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Blizzard’s Diablo team has unionized

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-10-20 19:47:08

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. More than 450 game developers on Blizzard’s Diablo team have formed a union, making them one of the largest and latest groups of Microsoft workers to do so. The new union includes game developers, artists, designers, engineers, and support staff across the Diablo franchise, according to the Communications Workers of America (CWA) press release, which voted “strongly in favor” to be represented by the CWA. T

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Nvidia’s $46.7B Q2 proves the platform, but its next fight is ASIC economics on inference

venturebeat.com Louis Columbus 2025-10-21 15:09:54

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Nvidia reported $46.7 billion in revenue for fiscal Q2 2026 in their earnings announcement and call yesterday, with data center revenue hitting $41.1 billion, up 56% year over year. The company also released guidance for Q3, predicting a $54 billion quarter. Behind these confirmed earnings call numbers lies a more complex story of how cust

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Nvidia's top two mystery customers made up 39% of the chipmaker's Q2 revenue

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-22 03:56:40

Co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang spoke to journalists during a trip to Beijing in July. Two Nvidia customers made up 39% of Nvidia's revenue in its July quarter, the company revealed in a financial filing on Wednesday, raising concerns about the concentration of the chipmaker's clientele. "Customer A" made up 23% of total revenue, and "Customer B" comprised 16% of total revenue, according to the company's second-quarter filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That's highe

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Over 450 Diablo developers at Blizzard have unionized

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-22 03:05:44

More than 450 Diablo developers at Blizzard Entertainment have voted to unionize with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The union will represent employees across multiple disciplines including designers, engineers, artists and support staff. This comes after a slew of layoffs in the gaming division at Microsoft , Blizzard's parent company, as well as across the industry at large. The Diablo team isn't the first to unionize at the tech giant. ZeniMax QA workers reached a union contrac

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Nvidia earnings takeaways: A 'full steam' AI spend, but China uncertainty remains

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-10-22 11:57:02

Nvidia stock fluctuated on Thursday as investors digested the company's latest earnings report, which signaled robust AI demand but provided little clarity on China. Sales surged 56% in the quarter to $46.74 billion, which was roughly in line Wall Street's projected $46.06 billion, according to LSEG. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.05, just topping the $1.01 per share estimated by analysts. The better-than-expected results were clouded by concerns over Nvidia's future in

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Nvidia's Huang touts 'full steam' AI spend while China uncertainty remains

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-10-22 19:52:52

Nvidia stock fluctuated on Thursday as investors digested the company's latest earnings report, which signaled robust AI demand but provided little clarity on China. Sales surged 56% in the quarter to $46.74 billion, which was roughly in line Wall Street's projected $46.06 billion, according to LSEG. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.05, just topping the $1.01 per share estimated by analysts. The better-than-expected results were clouded by concerns over Nvidia's future in

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Nvidia beats on top and bottom lines as company expects breakneck AI spend to continue

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-23 03:38:26

Nvidia reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue on Wednesday, and said sales growth this quarter will remain above 50%, signaling to Wall Street that demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure shows no sign of fading. The stock, which is up 35% this year after almost tripling in 2024, slipped in extended trading as data center revenue came up short of estimates for the second straight period. Shares pared the losses Thursday. Here's how the company did, compared with estimates

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Pausing Insect Activity

news.ycombinator.com Ulkar Aghayeva 2025-10-20 12:23:08

For all known life forms, activity is punctuated by periods of rest. Sleep may be the most familiar, but many other distinct dormant states occur on longer timescales, from weeks to months on end. Such suspended animation has garnered many different names: hibernation and torpor (in mammals and birds), brumation (in reptiles), diapause and quiescence (in insects and nematodes), aestivation (summer dormancy in vertebrates and invertebrates), hypobiosis, cryptobiosis, and latent life (in microorga

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Did Nvidia Just Pop an AI Bubble? Here’s What the Market Says

