Jay Peters
Does the Oval Office have decorations from Alibaba?
Sherwood News investigated. I’m personally a little doubtful, but the listing Sherwood News found does look close to what’s in the office.
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Jay Peters is a news editor at The Verge. He covers breaking news in technology, video games, and more. He’s also covered big tech events, interviewed CEOs like Steve Huffman and Tim Sweeney, appeared on broadcast outlets like CNBC and NPR, and reviewed a bunch of indie games. Before The Verge, he worked at Techmeme and in technology public relations. He graduated from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication.
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Nvidia expects a $5.5 billion hit for exporting H20 processors to China.
The US government told Nvidia on April 9th that the company would need a license to export its H20 AI chip to China, Reuters and CNBC report.
The charges are “associated with H20 products for inventory, purchase commitments, and related reserves,” according to an Nvidia SEC filing.
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The final major patch for Baldur’s Gate 3 is here.
Patch 8 adds crossplay, photo mode, 12 new subclasses, and more, and you can read the extensive patch notes on Larian Studios’ website. The studio also released a fun animated short about the update.
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Canada’s Switch 2 preorders might go live on April 23rd.
That’s according to billbil-kun, who digs up unannounced information about games.
Nintendo delayed its planned April 9th preorders to “align with the timing” of the also-delayed US preorders.
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Tariff uncertainty continues.
Semiconductor tariffs could be on the way, The New York Times reports:
Federal notices put online Monday afternoon said the administration had initiated national security investigations into imports of chips and pharmaceuticals. Mr. Trump has suggested that those investigations could result in tariffs.
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OpenAI might finally get better model names soon.
“By this summer,” according to CEO Sam Altman. Any name would be better than “GPT-4o.”
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It sure looks like Nvidia is about to announce its more affordable RTX 5060 Ti GPUs.
Just look at VideoCardz’s homepage right now.
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The FTC is opening a public inquiry into competition regulations.
Specifically, “into the impact of federal regulations on competition, with the goal of identifying and reducing anticompetitive regulatory barriers,” according to a press release. Members of the public can submit comment about how “federal regulations can harm competition in the American economy.”