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CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Nvidia’s GTC conference this week in his signature leather jacket to deliver a two-and-a-half-hour keynote, projecting $1 trillion in AI chip sales through 2027, declaring that every company needs an “OpenClaw strategy,” and closing with a rambling Olaf robot that had to get its mic cut. The message was hard to miss: Nvidia wants to be foundational to everything, from AI training to autonomous vehicles to Disney parks. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane break down what Nvidia’s growing web of AI infrastructure partnerships actually means for startups, and discuss more of the week’s headlines. Listen to…
A Georgia woman is facing a murder charge after police say she took pills to induce an abortion in violation of a state law that prohibits most abortions.The woman, Alexia Moore, was arrested on March 4, months after she was rushed to the emergency room with abdominal pain, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.During an investigation, police learned that Moore allegedly took misoprostol, a drug that induces an abortion, according to a report from the Kingsland Police Department. The infant girl was delivered in the emergency room prematurely and had major health issues, including respiratory problems, the report says.The baby…
Nearly 90,000 bottles of children’s ibuprofen are being recalled because they may contain a foreign substance, according to a notice issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.The recall affects Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension, a pain reliever that comes in liquid form. The product was manufactured in India by Strides Pharma for Taro Pharmaceuticals.The medication is intended for children ages 2 to 11 and helps reduce pain and fever, according to a description of the product on Taro’s website. The liquid ibuprofen comes in a berry flavor.AdvertisementAdvertisementStrides Pharma initiated the recall on March 2 after receiving complaints that the bottles…
An unprecedented heat wave for the month of March is continuing to hold strong across the southwestern and western United States.Dozens of March temperature records were broken on Thursday in states including Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.Several cities in Arizona and California broke 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Some places saw temperatures higher than all-time April records. In Flagstaff, Arizona, temperatures reached 84 degrees, which is 11 degrees higher than any other day in March history and 4 degrees hotter than any time in April.How extreme heat can impact your mental health as high temperatures sweep USDoctors told…
A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit brought by the sister of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman alleging he sexually abused her as a child. Loading audio narration… Annie Altman’s allegations were brought too late for her lawsuit to survive, US District Judge Zachary Bluestone ruled Friday.Bluestone, however, gave Annie Altman’s lawsuit a lifeline by allowing her to refile it using Missouri’s particular Childhood Sexual Abuse law, which offers an extended statute of limitations. He gave her until April 3 to file a new lawsuit.In the same Friday order, the judge greenlit a countersuit from Sam Altman accusing Annie of defamation…
Box CEO Aaron Levie says tech companies won’t be the last to see AI budget balloon. Loading audio narration… “This will of course start in engineering, where we already know developers can run multiple agents in parallel, or have projects going over night,” Levie wrote on X. “But this eventually hit the rest of knowledge work as well.”As examples, Levie cited legal and sales as two areas that could become big token users.Tokens determine how AI is measured and how its consumption is priced. They are units of text, a word or part of a word — essentially the building…
Web hosting platform WordPress.com is embracing AI agents, a decision that could change the look and feel of the web. The company announced Friday that it will now allow AI agents to draft, edit, and publish content on customers’ websites, as well as manage comments, update and fix metadata, organize content with tags and categories. All of this is controlled through an interface where the website’s owner explains what they want to do using natural language commands. With these new capabilities, websites could be almost entirely created and run via AI agents controlled by humans. This lowers the barrier to…
A bill that would for the first time create requirements around homeschooling in Connecticut overcame bipartisan opposition to clear the Education Committee Wednesday.The vote took place one week after a lengthy, and at times emotional, public hearing on House Bill 5468, which drew hundreds of speakers and thousands of pieces of written testimony, most against. Four Democrats joined all 16 Republicans in voting against the bill, with 26 Democrats voting in favor.Before the vote, Republicans subjected the bill to withering criticism, while proponents — primarily Education Committee co-Chair Jennifer Leeper, D-Fairfield — pushed back.The legislation took shape as concerns grew…
The Trump administration on Friday laid out a legislative framework for a singular policy for AI in the United States. The framework would centralize power in Washington by preempting state AI laws, potentially undercutting the recent surge of efforts from states to regulate the use and development of the technology. “This framework can only succeed if it is applied uniformly across the United States,” reads a White House statement on the framework. “A patchwork of conflicting state laws would undermine American innovation and our ability to lead in the global AI race.” The framework outlines seven key objectives that prioritize…
March 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has notified manufacturers of certain Parkinson’s disease treatments to update their prescribing information with a new warning about a potential risk of seizures.The drugs containing the ingredients carbidopa or levodopa should state that they can cause vitamin B6 deficiency and seizures associated with it, the health regulator said.Carbidopa and levodopa are almost always taken together to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, a progressive nervous system disorder that occurs when brain cells produce insufficient dopamine, leading to tremors, stiffness and slow movement.The FDA said it conducted a…