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-23 11:46:19

Lukewarm second quarter results from AI powerhouse Nvidia (NVDA) Wednesday have Wall Street bros and the analysts that love them catching all kinds of feelings. Long a bellwether for how the market views AI in general, the largest company in the world carries enough weight in its $1 trillion valuation to move entire indexes, let alone the tech sector. That was especially the case over the last two weeks, when handwringing over what Nvidia would say in its second quarter results on Aug. 27 reac

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Nvidia DGX Spark

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 09:35:23

Powered by the NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, NVIDIA DGX™ Spark delivers 1 petaFLOP of AI performance in a power-efficient, compact form factor. With the NVIDIA AI software stack preinstalled and 128GB of memory, developers can prototype, fine-tune, and inference the latest generation of reasoning AI models from DeepSeek, Meta, Google, and others with up to 200 billion parameters locally, and seamlessly deploy to the data center or cloud.

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Nvidia CEO Huang says bringing Blackwell AI chip to China 'is a real possibility'

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-23 15:58:16

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang waves to a crowd as he leaves the China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing on July 17, 2025. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said there's a "real possibility" the company brings its advanced Blackwell processor to China as he urges the U.S. government to open up access for American chipmakers. He also predicted the artificial intelligence market in the world's second-biggest economy will grow 50% next year. "The opportunity for us to bring Blackwell to the Chin

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Nvidia results show spending on A.I. infrastructure remains robust

news.ycombinator.com Tripp Mickle 2025-10-23 13:11:27

“The last year, A.I. has made tremendous progress,” Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, said during a call with analysts. He said the company’s chips would benefit as spending on A.I. infrastructure increased to $3 trillion to $4 trillion by the end of the decade. “We’re in the beginning of this build-out,” he said. Shares of Nvidia fell more than 2 percent in after-hours trading. The decline, even when the company now posts quarterly profits bigger than tech peers like Apple and Meta, spo

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AI boom boosts Nvidia despite 'geopolitical issues'

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-23 19:19:13

AI boom boosts Nvidia despite 'geopolitical issues' 41 minutes ago Share Save Lily Jamali • @lilyjamali North America Technology Correspondent Reporting from San Francisco Share Save Getty Images Computer-chip designer Nvidia has been boosted by big tech firms keen to expand their AI capabilities, despite dealing with US and China tensions. On Wednesday it reported $46.7bn revenue (£34.6bn) for the second three months of the year, a 56% surge from the same period in 2024. But Nvidia, which ha

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AI Bubble Watch: Nvidia Shares Skid on Middling Q2 Results

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-23 17:21:24

Nvidia reported mixed second quarter earnings on Wednesday, meeting some market expectations but missing others. The company posted revenue of $46.74 billion, up 56% from a year ago. The number is higher than the $45 billion Nvidia shared in earnings guidance last quarter, and is just barely above the projected market consensus of $46.23 billion, according to Bloomberg. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $1.05, above the average market estimate of $1.01. Roughly $41.1 billion of that reve

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Nvidia beats on top and bottom lines. Here's why the stock is falling

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-23 23:59:02

Nvidia reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue on Wednesday, and said sales growth this quarter will remain above 50%, signaling to Wall Street that demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure shows no sign of fading. The stock, which is up 35% this year after almost tripling in 2024, slipped in extended trading as data center revenue came up short of estimates for the second straight period. Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Ea

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Nvidia reports record sales as the AI boom continues

techcrunch.com Russell Brandom 2025-10-23 23:18:39

Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, reported another quarter of sustained sales growth in its earnings statement Wednesday, with $46.7 billion in revenue, a 56% increase compared to the same period last year. That growth was largely fueled by AI-dominated data center business, which saw a 56% year-over-year increase in revenue. Nvidia also saw its net income grow substantially since last year. The company reported a net income of $26.4 billion in the second quarter, a 59% spike since the

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Nvidia beats on top and bottom lines as data center revenue surges 56%

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-24 03:56:49

Nvidia reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue on Wednesday, and said sales growth this quarter will remain above 50%, signaling to Wall Street that demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure shows no sign of fading. The stock slipped in extended trading as data center revenue came up short of estimates for the second quarter in a row. Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share : $1.05 adjusted vs. $1.01 estimated :

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Is Taylor Swift’s Engagement Ring an Ethical Lab-Grown Diamond, or a Horrible Blood-Soaked Conflict Diamond?

