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An AI model from over a decade ago sparked Nvidia’s investment in autonomous vehicles

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote Tuesday at the company’s GTC 2025 conference stuck with tradition and was chock full of announcements. But the company also snuck in a little history lesson. During the automotive portion of his speech, Huang referred … Continue reading

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Nvidia announces two ‘personal AI supercomputers’

Nvidia at GTC 2025 announced a new lineup of “AI personal supercomputers” powered by the company’s Grace Blackwell chip platform. Jensen Huang, the semiconductor company’s founder and CEO, unveiled the two new machines, DGX Spark (previously called Project Digits) and … Continue reading

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FTC removes posts critical of big tech from its website

The FTC has removed over 300 blog posts published during the agency’s leadership under former chair Lina Khan, Wired reports. These include posts that are critical of companies like Amazon and Microsoft for their handling of customer data. The FTC … Continue reading

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GM teams up with Nvidia to bring AI to robots, factories, and self-driving cars

General Motors is turning to Nvidia to help bring AI to the physical world in an expanded collaboration designed to touch every aspect of the automaker’s business, including factories, robots, and self-driving cars.  Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who … Continue reading

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Nvidia announces new GPUs at GTC 2025, including Vera Rubin

On stage at Nvidia’s GTC 2025 conference in San Jose on Tuesday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced a slew of new GPUs coming down the company’s product pipeline over the next several months. Perhaps the most significant was Vera Rubin. … Continue reading

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Tesla and Rivian charging networks have fewest problems by far, according to Consumer Reports

The most problem-free EV charging networks in the U.S. right now are the ones built by Tesla and Rivian, according to a new survey from Consumer Reports. The publication surveyed 1,230 owners on their EV charging experiences between March 2024 … Continue reading

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Pebble creator unveils two new Pebble-inspired smartwatches

It looks like a Pebble, it works like a Pebble, but don’t call it a Pebble. Eric Migicovsky, the original creator of the Pebble smartwatch, just unveiled two new smartwatches — called the Core 2 Duo and the Core Time … Continue reading

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Stability AI’s new AI model turns photos into 3D scenes

Stability AI has released a new AI model, Stable Virtual Camera, that the company claims can transform 2D images into “immersive” videos with realistic depth and perspective. Virtual cameras are tools often used in digital filmmaking and 3D animation to … Continue reading

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CISA scrambles to contact fired employees after court rules layoffs ‘unlawful’

Federal court rules U.S. cybersecurity agency must re-hire over 100 former employees © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Al Gore’s Just Climate fund raises $175M from Microsoft and CalSTRS for nature-based climate investments

The new fund aims to restore nature to reverse biodiversity loss and emissions from land use. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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