​California voters rejected Proposition 40, the one-time 5% tax on billionaires, the AP reported Monday. Tech leaders outspent backers roughly 10 to 1 to defeat it, and the founders and economists TechCrunch interviewed before the vote were split on whether it would have driven out wealthy residents or just trimmed their fortunes.  

​The internet is having a field day with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang’s alleged honeypot scandal.  

​The AI company is expected to set its valuation range this week, the Wall Street Journal reported.  

​The PR firm was enlisted shortly after an Oct. 2025 New York Times report described Alice Huang’s business dealings with Jensen Huang, Wired reported.  

​Exclusive: Wyndham left a hardcoded credential in its customer app, allowing anyone to access customer data. The hotel giant wouldn’t say if it has the ability to check for any past unauthorized access.  

​Six months before Nvidia’s spy scandal erupted, Culper Research was already questioning Jensen Huang’s unusually close relationship with a Chinese executive.  

​Nvidia’s stock slid more than 4% after its board opened an investigation into Jensen Huang’s relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and one securities law expert says the company’s earlier insistence that it was all “normal” could turn into a very expensive problem.  

​Geothermal company Fervo is targeting natural gas as it brings down geothermal drilling costs at its 8.4 GW resource in Utah.  

​The Nvidia CEO also pulled out of an Anthropic event earlier.  

​YouTube will resume sharing streaming data with Billboard in 2027 after changes to the chart formula give more weight to free, ad-supported music streams.