Donald Trump really wants Tim Cook to run Nvidia
Jensen Huang resigned this morning as Nvidia's CEO following reports of affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy. Right now, the company is being led by its CFO on an interim basis. But President Donald Trump is already throwing around one person he thinks should take over the chipmaking giant: former Apple CEO Tim Cook, who stepped down from leading the company on September 1st and moved into an executive chairman role.
Shortly after Huang's resignation was announced today, Trump posted his idea about Cook on Truth Social: "NOW THAT Nvidia CEO JENSEN HUANG, who has done a fantastic job, has resigned, there is only one man to take …
Xbox announces Wolfenstein 3
It's been nearly a decade since Bethesda's MachineGames released Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus in 2017, and now Xbox is ready to announce a sequel from the studio. Wolfenstein 3 was officially announced today, just days after Bethesda also confirmed that the next Elder Scrolls game will be called The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel.
In a post, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced the name and a photo of a script. "Looking forward to sharing more," she said. MachineGames also announced the game in a post, saying the game is "in production" and sharing a photo from a motion-capture session. IGN reports that Brian Bloom (who plays protagonist William …
Whoop launched a social network where every user has a ‘verified heartbeat’
Starting Thursday, Whoop members can share their data from its wearables on the app's new Whoop Humans social network. Users can make their metrics, activities, and achievements visible to other Whoop wearers, post Story-like "Moments" with photos and captions, and add comments and reactions on other members' posts.
Whoop claims its platform is "entirely human," unlike other social media platforms that are "saturated with artificial intelligence, automated accounts and bots, and manufactured content."
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed says Humans is "the most verifiably human network ever launched. Every account represents a real person with a verified …
Humble Bundle redesign removes two-factor verification from settings
The Humble Bundle storefront for buying games and other software recently got a new look, but on the settings page, it no longer offers a way to add or update two-factor verification methods, as reported by Kotaku. PC Gamer also points out that there are Humble Bundle support pages discussing two-factor verification, and the writer for the publication said that they had set up two-factor verification on the old version of the site.
However, it does appear that, at least as of now, there is some form of two-factor verification. When I tried logging into my Humble Bundle account while writing this article, I was prompted to check my email for …
Microsoft Outlook is still down
Since just before 1PM ET on Thursday, reports have come in from around the world that people can't access their Outlook email, either through the web or apps. Microsoft quickly acknowledged the issue from its Microsoft 365 Status account, saying that "We've determined a portion of infrastructure is experiencing elevated load across multiple regions, which is likely contributing to the connectivity errors."
There were also some reports of problems with Teams, but not to the same extent, while Microsoft's official updates said customers may experience issues across its suite of 365 business services. Microsoft comms director Ben Hope said in …
Xbox owners are getting more customizations for backgrounds and the Guide menu
Microsoft is starting to test new customization options for Xbox consoles today. Xbox Insiders will be able to start testing new rotating backgrounds, new library options for digital games, and the ability to move the Xbox Guide menu to the right-hand side.
"Xbox Insiders can now save favorite dynamic backgrounds and shuffle through them automatically," says Eden Marie, principal software engineering lead at Xbox. "You can also choose Shuffle at the start of any background category. Have your background change each time you sign in, or set it to change hourly, daily, or weekly."
Microsoft is also improving how you organize disc-to-digital …
Google’s new Gemini model is better at understanding complicated questions
Google says its new Gemini 4 Hydrogen model can give more helpful answers to complex questions, including "questions with multiple parts, hard-to-understand typos, or highly specific requests." The new model can break down your questions and address each part in its responses. It's available starting today in search, the Gemini app, all tiers of Google AI Studio, the Gemini API, Gemini for business, and in Google Antigravity for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. Robby Stein, VP of product at Google Search, says it's "now the new default model in AI Mode & being used for your hardest questions in AI Overviews."
Google says Gemini 4 Hydrog …
‘It’s a mistake’: reactions from tech leaders on Jensen Huang’s resignation
Nvidia announced this morning that Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO following reports of two affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy and one with a direct report. The situation surrounding Huang has unfolded quickly, with The New York Times only reporting on Friday that Huang and the suspected spy were "close" before other dominoes started to fall, leading to a swift fall from grace for one of the biggest names in technology. (Hours after Huang's resignation was announced, Reuters reported that he also had an "intimate relationship" with another Nvidia employee.)
Prominent voices in technology have come out in support of Huang, w …
The Oura Ring 4 is almost as good as the newer model, but $150 cheaper
The previous-generation Oura Ring 4 is on sale for as low as $249 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target, $100 off the retail price, and the first big discount on the device since July. The price varies a bit by size and color, with most silver and black models in stock at the lowest price between sizes 8 and 13. Best Buy also has an exclusive deep blue “midnight” color in stock for $279. If you’re not sure about your size, you can pick up an Oura Ring 4 sizing kit for $10 at Amazon or Target, which includes $10 in store credit towards an Oura Ring 4 purchase.
Oura Ring 4
The last-gen Oura Ring 4 is a little thicker, but offers much of the same software, sensors, and a wider range of sizes.
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My colleague Victoria Song tested six different smart rings to compare their health and fitness tracking features, and Oura beat them all handily. The Oura Ring 4 improved on its predecessor with more accurate sensors, a slimmer design that leaves the competition in the dust, not to mention frequent software and feature updates. Accessing all of the features requires an active subscription, which is either $5.99 per month or $69.99 per year. The newer Oura Ring 5 is lighter and thinner, but otherwise includes the same sensors and software features as the Oura Ring 4. That makes this previous-generation deal even more appealing,
Read our Oura Ring 4 review.
Here are the 25 original Xbox games you can now play on PC
For the 25th anniversary of Xbox, Microsoft is beginning to make good on its paid "next-gen game preservation" promise. Starting today, you can play 25 different original Xbox games on your Windows PC, as long as you have (or are willing to pay) for digital copies.
In July, Microsoft originally launched the idea with just four Xbox games, so 25 is progress, and Microsoft says all these games are now playable with keyboard and mouse.
Plus, Microsoft says it's adding achievements to original Xbox games for the first time, starting with four games: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel, Blinx: The Time Sweeper, and Conker: Li …