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Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO, president, and board member; CFO Colette Kress will be interim CEO, as the board considers candidates; NVDA drops 5%+ — - Colette Kress, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Appointed Interim CEO — Harvey C. Jones Appointed First-Ever Chair of the Board
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Jensen Huang had an extramarital relationship with Nvidia VP of Healthcare Kimberly Powell, who reports to him; the affair was discussed inside Nvidia — Mr. Huang, Nvidia's chief executive, is already facing scrutiny over an affair with a Chinese businesswoman who U.S. intelligence determined was a Chinese spy.
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| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
Nvidia appoints ex-Synopsys CEO Harvey C. Jones as its first-ever board chair; the board's Jensen Huang exit press release does not include a quote from Huang — After reports of Huang's two extramarital affairs with an alleged spy and an Nvidia executive, he's out, and Nvidia CFO Colette Kress is in.
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| Lingling Wei / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Alice Huang's business partner and husband Kang Wei spoke openly of her Jensen Huang relationship; Wei, who knew Jensen for a decade, introduced them — Kang Wei appeared to accept that his wife Alice Huang was in a romantic relationship and spoke openly of her closeness to the Nvidia chief
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| Semafor: |
Source: Nvidia's board is considering Apple Chief Hardware Officer Johny Srouji as a CEO candidate — THE SCOOP — Some members of Nvidia's board favor appointing Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress as interim CEO at the beleaguered chipmaker if CEO and founder Jensen Huang is ousted, according to people familiar with the matter.
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| Bloomberg: |
A look at potential Nvidia CEO candidates, including CUDA inventor Ian Buck, Arm CEO Rene Haas, and Apple Chief Hardware Officer Johny Srouji — Nvidia Corp. is searching for a replacement for larger-than-life Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang, a daunting challenge at the world's most valuable chipmaker.| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
A profile of interim Nvidia CEO Colette Kress, who joined in 2013 after working at Cisco and Microsoft; as CFO, Kress criticized US export controls on China — Ms. Kress, the company's chief financial officer, joined Nvidia in 2013. — Colette Kress, a longtime Nvidia executive …
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| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
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| Jonathan Weil / Wall Street Journal: |
Nvidia stopped reporting Singapore revenue after its Q2 2025 ended on July 27, when it accounted for 22% of its revenue, after placing Megaspeed on a block list — Last year, just as scrutiny of Megaspeed was rising, Nvidia stopped reporting Singapore revenue
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Chinese AI companies rush to rent Nvidia cloud capacity overseas amid fears of tighter US export control enforcement after the Jensen Huang spy scandal — Chinese artificial intelligence companies are trying to rent Nvidia-powered computing capacity at data centres outside China … | Axios: |
Sources: Howard Lutnick has stalled curbs on companies suspected of diverting Nvidia chips to China; Trump approved curbs for a third time in 2026 on November 5 — President Trump on Thursday authorized a crack down on companies suspected of diverting Nvidia's advanced AI chips to China …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google launches Tabletop, an experimental AI platform to build customizable, collaborative personal planning and coordination hubs, in beta via a US waitlist — Tabletop provides customizable, collaborative spaces for all your personal planning needs.
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| Financial Times: |
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Starshield faced “systematic speed restrictions” for several days; Ukrainian officials believe it is to pressure Kyiv amid peace talks — Army struggles to intercept Russian jet-powered drones, just as Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet Vladimir Putin
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Apple HomeView review: fast home controls, helpful Siri AI, gorgeous customizable faces, great sound for its size, but Siri can be slow and pricey wall mount — The HomeView nails everything I want from a smart display. It's superb at controlling my smart home; it's an excellent hands …
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| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
Google and Samsung open preorders for their Android XR “Intelligent Eyewear” smart glasses, for $395+ for Warby Parker frames and $449+ for Gentle Monster — The “Intelligent Eyewear” is a collaboration between the two tech companies, with Samsung providing its hardware expertise …
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Russian pranksters tricked three OpenAI natsec and policy executives into a video meeting by posing as Ukrainian officials; OpenAI says it “acted internally” — A Russian internet comedy duo tricked three of OpenAI's highest ranking military and national security staff into a candid conversation about arming Ukraine.
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| Janko Roettgers / Lowpass: |
Roku says it will wind down sales of smart home hardware to focus on streaming, days after Fox closed its acquisition, but will keep supporting existing devices — No more cheap cameras and light bulbs … Roku is done with light bulbs and smart switches: The streaming device maker … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
AWS releases AWS Emulator, a free tool that simulates 200+ services locally, saying AI agents wrote it and its team hasn't written or reviewed any of its code — AWS says its engineers didn't write or review a single line of code in its newest developer tool, and the company is touting that as a selling point.| Ruxandra Teslo / Ruxandra's Substack: |
A look at the AI community's “handoverism” ideas, which envision humanity entrusting “the direction of its future to AI”, and what it may look like in practice — Even the optimistic visions of a post-AGI future leave little room for human self-determination
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| Gao Yuan / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn reports Q3 revenue up 47% YoY to ~$95.4B, net income up 34% to ~$2.4B, above est., driven by AI and iPhone Duo demand, and forecasts strong 2027 sales — Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. predicted strong sales growth for next year due to soaring worldwide AI spending after earning a quarterly profit that beat estimates.
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