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November 9, 2026, 1:15 PM

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Ian King / Bloomberg:
Nvidia's board launches a probe into whether Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign spy plot, saying it has “no reason to believe” that secrets were compromised  —  Nvidia Corp.'s investigation into Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy raises …
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Lauren Goode / Wired:
Sources: Jensen Huang hired crisis communications firm Heller as early as October 2025; an NYT report in October 2025 on his Megaspeed ties caused tensions  —  The Nvidia CEO began working with consultants from Heller as early as October 2025, around the same time he was first linked to a suspected Chinese spy.
New York Times:
Sources: Marco Rubio oversaw the drafting of a classified memo this spring warning US officials that Jensen Huang was in a close relationship with a Chinese spy  —  The secretary of state's role in drafting a secret memo highlights how top officials were concerned by last spring …
Financial Times:
Sources: Alice Huang and her partner pitched a Southeast Asia data center project to China-based investors in 2025, saying they had “no problem securing GPUs”  —  Alice Huang boasted of having access to Nvidia GPUs and her connection to Alibaba  —  The woman at the centre …
New York Times:
Sources: a Commerce Department investigation into Megaspeed for allegedly smuggling Nvidia chips to China was transferred to the DOJ after Nvidia intervened  —  An investigation into Megaspeed, a Singapore company that was buying advanced Nvidia A.I. chips, was transferred to the Justice Department …
Bill Bishop / @niubi:
Jensen Huang's affair raises questions about Alice Huang's access to his devices and Trump conversations, and represents “another successful op” for China's MSS  —  On the Jensen Huang-Alice Huang affair, you have to give the MSS credit for running another successful op.
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Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Google unveils two specialized TPUs launching in 2027: the 8tx, to be paired with an AMD CPU, and the 8i Max, a dual-chip package for long-context window tasks  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google is rolling out a broader array of artificial intelligence chips, aiming to capitalize on its rapid ascent …
CBS News:
When talking about AI safety, President Trump says “I don't mind guardrails. But I don't wanna put us in a deep second position”, and “China has no guardrails”  —  This past Tuesday, President Donald Trump's Republican Party suffered an extraordinary midterm repudiation …
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Reuters:
Internal EU assessment: Russia's “Operation Overload” opportunistically exploited recent French riots by spreading fabricated videos impersonating Western media  —  A covert Russian network sought to exploit last month's riots in France by using social media to blame the unrest …
Reuters:
French officials say Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind the cyberattacks that knocked out commercial refrigerators and freezers across France in October  —  French officials on Monday accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of responsibility for the cyberattacks that knocked …
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
The US OCC fully approves Coinbase to become a chartered trust bank; sources say it could expand Coinbase's stablecoin business by letting it issue stablecoins  —  Coinbase Global Inc., the largest US crypto exchange, said a key regulator has fully signed off on its request to become …
Bloomberg:
Draft law: the EU's Digital Fairness Act would require companies to let adults disable addictive features and will target AI systems that simulate relationships  —  Social media platforms face a fresh wave of European Union curbs, this time targeting addictive features and artificial intelligence chatbots.
Patrick Jenkins / Financial Times:
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