Nvidia, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta gave Trump a combined $92 million for his ballroom
Nvidia, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta gave Trump a combined $92 million for his ballroom

We knew that a number of big tech firms were helping to fund the construction of Trump’s ballroom, but we didn’t know just how much they were giving to the cause. Now the Washington Post published a list of all the major donors to the White House ballroom project, along with how much each contributed. […]

How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops
How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops

Microsoft and Nvidia held a launch party for the first wave of RTX Spark laptops last week in San Francisco, where a new wave of AI PCs took center stage amid a packed crowd and a lively hands-on area. A day after the media event, I was invited to a quieter Nvidia event to hear […]

Norrsken and Nvidia to open Stockholm AI Lab for founders in 2027
Norrsken and Nvidia to open Stockholm AI Lab for founders in 2027

Norrsken Foundation and Nvidia will open a hub for AI startups in central Stockholm in 2027. The Stockholm AI Lab will host a select group of European founders who use AI to address problems in climate, health, food and society, and it will also be hom…

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says he would cut off customers who build unsafe AI
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says he would cut off customers who build unsafe AI

Jensen Huang told Bloomberg in London he would halt chip supply to a customer building unsafe AI, while saying the current level of concern is not warranted. His prescription is to accelerate containment and monitoring technology, which Nvidia is build…

Nvidia commits $250M of compute to UK AI safety research
Nvidia commits $250M of compute to UK AI safety research

Nvidia has committed $250M over five years to UK agentic safety and security research, in the form of compute access rather than cash. Provider selection and commercial terms have still to be agreed. Nvidia has committed $250M to British AI safety rese…

Nvidia plans $2B in European AI deals in the next week
Nvidia plans $2B in European AI deals in the next week

Jensen Huang says Nvidia will announce $2B of European investments within a week, on top of $8B over the past year, and named four French startups in Paris. Nvidia committed more than $40B to AI equity in the first four months of this year alone. Jense…

DLSS 5 gets toned down for its Hogwarts Legacy debut next month
DLSS 5 gets toned down for its Hogwarts Legacy debut next month

When Nvidia originally showed off DLSS 5 earlier this year, the technology immediately got branded as gen AI for video games. To gamers, Nvidia had lost the plot. I personally couldn’t get over how faces were transformed using DLSS 5. The 15-year-old student from Hogwarts Legacy suddenly looked much older, and Grace from Resident Evil […]

Amazon in talks to buy Decart for about $7bn, WSJ reports
Amazon in talks to buy Decart for about $7bn, WSJ reports

Amazon is in talks to buy the AI startup Decart in a deal that could value it at about $7bn, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Kate Clark and Lauren Thomas reported the talks, citing people familiar with the matter. A deal could come soon if …

Nvidia in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, FT reports
Nvidia in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, FT reports

Nvidia is in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more in the US open-weight model developer, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. TNW has not independently verified the report. The talks are at a…

Nvidia’s comms chief leaves after four months, Business Insider reports
Nvidia’s comms chief leaves after four months, Business Insider reports

Anna Soellner, who ran corporate communications at Nvidia, has left after about four months, Geoff Weiss reported for Business Insider. Soellner joined the chipmaker around June, according to her LinkedIn profile. Her boss was Mylene Mangalindan, who l…