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Sam Altman has been very good for Nvidia.
In 2022, server-class GPUs were a $10 billion business according to Aaron Rakers, an analyst at Wells Fargo. Not bad, but still a small category nonetheless. This year, revenues are expected to hit the $50 billion mark, and it’s all thanks to the generative AI craze spawned by ChatGPT.
Rakers estimates that if these
Voting system passwords were mistakenly put on the Colorado Secretary of State’s website for several months before being spotted and taken down, but the lapse did not pose an immediate threat to the upcoming election, said state election officials Tuesday.
The passwords were only one of two that are n
Keanu Reeves has fought machines on-screen. Now, his performances are teaching them.
In September, Lionsgate inked a deal with Runway, permitting the AI firm to train a new generative AI model on its extensive film and TV library, including blockbuster franchises like John Wick, Saw, and The Hunger Games. Lionsgate’s vice-chair Michael Burns believes the partnership will save the studio “millions and millions of dollars” by aiding filmmakers in pre-produ
We’re gearing up for the holiday season, a time when parcel shipments go crazy. Last year, in the three months leading up to December 2023, the U.K.’s Royal Mail—the country’s equivalent of the USPS—handled 387 million parcels, up 36% from a year before. Every day, the service s
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Halloween is upon us, which means it’s a good excuse to watch some films from one of cinema’s most under appreciated genres: science fiction horror.
As I argued years a
Some rage-baiting TikTok and X users are choosing not to vote for Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. Instead, they’re writing in their favorite meme.
At the bottom of the presidential ballot, some states let voters to write in their preferred candidate. Some people have used that allowance to write-in, say, their favorite Twitch streamer, or even references to memes—and post abo
Sony Interactive Studios is swinging the axe with a ferocity even God of War’s Kratos would have trouble matching. The video game company announced plans Tuesday to shut down two internal studios and to “permanently sunset” Concord, the online multiplayer shooter it took offline after less than two weeks in September.
It’s a brutal end to a game (and ga
“Grab them by the p***y.” Thought that phrase was buried in the past? Think again. With the election on the horizon, the notorious conversation between former President Donald Trump and Billy Bush, then of Access Hollywood, has since resurfaced on TikTok and is horrifying a whole new generation of voters.
Earlier this month, the TikTok account of the Republican Voter
Running a startup can be all-consuming, and founders and CEOs often prioritize work over healthy eating, exercise, and even sleep.
Over time, that takes a toll. Byron Deeter, now a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, recalls visiting the dentist after the successful sale of a company he had founded, where he learned that a steady diet of energy bars hadn’t been the best for his dental health. Despite never having issues with tooth decay in