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Up close with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 FE, an incredibly compact flagship video card
We might be skeptical of some Nvidia’s claims, like whether a $549 RTX 5070 will truly deliver the performance of a $1599 RTX 4090. But it’s almost impossible not to be impressed by the RTX 5090 Founder’s Edition, where Nvidia fit 575…
Tencent shares fall 8% in Hong Kong after U.S. designates it a Chinese military company
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesShares of Chinese tech heavyweight Tencent Holdings tumbled nearly 8% in Hong Kong after the company was added to a list of "Chinese military companies" by the U.S. Department of Defense.The move…
Microsoft teases ‘major’ Surface business announcement for January 30th
Microsoft is preparing for a “major” Surface announcement later this month. The software giant has started teasing “a major announcement from Surface for Business” this week in a LinkedIn post spotted by Windows Central. The announcement…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is ‘dead wrong’ about quantum: D-Wave CEO
D-Wave Quantum CEO Alan Baratz said Nvidia's Jensen Huang is "dead wrong" about quantum computing after comments from the head of the chip giant spooked Wall Street on Wednesday.Huang was asked on Tuesday about Nvidia's strategy for…
Musk and Trump, EU AI Act
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19, 2024.Brandon Bell | Via ReutersThe U.S. political landscape is set to undergo some…
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang hints at ‘plans’ for its own desktop CPU
It’s long been rumored that Nvidia is planning to break into the consumer CPU market in 2025, and we may have already had our first look at its new processor.On Monday at CES, the company unveiled Project Digits, a $3,000 personal AI…
OpenAI’s Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made sister, Ann
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visits "Making Money With Charles Payne" at Fox Business Network Studios in New York on Dec. 4, 2024.Mike Coppola | Getty ImagesOpenAI CEO Sam Altman's sister, Ann Altman, filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that…
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander scheduled to launch on January 15th
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch at approximately 1:11 AM EST, and will not only have Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 1 lander on board, but also the Resilience lander from the Japanese robotic spacecraft firm iSpace. It will take…
Bitcoin drops below $98,000 as Treasury yields pressure risk assets
Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBitcoin slumped on Tuesday as a spike in Treasury yields weighed on risk assets broadly.The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last lower by 4.8% at $97,183.80, according to Coin Metrics.…
Latin American Stripe rival dLocal acquires UK payments license
DLocal is one of Latin America's most prominent payment players. It specializes in cross-border payments for emerging markets such as Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and its home country, Uruguay.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesLONDON —…
Philips Hue is getting an AI-powered lighting assistant
Philips Hue users will soon be able to create their own AI-powered lighting scenes, the company announced on Tuesday.Philips Hue’s new generative AI lighting assistant lets users create personalized lighting scenes based on occasion,…
UFC’s Dana White joins Meta’s board weeks before Trump takes office
Mark Zuckerberg posing with UFC president Dana White during a UFC Fight Night event.Jeff Bottari | Ufc | Getty ImagesDana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a longtime friend of President-elect Donald Trump, is joining…
HP announces mini PC and all-in-one desktop with Copilot Plus
Qualcomm teased Copilot Plus mini PCs earlier today, but HP is already announcing its own Copilot Plus mini PC and all-in-one desktop PCs, and neither will be powered by Qualcomm. HP has opted for AMD’s new Ryzen AI Max chips for its…
Global chip stocks climb on Foxconn results, AI server demand
Jakub Porzyck | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesGlobal semiconductor stocks climbed Monday after contract electronics giant Foxconn announced record fourth-quarter revenue, suggesting the artificial intelligence boom has far more room to run.Hon…
Samsung announces The Frame Pro: could this be the perfect TV?
Samsung’s The Frame has been enormously popular ever since its release. There’s no shortage of imitators at this point, with other manufacturers trying their hand at creating a TV that seamlessly blends in with home decor and can also…
Roborock debuts a robot vacuum with a robotic arm at CES
Roborock has added an arm to its latest flagship robot vacuum. And this is no tiny appendage like the one the company debuted on its S8 MaxV Ultra at CES last year; it’s an actual articulating robotic arm. The arm rises from the middle…
Twelve South’s travel-friendly Bluetooth dongle is on sale for its best price yet
The Twelve South AirFly SE is one of those gadgets that can make long flights go by just a little faster, allowing you to eschew the shoddy pair of complimentary earbuds you get with most airlines in favor of your own set of Bluetooth…
Tenable Chair and CEO Amit Yoran dies after cancer battle
Amit Yoran, CEO and chairman of TenableH/O TenableAmit Yoran, who ushered cybersecurity company Tenable into the public market as chief executive, died on Friday. He was 54.Yoran's passing was confirmed by Tenable in a Saturday press…