home effortless. As a…
Nebius tests the neocloud playbook with $40 billion in planned spending
In its third-quarter earnings call Thursday, the neocloud company Nebius laid out $40 billion in planned spending for 2027, far more than Wall Street had expected. It’s an ambitious plan, but it rests on a string of planned projects that are already starting to show cracks. Nebius plans to fund…