Autopsy Confirms 14-Year-Old Died From Spicy Chip Challenge

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When 14-year-old Harris Wolobah of Massachusetts died last fall, the boy’s family suspected it could be related to a viral spicy potato chip he ate just a few hours earlier.

Nvidia's CEO unveils the next AI chip that tech companies will be scrambling for — meet 'Blackwell'

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Huang holds up the Blackwell, left, and its predecessor the H100 on the right.

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Neuralink faced many challenges in its bid to implant humans with brain chips. Here are the big takeaways so far.

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Neuralink has shown how its monkeys can play pong using only their mind with the brain chip.
Neuralink released a video that it said showed a monkey implanted with the brain chip playing "Pong."

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Elon Musk hopes Neuralink test results will soon reveal that a patient controlled a phone with their thoughts

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Musk said last week Neuralink's first patient was recovering well.

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OpenAI is paying out $51 million to a chip startup that Sam Altman personally invested in, report says

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly invested $1 million in Rain AI

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Nvidia stock is riding its longest winning streak in 7 years, adding $220 billion in market value just in November

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will deliver second quarter earnings on Wednesday as demand for processors driving the generative AI era booms.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

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I visited Chip City and could see why this cookie chain backed by Shake Shack's founder is rapidly expanding to new cities

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I went to Chip City in Astoria, Queens, to see why the cookie chain is popular.

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Nvidia falls to lead chip stocks lower as US clamps down on key AI exports to China

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Nvidia president and CEO Jensen Huang holds a graphics card NVIDIA 4060Ti and a laptop at a keynote presentation at Computex, or the Taipei International Information Technology Show, on May 29, 2023.
Nvidia president and CEO Jensen Huang holds a graphics card NVIDIA 4060Ti and a laptop at a keynote presentation at Computex, or the Taipei International Information Technology Show, on May 29, 2023.

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Hot Chip Challenge May Have Led to 14-Year-Old Boy's Death

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A hot chip challenge might have become deadly for 14-year-old Harris Wolobah in Massachusetts this month. According to his family, the boy felt sick and died mere hours after eating a potato chip made with two of the hottest peppers on record. A final determination into his cause of death has not been released yet,…

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US stocks rise after Nvidia's blowout earnings beat

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Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, at a 2023 press conference in Taipei.

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