Hennigan's Huddle

Jensen Huang is out, Trump wants Tim Cook in, and Democrats smell a scheme. The company powering global AI has no captain — and everyone should be worried. • Donald Trump really wants Tim Cook to run Nvidia Following Jensen Huang's resignation amid an affair scandal involving an alleged Chinese spy, President Trump is publicly lobbying for former Apple CEO Tim Cook to take the helm at Nvidia. • Xb...

Nvidia's board is moving to oust its CEO amid a spy scandal, a secret affair, and $7.5B in allegedly illegal chip sales. The AI era's most important company has no Plan B. • Nvidia is reportedly preparing to fire Jensen Huang Nvidia's board is moving to fire CEO Jensen Huang after The New York Times reported a second alleged extramarital affair — this one with Nvidia VP of Health Care Kimberly Pow...

A sitting CEO, a suspected spy, and a 9.5% stock drop. Plus: who's quietly winning the battle for your health, travel, and living room. • Microsoft’s DLSS competitor is out for the Xbox Ally X and works in handheld mode Microsoft has officially launched Auto SR, its DLSS-competing upscaling technology, for the Xbox Ally X and select Windows Copilot Plus PCs — now with full handheld and 1080p suppo...

A foreign intelligence scandal swirls around Nvidia's Jensen Huang — and the memes are only the beginning. Plus AI, Hollywood, and the Bills. • David Ellison says AI could be the ‘biggest creative unlock in modern history’ Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison called AI the 'biggest creative unlock in modern history' during the company's latest earnings call, comparing its potential impact to CGI i...

Nvidia's CEO admits an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. With a board probe underway, is Jensen Huang's job — and the AI race — at risk? • Here’s the full text of Jensen Huang’s memo to Nvidia Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has publicly apologized to his family and company after acknowledging an extramarital affair with Alice Huang, an AI executive identified as a Chinese government agent, raising ser...

OpenAI ditches broad NDAs on data centers as local governments ditch Flock's cameras. The infrastructure backlash is here — and it's reshaping how projects get built. • OpenAI is stepping back from NDAs for data center projects OpenAI announced it will stop using broad NDAs with public officials on data center projects, following midterm elections where voters strongly rejected data center expansi...

OpenAI claims three landmark scientific breakthroughs in one day. If any hold up, this is a before-and-after moment. Plus: AI's dirty gas secret. • OpenAI announces three big science discoveries and a new way to work with academics OpenAI has announced three major AI-generated scientific breakthroughs in math, computer science, and physics — and is experimenting with a new 'shepherd' model of expe...

iFixit and a YouTuber both cracked open the iPhone Duo — and their findings suggest Apple has a structural problem, not a user problem. • iFixit’s look inside the iPhone Duo may explain those broken screens and hinges iFixit tore down Apple's foldable iPhone Duo and gave it a 5/10 repairability score — the highest ever for a foldable — while uncovering design details that may explain why som...

AI agents left unsupervised invented their own games — and got smarter for it. Plus Etsy, Spotify, and Xbox fight to control their own environments. • Etsy is cracking down on AI slop listings Etsy is rolling out stricter AI content policies to combat misleading listings, requiring sellers to include at least one unedited product photo and disclose any AI-generated content. • Spotify says yes, it...

The AI buildout is racking up environmental and financial debts simultaneously. Plus, Tesla doubles down on its robotaxi promises. • YouTube says it isn’t testing hiding the dislike button YouTube clarified it is NOT hiding the dislike button for regular users, despite viral screenshots suggesting otherwise. The UI change only affects creators viewing their own uploaded videos. • Tesla says custom...

PHP's 9.2-rated vulnerabilities could be exploited within minutes of patch release. Plus: YouTube hides dislikes, Altman lawsuit dismissed, and more. • YouTube might be testing hiding the dislike button YouTube appears to be testing a change that would move the dislike button from its prominent position beneath videos into a buried three-dots submenu, making it significantly harder to use. • Judge...

Fossil fuels are back, bot-fighting is a billion-dollar business, and nobody's in charge. AI is reshaping everything — faster than anyone planned. • Baseus’ new security camera has a spotlight that tracks and follows moving targets Baseus has launched the U2 Pro, a $269.99 outdoor security camera that uses a motorized AI-tracking spotlight to follow and illuminate moving targets in real time, acti...

A Savannah cop gave her ICE husband a Flock login. Nearly 1,000 unauthorized plate scans later, the real scandal isn't the firing — it's the architecture. • A Savannah police officer gave her Flock login to her ICE agent husband A Savannah police officer was fired after sharing her Flock Safety license plate reader login with her ICE agent husband, who used it to conduct nearly 1,000 unauthorized...

