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Nvidia opens probe into CEO Jensen Huang over reports he was target of foreign intelligence

The Globe and Mail /

Also: The Guardian Nvidia opens investigation after report CEO Jensen Huang was target of foreign intelligence, Semafor Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits to affair with suspected Chinese spy, MarketWatch Nvidia’s board will probe CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with an alleged spy. Here’s what to know., Bloomberg Read the Statements From Nvidia’s Board and CEO Jensen Huang, The Wall Street Journal Nvidia’s Board Investigates Reports That CEO Was Spying Target After Affair · see all

In other languages: Valor Econômico Nvidia abre investigação após relato de que presidente teria sido alvo de inteligência estrangeira (pt), Handelsblatt Chip-Riese: Nvidia prüft Berichte zu ausländischer Spionage gegen Chef (de), Dagens industri Nvidias vd otrogen – bolaget inleder spionutredning (sv), Süddeutsche Zeitung Nach Affäre: Nvidia prüft Berichte zu ausländischer Spionage gegen Chef (de), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) "변명 여지 없다"…젠슨 황, '中 스파이 의심 女'와 불륜 인정 (ko), Frankfurter Allgemeine Jensen Huang: Nvidia prüft Berichte zu ausländischer Spionage gegen Konzernchef (de), Børsen Medier: Nvidia-topchef indrømmer affære efter mistanke om kinesisk spionage (da), Neue Zürcher Zeitung Nvidia-Chef Huang hatte mutmasslich eine Affäre mit einer chinesischen Spionin. Das Unternehmen leitet nun eine Untersuchung ein (de), Dagens Næringsliv Nvidia åpner granskning: Toppsjefen innrømmer affære med mistenkt kinesisk spion (no), E24 Nvidia frykter toppsjefen ble forført av en spion (no), Svenska Dagbladet Nvidias vd otrogen – bolaget inleder spionutredning (sv) · see all

  1. Trump says he is unlikely to order Iran attack if talks progress, CNN reports

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Daily Maverick Trump says he is highly unlikely to order Iran strikes if talks progress

    In other languages: Rzeczpospolita Trump nie wyklucza powrotu do wojny z Iranem. „Moglibyśmy ich dobić” (pl), Handelsblatt Iran-Krieg: Trump: Neue Angriffe im Iran bei Gesprächen unwahrscheinlich (de)

  2. Riyadh financial district targeted, Aramco skyscraper damaged

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Bloomberg Aramco’s Riyadh Office Suffers Limited Damage After Attack, The Wall Street Journal Iconic Saudi Tower Hit as Yemen’s Houthis Target Riyadh

    In other languages: Aftenposten Houthiene påtar seg ansvar for angrep på Aramco-bygning i Riyadh (no), Handelsblatt Konflikt mit Saudi-Arabien: Huthi greifen Wolkenkratzer im Zentrum von Riad an (de), Rzeczpospolita Atak rakietowy na Rijad. Odłamki pocisków uderzyły w budynek Saudi Aramco (pl)

  3. Russia to send senior diplomats, military officials to upcoming peace talks in Abu Dhabi

    Olena Goncharova / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: Kyiv Post Russia Sends High-Level Delegation to Abu Dhabi Talks, Bloomberg Ukraine Peace Push Returns to Abu Dhabi

    In other languages: Aftenposten Frankrikes utenriksminister: Europa skal delta i Ukraina-samtaler i Abu Dhabi (no), Børsen Europa skal deltage i møde mellem Ukraine og Rusland (da), Rzeczpospolita Europa zabiegała o miejsce przy stole. Francja potwierdza udział w rozmowach o Ukrainie (pl)

  4. China to enter Brazil’s cement market as Huaxin agrees to buy CSN Cimentos

    Zhu Wenqian / South China Morning Post /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico CSN informa à CVM acordo para vender CSN Cimentos à Huaxin, em operação de R$ 12,7 bi (pt), Jornal de Negócios Siderúrgica brasileira CNS vende subsidiária de cimento à Huaxin por 2.000 milhões de euros (pt), Estadão CSN anuncia acordo para venda do negócio de cimento à chinesa Huaxin por R$ 12,7 bilhões (pt)

  5. Drone Strike Damages Strategic Mius River Bridge in Rostov

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent Ukrainian drones hit key bridge, power stations in Russia's Rostov Oblast, governor says, bne IntelliNews Russia's cheap RM-48U ballistic missiles threaten Kyiv's Dnipro bridges as Ukraine's air defences run low

  6. Anthropic Buys Power for AI Data Centers in $3.4B Deal, FT Says

    Eleanor Thornber / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Anthropic strikes $3.4bn deal to generate gas-fired power for data centres

