Apple's DEI defense, Nvidia's earnings beat, and Amazon's quantum chip: Tech news roundupPlus, Apple says it will invest $500 billion in the U.S. with a focus on AI
Anthropic's new Claude, Google's coding assistant, and Tencent's 'thinking' AI: This week's AI launches
Meta just fired about 20 employees for leaksThe Facebook parent company fired the workers for sharing confidential information
Google now lets you delete your personal information from search. Here's howGoogle's Results About You tool gets a fresh update that scans the search engine for you
Trump to Apple: Ditch DEIApple shareholders rejected a proposal to eliminate diversity programs this week
iPhone users spot bug that types 'Trump' instead of 'racist'Apple blamed "phonetic overlap" and said it was fixing the bug after it went viral on social media
Anthropic's new Claude, Google's coding assistant, and Tencent's 'thinking' AI: This week's AI launchesPlus, Hume AI launched a speech-language model "that understands what it's saying"
Now playing 01:46Nvidia's record earnings reveal just 3 customers make up 30% of revenueAlthough the chipmaker will not disclose the companies, its top customers could likely include Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Tesla
Nvidia beat earnings expectations again. Here's what comes nextThe chipmaker will unveil its next AI chip, Blackwell Ultra, and the Vera Rubin platform at its annual GTC developers conference
OpenAI debuts GPT-4.5: Bigger, smarter — and more expensiveChatGPT Pro users get first dibs on a research preview of GPT 4.5, a "giant, expensive" new model
Google, Microsoft, and now Amazon: The quantum computing race is heating upAmazon said its prototype chip, Ocelot, can reduce error correction costs by up to 90%
Underwater pods could let humans to live in ocean floor basesThe new technology could transform ocean exploration
Quantum computing could go big this year. Here's a glossary to get you startedGoogle said its latest quantum chip, Willow, achieved an almost three-decade-long challenge
Quantum stocks continue rally after Nvidia and Microsoft say quantum is comingQuantum stocks previously tanked after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said useful quantum computers are decades away
10 states where data centers use the most electricityMore than a quarter of Virginia's electricity consumption is from data centers, according to an EPRI analysis
Now playing 08:15Nuclear will power AI data centers in the future, Northern Data exec saysRosanne Kincaid-Smith, COO of Northern Data Group, told Quartz that Northern Data will likely transition from hydro-electric to nuclear to power the AI future
AI is pushing data centers toward a nuclear-powered futureAmazon, Microsoft, and Google have announced partnerships with energy companies to set up small nuclear reactors
Amazon beats earnings expectations on strong cloud growthAmazon reported revenues of $158.9 billion in the third quarter, surpassing Wall Street's estimates
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is flying Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, and 4 other women into spaceThe six-person crew will reportedly be led by Sanchez, and will also include CBS journalist Gayle King
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has now flown more than 50 people into spaceThe company launched its 10th crewed mission using the New Shepard rocket
That asteroid hurtling toward Earth probably won't hit us, after allThe chances are now a non-concerning 0.001%, but NASA will continue to monitor the asteroid
That asteroid hurtling toward Earth is starting to look scarierThe 3.1% chance of impact in 2032 surpasses all previous near-Earth objects' probability calculations
The 7 best cities in America for cybersecurity and IT jobsThe list accounts for earnings, opportunities, and career trajectories
The 5 states where you're most vulnerable to identity theft and fraud — and the 5 states where you're safestAmericans lost an estimated $10 billion to fraud in 2023
Goldman Sachs CFO thinks geopolitics and cybersecurity are major market risksMarkets aren't sufficiently pricing in domestic and international political unrest, Denis Coleman said
All hospitals should be concerned about cyberattacks. Here's whyAt least 389 U.S. healthcare institutions were hit by ransomware attacks this fiscal year
Now playing Just 3 of Nvidia's customers made up more than 30% of its revenue last yearByBritney NguyenUpdatedThursday 4:57PM
Nvidia shows Big Tech's AI spending spree is still going strongByBritney NguyenUpdatedThursday 10:59AM
Nvidia beats earnings expectations on Blackwell AI chip demandByBritney NguyenUpdatedWednesday 5:45PM
Nvidia earnings have analysts optimistic the DeepSeek selloff was just a blipByBritney NguyenPublishedFebruary 25, 2025