Nvidia founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, speaks during the company's keynote at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 6 January 2025. Nvidia founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, speaks during the company's keynote at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 6 January 2025. A scandal tests Nvidia's dominance as tech billionaires seek to mend ties with Democrats after the midterm elections This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Today in tech, we're talking about Nvidia's salacious scandal, tech tycoons trying to reconcile with Democrats, and what billionaires should spend their money on if not elections. On the opening night of Web Summit in Lisbon, the Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang's admission that he had an affair with a Chinese datacenter executive suspected to be a spy for Beijing hit the main stage.

The AI poster boy, the'Chinese spy' and Trump: how an affair may have harmed US security Jensen Huang's close relationship with president means Nvidia CEO's affair with woman alleged to be working for Beijing is a big deal A hand on the back, a kiss on the cheek; the footage of Alice Huang's interaction with Jensen Huang in a Taipei venue last year does not seem particularly remarkable at first glance. But the Nvidia chief executive's revelation on Sunday that he had an affair with Ms Huang has given it new significance. According to reports, his lover, who is not a relation, was not just an executive at an Nvidia customer. She was also an alleged Chinese spy. Nvidia has now launched an independent investigation into reports that the boss of a cornerstone company in the global AI boom has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort.

Parents and teachers decry Google pledge to yank Search if schools block AI: 'This threat is nothing but extortion' Company says schools should control student AI use, but if they block its AI tools, they'll lose access to search engine Parents and teachers across the US are criticizing Google's announcement that schools choosing to block AI tools could also lose access to Google Search. Google announced last week a range of new AI tools for schools and classrooms, alongside options allowing teachers and administrators to restrict their use. The company said schools should have control over whether students use AI in the classroom, but that schools that choose to block Google's AI tools will also lose access to its search engine. "We believe schools should have control over AI in their classrooms and in providing administrators with controls to help them manage their approach," said Chris Phillips, vice-president for education at Google. "After listening to schools, teachers, leading researchers, and policymakers, we are now updating our approach to controls for Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search. Access to these products will be entirely off for K-12 student accounts until school administrators explicitly turn them on."

Carolyn Marvin stages protests against delivery robots because she wants to remind people that they have a say. Carolyn Marvin stages protests against delivery robots because she wants to remind people that they have a say. Semi-retired professor Carolyn Marvin became a local celebrity facing down Philadelphia's growing robot delivery army: 'It's my first amendment right to protest' "One of you needs to be on the lookout for cops, while I block the robot, OK?" It is a crisp fall morning in Philadelphia . Tucked away in a dingy alley, opposite a garage called Patriot Parking, 78-year-old Carolyn Marvin is laying out some ground rules for a robot-disrupting expedition. Once a suitable target is identified, we will follow it to a busy sidewalk and Marvin will stand in front of the robot, blocking its way.

The extended project is to draw its power from the National Grid. The extended project is to draw its power from the National Grid. A datacentre company that said it would power a massive AI development near Glasgow with renewable energy has admitted that the scheme will be entirely served by the National Grid . 'It's smoke and mirrors': hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre DataVita, a key plank of the UK's AI strategy, had promised that the Lanarkshire project would draw 1GW - the equivalent output of a small nuclear reactor, or Britain's largest windfarm - from green sources. But when the Guardian raised questions about the pledge, it said the arrangement was "subject to final commercial agreements, planning, grid and consenting processes".

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has revived the midnight game launch - but was it worth the wait? I t is Thursday night and I am sat blurry-eyed and runny nosed outside the Argos on Oxford Street. Incredibly, I am far from alone. This is not some strange protest against the popular retailer. When the clock strikes midnight, the lavish 4K Switch 2 remake of beloved N64 classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will be released, and I have joined a lengthy queue of about 500 fans desperate to snag early copies.

Is AI your new wingman? A fter Sam's ex joked that her sister found him ugly, he turned to AI. Google Gemini had a look at the photo and politely disagreed. AI has been his wingman ever since, aiding his dating life by giving pep talks and vetting his messages. The 27-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent is not the only AI-assisted romantic - a survey of 3,000 British singles published this month by Match Group, the owner of the Tinder and Hinge platforms, found 39% had used AI in their dating lives. Relying on AI is bad, Sam tells the Guardian, adding he would rather begin dating in person, but there is a "paradigm shift in dating that's occurring, which is really odd, where everything is expected to start online".

Social media feeds are awash with an unprecedented flood of AI -driven disinformation ahead of November's US midterm elections, according to experts, who warn many posts are probably "slipping through the cracks". As tens of millions of Americans prepare to cast their vote, social media companies have scaled back their efforts to protect voters from lies meant to manipulate elections. While the backlash against Facebook after the Cambridge Analytica scandal prompted social media giants to bolster their trust and safety operations, a counter-backlash from the right over fears of speech restrictions - which intensified after Elon Musk's takeover of X, formerly Twitter, and the election of Donald Trump in 2024 - has led to significant layoffs from relevant teams. Artificial intelligence has made it easier than ever to launch a disinformation campaign. And platforms are increasingly relying on AI, rather than human intervention, to respond.

Members of the Save Brick Lane campaign protested against the construction of an AI datacentre in the east London neighbourhood in June. Members of the Save Brick Lane campaign protested against the construction of an AI datacentre in the east London neighbourhood in June. The UK's policy on datacentres and AI was developed without any meetings with environmental groups, an investigation has found. The nonprofit organisation Spotlight on Corruption said a "considerable revolving door" shaped the government's development of "AI growth zones", a central plank of the former prime minister Keir Starmer's AI and economic policy, with 38 ministers, senior civil servants and special advisers hired to positions in AI companies between July 2024 and September 2026. Meanwhile, even as top officials left government for jobs at OpenAI and Anthropic, government departments largely failed to engage meaningfully with stakeholders outside the technology industry.

Creatures filmed in the deep ocean are'more remarkable than AI could imagine and it's completely real', said the Blue Planet III producers. Creatures filmed in the deep ocean are'more remarkable than AI could imagine and it's completely real', said the Blue Planet III producers. BBC series deliberately uses'more organic' shots to assure viewers animals are not AI-generated, producers say The David Attenborough -narrated series Blue Planet III deliberately includes cloudier, less polished footage to counter AI fakery and assure viewers it is "authentic", its producers have said. Nearly a decade after Blue Planet II shone a light on plastic pollution, and 25 years since the first Blue Planet aired, the hit BBC series is returning with more animal behaviour and cutting-edge technology, including the world's first underwater CCTV camera - dubbed "stonefish" cam. Since the first Blue Planet, TVs and cameras have evolved to give viewers sharper, higher definition pictures.