Month: September 2025
Nintendo of America boss Doug Bowser is retiring
Bowser, who was in charge of sales and marketing before taking over the top job at NoA, was in the role for six years and oversaw a dramatic expansion for Nintendo, which included forays into theme parks and feature films, as well as the recent launch of the Nintendo Switch…
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Nvidia is letting anyone use its AI voice animation tech
Nvidia is open-sourcing Audio2Face, its AI-powered tool that generates realistic facial animations for 3D avatars — all based on audio input. The change means developers can now use the tool and its underlying framework to create realistic 3D characters for their games and apps. Nvidia’s Audio2Face works by analyzing the…
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Trump signs executive order approving TikTok deal
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order approving a TikTok deal that will save it from a nationwide ban. (We haven’t actually seen the order yet, only watched Trump sign it — we’ll update once we’ve seen the full text.) The deal values TikTok’s US operations at $14 billion…
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Nvidia gives OpenAI $100 billion to spend mostly on Nvidia hardware and Nvidia share price goes up by $220 billion – why am I not surprised?
Nvidia commits $100 billion to OpenAI while reinforcing demand for its hardware Partnership builds massive data centers and fuels concerns over circular investment structures Analysts warn deal may raise antitrust scrutiny as Nvidia strengthens AI dominance Following its recent surprise $5 billion Intel deal, Nvidia is spending big again, this…
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iPhone 17 Pro Max vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra: the best of the best compared
iPhone 17 Pro Max The iPhone 17 Pro Max has superb battery life and some handy camera upgrades, along with an attractive new design, and all-round great specs and performance. But it can’t match the Ultra for lens numbers. Pros Useful camera upgrades Superb battery life A bright screen Cons…
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Silicon Valley’s latest argument against regulating AI: that would literally be the Antichrist
Existential risks will present themselves in the form of nuclear war, environmental disaster, dangerously engineered bioweapons and even autonomous killer robots guided by AI. As humans race toward a last battle—the Armageddon—a one-world government will form, promising peace and safety. In Thiel’s reckoning, this totalitarian authoritarian regime, with real teeth…
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