Tesla's Roadster does things cars shouldn't — flying, inverting, and hitting 60 in a blink. Plus AI is now reading your browser tabs. • The Tesla Roadster flew, drove upside down, and hit 60mph in under a second Tesla finally unveiled its long-delayed next-gen Roadster at a Waco, Texas event, where the electric supercar flew, drove upside down, and hit 60mph in 0.81 seconds using SpaceX-supplied c...

AI is getting sued, regulated, and redesigned all at once. The honeymoon is over — and today's stories prove it. • McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client McKinsey is piloting an AI-simulated client interview for entry-level candidates, requiring a 10-minute conversation with a bot designed to replicate real consulting scenarios. • The best feature of Apple’s HomeView might be...

An OpenAI engineer allegedly planted a bug — and got caught by AI. Plus North Korean infiltrators, Apple's new icon, and Rays-Guardians ALCS drama. • Apple’s HomeView ad is confusing to everyone except parents Apple's new HomeView smart display ad is dividing viewers — non-parents find it stressful and chaotic, while parents of teens say it's the most realistic thing Apple has ever made. • OpenAI...

DLSS 5 gets scaled back, Apple's HomePod Mini finally returns, and consolidation is reshaping tech, dating, and streaming all at once. • Apple’s HomePod Mini 2 is available to preorder Apple's HomePod Mini 2 is now available for preorder at $149, launching October 30th — the first update to the compact smart speaker in nearly six years. • DLSS 5 gets toned down for its Hogwarts Legacy debut next m...

AI is expanding faster than its guardrails, and the whistleblowers are disappearing. Plus Trump's tech donor medal ceremony and a wild Guardians comeback. • Microsoft 365 Family subscribers will finally be able to share AI benefits Microsoft is finally extending Copilot AI features to all members of a Microsoft 365 Family or Premium plan — but there's a catch: OneDrive storage is being cut from 1T...

Microsoft's AI hardware event and Mecka AI's $60M raise tell the same story: the buildout is accelerating faster than enterprise buyers realize. • BMW’s iX4 SUV is a 428-mile defensive weapon against China’s EV takeover BMW has unveiled the iX4, a coupe-SUV built on its Neue Klasse platform boasting 428 miles of EPA-estimated range and up to 400kW fast charging, positioning it as a direct counter...

OpenAI drops 722 math manuscripts while getting slammed for dangerous teen chatbot failures. Breathtaking capability meets alarming responsibility gaps. • ChatGPT for Teens is an ‘unacceptable risk,’ says Common Sense Media Common Sense Media has labeled OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens an 'unacceptable risk,' saying its safety guardrails frequently fail — including not alerting parents during self-harm...

MCP vulnerabilities are hiding inside agentic AI workflows at major firms. Plus: Etched's $40B bet, OpenAI's EU watermarks, and Yankees heartbreak. • This remote-controlled wagon is silly but so very useful BougeRV's DuneRover is a remote-controlled, motorized wagon that sounds gimmicky but genuinely impressed a Verge reviewer with its hill-climbing torque and sand performance — though it's still...

AI spam killed Google's open-source bug bounty. Meanwhile, Trump's 'super intelligence' safety pact can't even spell 'United States.' We dig in. • The new Fitbit Edge leaks Leaked images reveal Google's upcoming Fitbit Edge, a midrange fitness tracker that sits between the budget Fitbit Air and the premium Pixel Watch, succeeding the Charge line. • Prick’s theatrical industrial punk is perfect for...

An OpenAI safety officer quits calling the culture 'broken.' Amazon scrambles on data centers. The AI industry is at war with its own consequences. • The MacBook Air M5 is $200 off for the first time in months Amazon's October Prime Day is offering the M5 MacBook Air at its lowest price in months, with $200 off both the 13-inch and 15-inch models. • The iPad Mini is slightly cheaper again during P...

Meta is seeding an AI hardware ecosystem like Google did Android — fast and everywhere. Plus Stability AI's music pivot and the rise of the exoskeleton. • 3D movies are finally worth watching After decades of false starts, 3D movies are finally delivering on their promise thanks to video glasses and VR headsets that give each eye a full 1080p image — no more resolution or brightness compromises. •...

Apple wants AI vision without surveillance. Google wants cameras everywhere. Two giants, two radically different futures — plus robotaxis, Lyft's $272M settlement, and cosmic dust on Venus. • Apple’s reportedly developing a smart home camera that doesn’t record video Apple is reportedly developing a smart home security camera that uses on-device AI to analyze your environment but never records or...