Month: February 2026
Nvidia’s OpenAI investment may not be as big as once hoped
Nvidia in September announced plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, though the company subsequently noted that it hadn’t struck “definitive agreements” around that money. Investors in artificial-intelligence stocks may be getting a lesson about the difference between press-release hype and reality.In September, Nvidia announced, to some fanfare, its intention to make an
Artemis II simulated launch window opens tonight
NASA is gearing up for a simulated launch of the Artemis II mega moon rocket tonight after cold weather pushed back the mission’s earliest potential lift-off to later this week. Artemis II and its four-person crew will now leave Earth for the moon as early as Sunday (Feb. 8), two days later than the previous
Google Gemini tests new chatbot test tool
Switching between AI chatbots is difficult if you’ve been building a history of conversations, preferences, and other customizations that have learned about your everyday activity. Google may be working on a way to make switching to its AI chatbot easier than starting from scratch.The idea is that you’ll be able to import previous conversations you’ve
TikTok services restored
TikTok, which is under new ownership in the U.S., said Sunday that it has restored service after outages last week that marred user experiences. The social network has over 220 million users in the U.S. The company blamed last week’s snowstorm, which caused an outage at an Oracle-operated data center responsible for TikTok operations. In
Crypto stocks slide in pre-market trading
Bitcoin is up around 1% on the day, trading near $77,000 after dipping as low as $74,500 on Saturday. Precious metals remain under pressure, with gold falling 4% to $4,700 per ounce and silver also sliding 4% to $82 per ounce. Oil is weaker as well. West Texas Intermediate futures fell 5% to $62 a