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The Nvidia scandal has raised questions over whether advanced AI chips ended up in China, despite US restrictions.
Disruptions to the company’s email, messaging and other products lasted about 36 hours, hampering companies and services around the world.
As Jensen Huang abruptly departs, the tech community grapples with an eternal question: Why do the smartest and most successful men so often act so stupidly?
The next title in the series is expected to be the biggest video game release ever.
Dario Amodei, the company’s chief executive, publicly frets about the dangers of artificial intelligence and has made enemies of his peers along the way.
A prolonged outage left many without email and other services, the most recent reminder that the world’s technological underpinnings rely on just a few companies.
Microsoft has apologised for the issue, which it said was due to a technical failure.
The revelations surrounding Jensen Huang, who resigned from Nvidia over extramarital affairs, inspired social media posts using the very technology his company helped develop.
The company’s financial picture may get murky as it deals with employee stock compensation and the growing costs of artificial intelligence.
Health services, schools, police departments and companies worldwide reported disruptions to their work. The cause was unclear, though Microsoft appeared to rule out a cyberattack.
From city governments in the US to spy agencies in Australia, the Microsoft outage is being felt around the world.
Mr. Huang championed start-ups, with Nvidia holding $48 billion worth of stakes in 229 private companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic, at the end of July.
Throughout the years, tech giants have had mixed records after losing visionary founders who propelled their success. Successors with tech expertise helps.
Critics say Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, and his department have shielded Nvidia as concerns have grown over A.I. chip sales to firms like Megaspeed.
Major airports and intelligence services are unaffected, while the government is still assessing the impact.
Jensen Huang's personal life may have triggered the crisis, but the questions now reach into the White House itself.
A Microsoft outage is affecting services including Teams, Outlook and AI software Copilot.
Microsoft is struggling to fix a global outage, with services including Teams, Outlook and AI software Copilot affected by "connectivity problems".
Nvidia’s chief executive, a confidant of President Trump, successfully pushed for less regulation and open borders for chip sales.
In a shocking turn of events, Nvidia’s co-founder resigns amid multiple scandals.
President Trump suggested Tim Cook, Apple’s former C.E.O., to replace Jensen Huang at Nvidia. Here are others with experience in chips or A.I.
We investigate internet-connected device flaws worldwide, plus US election tech fallout.
