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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has 36 direct reports as of October, according to an internal list obtained by Business Insider, offering a glimpse into the inner circle at the top of the world’s most valuable company.Huang is known for having more direct reports compared to other tech leaders. Previously, in an interview at Stanford in March 2024, Huang said he had 55 direct reports, adding that many were paid the same amount.Some of the executives reporting to Huang, according to the list, include Ian Buck, the architect behind Nvidia’s breakthrough software Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA), as well as CTO…

Allow me to describe an unfortunate scene that unfolded in my home not long ago. It involves my elementary school-aged children and our Alexa device, which is mainly used for kitchen timers, weather, and playing music through Spotify.At some point, my sweet, darling children discovered that they could get funny results by asking Alexa to play songs, through Spotify, that had various potty words.Expanding on this, one of my enterprising children recently asked, “Hey Alexa, play mommy farted,” and indeed, a silly song about farts played. My parenting philosophy is to not deny the universal truth that farts are funny,…

Singer D’Angelo died on Tuesday at age 51 after a battle with cancer, his family announced this week.”After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are heartbroken to announce that Michael D’Angelo Archer, known to his fans around the world as D’Angelo, has been called home, departing this life today, October 14th, 2025,” his family said in a statement Tuesday.The R&B sensation, who gained widespread fame for hit songs like “Brown Sugar,” “Lady,” and “Untitled (How Does It Feel),” died from pancreatic cancer, a source close to the situation told ABC News.Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images, FILE – PHOTO: In this…

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks have again extended the contract of coach Jason Kidd, who led them to the NBA Finals as a coach two seasons ago and a championship as their point guard in 2011. The Mavericks announced Tuesday night that they agreed to a multiyear extension, but didn’t reveal the length or any other details of the deal for Kidd, who is going into his fifth season as their coach. His first multiyear extension came in the middle of the 2024 playoffs when they made the NBA Finals before losing to Boston. “J-Kidd’s basketball resume is one…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday the company will soon relax some of ChatGPT’s safety restrictions, allowing users to make the chatbot’s responses friendlier or more “human-like,” and for “verified adults” to engage in erotic conversations. “We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right,” said Altman. “In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part…

The Labubu bubble hasn’t burst — yet.The costly and creepy plushies, made popular by Gen Z celebrities and used as bag charms by rich teens, got a much-needed boost from a sexagenarian man.Apple CEO Tim Cook visited a Labubu exhibition in China on Monday, sending the stock of Pop Mart, Labubu’s manufacturer, up as much as 6% on Tuesday.Cook’s appearance at the Shanghai Pop Mart event, where he was seen meeting with Pop Mart CEO Wang Ning and Labubu designer Kasing Lung, inspired rumors of a potential collaboration.A tie-up could come in the form of an Apple TV show, Labubu-adorned…

Are we in an AI bubble?On the one hand, lots of people think we’re in an AI bubble. Including Sam Altman, whose OpenAI may be the single largest cause, and beneficiary, of the AI bubble.On the other hand … vibes?By which I mean: I’ve been in bubbles before. On paper, this most definitely reads like one. In the real world, it feels like something else.My first bubble was the late ’90s dot-com boom, which was a real hoot for quite a while: awesome launch parties for companies you’d never heard of; great Super Bowl ads. But mostly the sense that…

While AI companies, startups, and others are rolling out their own web browsers that embed AI services deep into the web surfing experience, Mozilla’s Firefox is instead allowing its customers to swap out their default search engine for an AI-powered search option in the browser they already use. The company on Tuesday announced that it’s bringing AI answer engine Perplexity to Firefox, letting customers decide whether they want to use AI to search the web and find new information. Mozilla had previously announced it was testing the integration, but the option was only available in select markets, including the U.S.,…

SAND LAKE, Mich. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a Michigan school district in a dispute over free speech and “Let’s Go Brandon” shirts, clothing that took a jab at then-President Joe Biden.The mother of two boys, who got the shirts as Christmas gifts, said her sons’ First Amendment rights were violated when they were told to take off the shirts at Tri County Middle School in 2022. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed in 2-1 opinion.“In the schoolhouse, vulgarity trumps politics. And the protection for political speech doesn’t give a student…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Teoscar Hernández watched a replay of the bizarre double play from the NL Championship Series opener only one time as the clip went viral across social media.No further viewings were needed.“I saw it once,” for the Dodgers star said Tuesday, a day after Los Angeles overcame the 8-6-2 double play in a 2-1 win. “Once the play was over, I realized I just (messed) up. Just one of those things that you don’t have to see it over and over to realize that you made a mistake.”Hernández walked starting the fourth and was on third with the…