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-24 02:17:07

After so many years searching for someone to fill the "Blank Space" in her heart, billionaire chanteuse Taylor Swift has, it seems, finally found her person in Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce. After two years of dating, the celebrity couple announced this week that they're engaged to be married in an Instagram post that featured, as seen below, a beautiful photoshoot in a rambling English garden, complete with the caption "your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married." Almo

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Nvidia Shares Skid As Data Center Q2 Revenue Disappoints

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-24 03:21:24

Nvidia reported mixed second quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon, meeting some market expectations but missing others. The company posted revenue of $46.74 billion, up 56% from a year ago. The number is higher than the $45 billion Nvidia shared in earnings guidance last quarter, and is just barely above the projected market consensus of $46.23 billion, according to Bloomberg. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $1.05, above the average market estimate of $1.01. Roughly $41.1 billion of

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Nvidia reports second-quarter earnings after the bell

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-24 19:00:01

Nvidia reports fiscal second-quarter earnings on Wednesday after the bell. Here's how Nvidia is expected to do versus LSEG consensus estimates: Earnings per share : $1.01, adjusted : $1.01, adjusted Revenue: $46.02 billion That would represent 53% year-over-year revenue growth for Nvidia, which carries a market cap of more than $4 trillion and is already the most valuable company in the world. That type of growth would add to a streak of explosive growth for the chipmaker, which has been on

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IEEE 3152: A Standard for Transparent Human and Machine Agency Identification

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-10-25 02:00:09

Introduction The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI), deepfakes, and automated decision-making systems has made it increasingly difficult for people to tell whether they are communicating with another human being, an AI, or a blend of both. This poses serious questions about trust, security, and social cohesion, especially in high-impact domains like healthcare, finance, and media. IEEE 3152—officially titled Standard for Transparent Human and Machine Agency Identification — addresses t

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China Nvidia rival Cambricon adds to $40 billion rally with 4,000% revenue jump

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-10-25 04:07:38

Chinese semiconductor firm Cambricon posted record profit in the first half of the year underscoring how local challengers to Nvidia are gaining traction as Beijing looks to boost its domestic industry. Cambricon is among a plethora of companies in China that are vying to be an alternative to American giant Nvidia when it comes to providing the chips required to train and run artificial intelligence applications and models. In the first half of the year, Cambricon said revenue surged more than

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Microsoft Locks Down Building After Protesters Breach President’s Office

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-10-25 11:45:30

People inside and outside of Microsoft have been agitating for the software giant to cut ties with the Israeli government. As the war and slaughter in Gaza drag on, activists have increasingly sought to expose and condemn the software giant. This week, it appears that the company had to temporarily lock down its headquarters, as protesting workers entered the office of company president Brad Smith to conduct a sit-in. The protest efforts that took place on Tuesday were also streamed live on Twi

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India is still working on sewer robots

technologyreview.com Hamaad Habibullah 2025-10-25 19:00:00

More than 220 Bandicoot robots have been deployed in India, says Vipin Govind, head of marketing and communications at Genrobotics. The company’s reach, he says, enables “even resource-constrained municipalities” to deploy the technology effectively. Despite these technological options, a 2021 report by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment found that there are still more than 58,000 manual scavengers across India. Independent observers say the numbers are even higher. The machine that J

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More great wallpaper in the run-up to two more Apple Stores in India

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-25 20:01:37

Apple is doubling its retail footprint in India with the imminent opening of two new stores next week, one in Bengaluru and the other in Pune. As usual, the company is offering downloadable wallpaper to celebrate the openings, this one with a peacock theme … The long road to Apple stores in India Apple had wanted to open retail stores in India for a great many years before it was finally able to do so. In a bid to boost the manufacturing sector in the country, the Indian government banned an

