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Nvidia's $4 trillion rise raises questions about financing its own customers

Bottom line: Nvidia's explosive rise to become the world's most valuable company has come with an uneasy question from investors: how much of its record-breaking growth depends on financing its own customers? Now worth more than $4 trillion, Nvidia designs the specialized silicon and software that power AI systems, from data centers hosting ChatGPT to national AI computing hubs. But behind that scale lies a complicated web of investments that critics say resembles vendor financing – a practice in which a company lends money to customers who use those funds to buy its products.

Steam's 2025 best sellers show indie games competing with AAA hits

The takeaway: Valve has released a preliminary list of Steam's top-selling games of 2025. Although AAA hits and older live-service titles predictably dominate the list, indie games make a strong showing, especially new releases such as Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Asus denies recent reports of launching its own memory chip facility

AMD's 5-year-old Ryzen CPUs are popular again because RAM is too expensive

AI created 50 new billionaires in 2025, startup investment pulled in more than $200 billion

CD Projekt Red still plans three Witcher games in six years, but the clock hasn't started yet

OpenAI will burn hundreds of billions of dollars through 2030, says HSBC

Cyberpunk 2077 hits 35 million sales as CD Projekt ramps up work on Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2

Indie games on Steam are getting cheaper, and the $10 hit is taking over

Nvidia denies Enron-style accounting accusations amid AI bubble fears

Tencent isn't buying Ubisoft, Ubisoft isn't collapsing, and Assassin's Creed is doing all the heavy lifting

Nvidia's $57 billion quarter shows the AI boom isn't slowing down, for now

Ubisoft pushes its earnings report at the last minute – its stock is already down 47% this year

Crystal ball: Ubisoft has had a rough few years, which is why the sudden delay of an upcoming fiscal statement has sparked concern about the company's future. It might just be a minor accounting issue, but many are speculating that Tencent may be preparing to finally acquire Ubisoft.

Nintendo raises Switch 2 sales forecast after outselling the Switch, PS4, and PS5 at launch

Apple expects record holiday iPhone sales fueled by strong China market

Meta stock tumbles on massive tax charge and ballooning AI costs

Xbox sales are down again, but Microsoft doesn't seem worried

Nvidia becomes the first $5 trillion public company in history

Microsoft wants Xbox to hit 30% margins, explaining price hikes and layoffs

OpenAI and Nvidia's mega-deals fuel an AI arms race – and fears of a circular bubble

PC sales now account for nearly a third of Sony's first-party game revenue

Nearly 40% of Nvidia's revenue tied to two mystery customers, filing shows

Switch 2 sales outpace original by 75%, driving record July hardware growth

Stock exchanges representatives warn against turning financial assets into cryptocurrencies

MIT report says 95% of AI implementations don't increase profits, spooking Wall Street