    In other languages: Handelsblatt KI: Anthropic steckt 3,4 Milliarden Dollar in Stromgeneratoren (de), Dagens industri Anthropic säkrar rekordavtal för gasproduktion (sv)

  7. Japan refuses to kowtow to China even with tourists gone, rare earths squeezed

    Mark Buckton / bne IntelliNews /

  8. US midterm panic wipes billions off Asia's chip giants

    Mark Buckton / bne IntelliNews /

    Also: The Business Times AI rout after US midterms hits Asia hard, reviving out-of-favour Chinese and Indian stocks

  9. YouTube’s dominance has Hollywood running scared

    The Economist /

  10. Israeli president picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu rival, to try to form government

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Financial Times Israel’s president gives Gadi Eisenkot first chance at forming government, The Guardian Israel’s president picks Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to form government, The Wall Street Journal Netanyahu Rival Gets First Run at Power, but Hurdles Lie in Wait

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Presidente de Israel escolhe rival de Netanyahu para tentar formar governo (pt), Jornal de Negócios Eisenkot chamado formar governo israelita após votação renhida (pt), Svenska Dagbladet Eisenkot: Netanyahu välkommen under mitt ledarskap (sv), Handelsblatt Israel: Diese Optionen hat Eisenkot nun für die Regierungsbildung (de) · see all

  11. Rubio Warned Officials About Nvidia Chief’s Entanglement With Chinese Spy

    Maggie Haberman / The New York Times /

  12. Production suspended at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field after drone attack, sources say

    Al-Monitor /

  13. Low-carbon transition to face ‘stronger headwinds’ at COP31, says Grace Fu

    Janice Lim / The Business Times /

  14. Panama lawmaker defies Beijing, calls for Taiwan trade office

    bne IntelliNews /

  15. SoftBank and ABB consider China carve-out to salvage robotics deal

    The Japan Times /

    Also: Bloomberg SoftBank, ABB Consider China Carve-Out to Salvage Robotics Deal

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Robotik: ABB und Softbank erwägen für Robotik Abspaltung des China-Geschäfts (de)

  16. Cop31: what is at stake at the UN climate summit and what can it achieve?

    The Guardian /

    Also: bne IntelliNews Nine in 10 Turks oblivious their country is set to host world’s flagship climate summit COP, survey finds, Al-Monitor Turkish villagers demand COP31 leaders see for themselves devastation caused by coal, Financial Times ‘Terrible backdrop’ looms over UN climate summit in Turkey

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Weltklimakonferenz COP31: Klimagipfel in der Türkei – Worum es geht und woran es hakt (de)

  17. Threadbare: Rags and riches — how SA retail giants profit off sweatshops

    Holly Munks / Daily Maverick /

  18. Wall Street Races for Megadeals as Countdown Begins on Trump Era

    Ryan Gould / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Wall Street corre para fechar meganegócios antes do fim da era Trump (pt)

  19. AI Backlash Spreads Across Europe With Data Center Protests

    Jennifer Duggan / Bloomberg /

    Also: France 24 US voters reject AI data centres: could the backlash spread to France?

  20. How Dong Mingzhu, China’s manufacturing ‘iron lady’, is maintaining her cool in the AI era

    Wency Chen / South China Morning Post /

  21. Hot fridges, a fake nuclear alert and a $6bn heist: are we in the foothills of a hacking epidemic?

    Dan Milmo and Aisha Down / The Guardian /

    Also: Business Daily Africa Supermarket fridges hacking saga exposes dark side of IoT

  22. How 13 Bills and 11 regulations have frozen reforms in State firms

    Business Daily Africa /

  23. How Russia exploits Ukraine’s mobilization crisis

    Kyiv Independent /

  24. TRANSNATIONAL TRAFFICKING: South Africans entering Nigeria and fuelling global cartel drug trafficking, security briefing hears

    Caryn Dolley / Daily Maverick /

Earlier today

  1. ‘Very strange, very sad’: Paraguay bank collapse fells a presidency and leaves millions broke

    The Guardian /

  2. Leaked Rosstat records put Russia's war dead at 450,000

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  3. Russian attacks kill 2, injure 37 across Ukraine over past day, hit substations connecting nuclear power plants to Kyiv

    Yuliia Taradiuk / The Kyiv Independent /

  4. Binance CFO Kaiser Ng steps down days after hackers steal $6.3-billion

    The Globe and Mail /

  5. Dutchman and Spaniard in two-horse race for ECB presidency

    The Japan Times /