The world's largest chipmaker TSMC is about to be tested as it uses more and more power

Tech Insider
Outside of a TSMC microchip fabrication plant in Taichung, Taiwan. September 13th, 2023.
Outside of a TSMC microchip fabrication plant in Taichung, Taiwan. September 13th, 2023.

An Rong Xu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

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

Gizmodo

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'

Tech Insider
Huang holds up two chips while speaking onstage at the GTC conference.
Huang holds up the Blackwell, left, and its predecessor the H100 on the right.

https://www.nvidia.com/gtc/keynote/

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

Tech Insider
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."

Neuralink on YouTube

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

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

Future Publishing

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

Tech Insider
OpenAI logo on a phone with CEO Sam Altman in the background
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly invested $1 million in Rain AI

OLIVIER DOULIERY/ Getty

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

Tech Insider
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.

Kim Kulish/Corbis/Getty Images

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

Tech Insider
composite image: the author holds up a cookie and a close up of the cookie broken in half
I went to Chip City in Astoria, Queens, to see why the cookie chain is popular.

Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins/Insider

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

Tech Insider
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.

Walid Berrazeg/Getty Images

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

Gizmodo

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,…

Read more...

Subscribe to chip