Jensen Huang's unexpected interruption during an Nvidia all-hands meeting preceded a Trump Truth Social post, while Xbox clarifies Project Helix as a…
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang received a call from Donald Trump in the middle of an all-hands company meeting, Wired reports. The unexpected interruption occurred hours before the president posted a congratulatory message on Truth Social about Nvidia's most recent earnings report. The incident underscores the increasing entanglement between the Trump administration and major tech executives, particularly in the semiconductor industry critical to AI infrastructure.
Meanwhile, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma clarified that Project Helix, previously described as Microsoft's "next generation console," will actually be a "family of devices" rather than a singular device. Speaking to The Verge, Sharma said the company has been "hard at work on a great next generation and a great family of devices for Helix," with more details coming soon. The shift suggests Microsoft is planning a broader ecosystem approach rather than a single console successor to the Xbox Series X|S.
On the developer side, a new open-source tool called vphone-cli enables users to boot a virtual iPhone using Apple's Virtualization.framework, posted to Hacker News. The tool represents an advance in running iOS environments on Mac hardware for development purposes.
In consumer privacy news, an article titled "Stopping the smart TV from being used against you" gained significant traction on Hacker News with 135 points and 104 comments, reflecting strong user interest in mitigating smart TV data collection and tracking concerns.