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A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

wired.com Taylor Lorenz 2025-10-25 19:00:00

In a private group chat in June, dozens of Democratic political influencers discussed whether to take advantage of an enticing opportunity. They were being offered $8,000 per month to take part in a secretive program aimed at bolstering Democratic messaging on the internet. But the contract sent to them from Chorus, the nonprofit arm of a liberal influencer marketing platform, came with some strings. Among other issues, it mandated extensive secrecy about disclosing their payments and had restr

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Framework Laptop 16

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-26 01:12:30

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Laptop GPU 798 AI TOPS Up to 100W TGP (on AC) Up to 50W TGP (on battery) 8GB GDDR7 memory 128-bit memory bus 384GB/s memory bandwidth 2.0GHz base clock and up to 2.4GHz boost USB-C port with DP Alt Mode and charging 4,608 CUDA cores DLSS 4 5th gen tensor cores 4th gen ray tracing 1x 9th gen NVIDIA encoder 1x 6th gen NVIDIA decoder Radeon™ RX 7700S (2nd Gen) 32 compute units Up to 100W TGP (on AC) 8GB 18Gbps GDDR6 memory USB-C port with DP Alt Mode

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Framework Laptop 16. Upgraded!

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-27 02:12:30

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Laptop GPU 798 AI TOPS Up to 100W TGP (on AC) Up to 50W TGP (on battery) 8GB GDDR7 memory 128-bit memory bus 384GB/s memory bandwidth 2.0GHz base clock and up to 2.4GHz boost USB-C port with DP Alt Mode and charging 4,608 CUDA cores DLSS 4 5th gen tensor cores 4th gen ray tracing 1x 9th gen NVIDIA encoder 1x 6th gen NVIDIA decoder Radeon™ RX 7700S (2nd Gen) 32 compute units Up to 100W TGP (on AC) 8GB 18Gbps GDDR6 memory USB-C port with DP Alt Mode

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Framework is now selling the first gaming laptop that lets you easily upgrade its GPU — with Nvidia’s blessing

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-10-27 02:05:00

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Framework CEO Nirav Patel said he would deliver “the holy grail for gamers” with the Framework Laptop 16. In 2023, he suggested it’d be the first consumer notebook to fulfil the promise of modular, upgradable graphics cards like a desktop PC. We at The

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A Tiny Diamond Defect Could Be Blocking Fusion Breakthroughs

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-10-27 10:56:25

Every part of a fusion reactor is designed for maximum efficiency. Well, in theory, at least. In reality, the materials chosen to bring us closer to fusion don’t always perform as expected, leading to structural glitches that obstruct fusion reactions. Diamond capsules used to safely store hydrogen fuel are no exception, but a new study offers some guidance for researchers hoping to preemptively address these material shortcomings. In a recent Matter paper, material scientists describe how the

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Blizzard’s Diablo team has unionized

Nvidia’s $46.7B Q2 proves the platform, but its next fight is ASIC economics on inference

Nvidia's top two mystery customers made up 39% of the chipmaker's Q2 revenue

Over 450 Diablo developers at Blizzard have unionized

Nvidia earnings takeaways: A 'full steam' AI spend, but China uncertainty remains

Nvidia's Huang touts 'full steam' AI spend while China uncertainty remains

Nvidia beats on top and bottom lines as company expects breakneck AI spend to continue

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Nvidia DGX Spark

Nvidia CEO Huang says bringing Blackwell AI chip to China 'is a real possibility'

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AI Bubble Watch: Nvidia Shares Skid on Middling Q2 Results

Nvidia beats on top and bottom lines. Here's why the stock is falling

Nvidia reports record sales as the AI boom continues

Nvidia beats on top and bottom lines as data center revenue surges 56%

Is Taylor Swift’s Engagement Ring an Ethical Lab-Grown Diamond, or a Horrible Blood-Soaked Conflict Diamond?

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Nvidia reports second-quarter earnings after the bell

IEEE 3152: A Standard for Transparent Human and Machine Agency Identification

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A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

Framework Laptop 16

Framework Laptop 16. Upgraded!

Framework is now selling the first gaming laptop that lets you easily upgrade its GPU — with Nvidia’s blessing

A Tiny Diamond Defect Could Be Blocking Fusion Breakthroughs

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