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November 12, 2026, 5:35 AM

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Nvidia's board is preparing to oust Jensen Huang after he had two extramarital affairs, one with a suspected Chinese spy; NVDA drops 9%+ after hours  —  Move follows company investigation into an affair with a Chinese woman alleged to be a spy  —  Nvidia's board is preparing …
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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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Bloomberg:
Source: Nvidia's board is working with an outside firm to identify possible replacements for Jensen Huang and weighs naming a temporary CEO during the search  —  Nvidia Corp.'s board has been working with an outside firm to identify potential replacements for Chief Executive Officer Jensen …
Semafor:
Sources: some Nvidia board members favor naming CFO Colette Kress interim CEO; an administration official says the board briefed the White House on its meeting  —  Some members of Nvidia's board favor appointing Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress as interim CEO, according to people familiar with the matter.
Bloomberg:
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 …
Axios:
Sources: Scott Bessent confronted Howard Lutnick last week over the Commerce Department not adding Megaspeed to its entity list; the agency denies it occurred  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over a failure to place Nvidia customer Megaspeed …
Jonathan Weil / Wall Street Journal:
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.
Google:
Google launches Gemini Decisions API, powered by its new Gemini Decision 1 model, to return predefined answers with confidence scores, at $0.10/1M input tokens  —  Introducing the Gemini Decisions API, powered by our new Gemini Decision 1 model.  Evaluate up to 1,000 yes/no, choice …
Alison Sider / Wall Street Journal:
United Airlines says it will block third-party AI assistants from booking tickets to protect its customers' data, citing potential FAA and DOT rule violations  —  The carrier says automated assistants present data-privacy risks; 'I don't want to create another middleman'
Scott Patterson / Bloomberg:
OKX and ICE's joint venture OKXICE plans to launch a US tokenized stock venue on November 23 and list 70+ assets; 56 of the 62 companies it targeted objected  —  Crypto's race to grab a slice of the US stock market is picking up speed even as many of the companies whose shares are being targeted for tokenized trading are pushing back.
Nick Clegg / The Atlantic:
Silicon Valley's herd mentality in cozying up to Trump backfired as Democrats may seek retribution, China closes the AI gap, and anti-Big Tech sentiment grows  —  For Silicon Valley leaders, cozying up to the Trump administration has led to a series of spectacular failures.
Politico:
Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Sources: Anthropic's IPO draws multiple times the orders for the shares available; a source says Dario Amodei and Jamie Dimon have a livestream event on Friday  —  Anthropic PBC's initial public offering has drawn multiple times the orders for the shares available, according to people familiar …
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