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☆ Mountain West commissioner says she’s heartbroken over turmoil surrounding San Jose State volleyball
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Las Vegas AP —Mountain West Conference Commissioner Gloria Nevarez said Thursday the forfeitures that volleyball teams are willing to take to avoid playing San Jose State is “not what we celebrate in college athletics” and that she is heartbroken over what has transpired this season surrounding the Spartans and their opponents. Four teams have canceled games against San Jose State: Boise State, Southern Utah, Utah State and Wyoming, with none of the schools explicitly saying why they were forfeiting. You just don’t let it happen.”After Trump’s comment, San Diego State issued a statement that said “it has been incorrectly reported that an San Diego State University student-athlete was hit in the face with a volleyball during match play with San Jose State University. “We’re a volleyball team that wants to compete and get better,” he said after Thursday night’s loss in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Nevada released a statement acknowledging that “a majority of the Wolf Pack women’s volleyball team” had decided to forfeit against San Jose State.

Persons: Gloria Nevarez, ” Nevarez, Donald Trump, ” Trump, ”, ’, Nevarez, “, it’s, Jon Newman, Gonchar, Todd Kress, ” Kress Organizations: Las Vegas, Mountain West, San Jose, ”, Spartans, San, MWC, Associated Press, GOP, Fox News, San Diego, San Diego State University, San Jose State University, Air Force Locations: San Jose State, Boise State , Southern Utah , Utah State and Wyoming, Nevada, Southern Utah, . New Mexico, Idaho , Nevada , Utah, Wyoming, San Diego State, ” San Jose State, Las Vegas, New Mexico, Albuquerque , New Mexico, Albuquerque, “, Reno

New York CNN —The artificial intelligence boom continues to fuel a blockbuster year for chipmaker Nvidia. Nvidia expects revenue to be even higher in the current quarter: forecasting revenue of $16 billion for its fiscal third quarter. Nvidia’s stock has climbed by just over 220% since the start of this year amid a surge in the popularity of and demand for artificial intelligence technology. The American chipmaker produces processors that power generative AI, technology that can create text, images and other media — and which forms the foundation of buzzy new services such as ChatGPT. Companies worldwide are transitioning from general-purpose to accelerated computing and generative AI,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a statement, adding that the company is working with “Leading enterprise IT system and software providers … to bring NVIDIA AI to every industry.”“The race is on to adopt generative AI,” he said.

Persons: Zakaria, ”, Colette Kress, Jensen Huang, Huang, Jacob Bourne, “, ” Kress Organizations: CNN, Intelligence, New, New York CNN, Nvidia, Santa, Wall, Companies, NVIDIA, ” Locations: New York, Santa Clara , California

☆ Nvidia says US curbs on AI chip sales to China would cause ‘permanent loss of opportunities’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Hong Kong CNN —Nvidia warned Wednesday that if the United States imposes new restrictions on the export of AI chips to China, it would result in a “permanent loss of opportunities” for US industry. The rules, as reported, could make it harder for companies like Nvidia (NVDA) to sell advanced chips to China. Fueled by a boom in demand for its AI chips, the company briefly hit a market capitalization of $1 trillion in late May. We do not anticipate any immediate material impact on our financial results,” Kress added. Chinese AI stocks suffered much heavier losses.

Persons: Colette Kress, “, ” Kress, ”, Biden, ” Jefferies Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Nvidia, Wall Street, Financial Times, US Department of Commerce, CNN, Bloomberg, Chengdu Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Baidu, Biden, Micron Technology Locations: Hong Kong, United, China, Washington, Shenzhen, Chengdu, ChatGPT, Beijing

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