Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang summoned to testify before Congress about affair with alleged Chinese spy
Huang abruptly quit on Thursday as head of one of the world's most valuable companies after revelations of alleged extramarital affairs.
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Who is Colette Kress, interim Nvidia CEO after Jensen Huang exit?
Chief financial officer, reportedly disparaged by Huang during summer meeting, to take over on short-term basis
Huang and Lutnick Summoned to Testify Before Congress
Senator Tim Scott said he had requested that the Nvidia co-founder and the commerce secretary appear before the Senate Banking Committee.
AI Bots Are Using Credit Cards. Banks Are Racing to Keep Up.
Stripe is positioning itself as a key cog for agentic commerce, while JPMorgan Chase is a skeptic.
The rise of 'housefishing' - when does using AI go from enhancing to misleading?
Experts warn that using AI to enhance property images can go too far and mislead prospective buyers.
Donald Trump Jr exits as paid adviser for prediction market Kalshi
Kalshi announces ‘mutual decision’ as Democrats say they plan to investigate Trump family’s investments
‘Win-win’ deal with EU could be done, Andy Burnham says
Prime minister says reset could be a deal ‘like the Brexit people thought they were voting for in 2016’
Nvidia’s new chairman Harvey Jones is a ‘charming elder statesman’ set to lead the search for the next CEO. But did he enable the current crisis?
Harvey Jones has been on the Nvidia board since 1993. Is he the right person to ride out the coming storm, or responsible for causing it?
Before Megaspeed, there was Supermicro: The other Nvidia partner tied to China chip smuggling—and to Jensen Huang
Prosecutors are now reportedly probing whether Alice Huang and entities linked to her helped move Supermicro hardware to China—and authorities in Singapore say Supermicro hasn’t been forthcoming.
SpaceX Plans $74 Billion Investment to Build Data Centers in Texas and Arizona
Elon Musk’s rocket and artificial intelligence company has spent billions to develop the giant warehouses full of computer servers that power the technology.
The Guardian view on venture capitalism: investor profits are no industrial strategy | Editorial
Higher returns for backers do not guarantee national prosperity. Public investment should develop domestic capabilities and meet urgent social needs
Jensen Huang was a busted flush at Nvidia – he had to go | Nils Pratley
CEO was viewed as ‘irreplaceable’, but recklessness of affair with a woman regarded by US officials as a Chinese spy made him a political liability
Jensen Huang built an AI kingdom. Now he’s gone, will Nvidia’s ramparts be breached?
CEO’s affair and resignation has brought company’s murky corporate contracts and supply chains into sharp focus
Nvidia Shareholders Won’t Miss Jensen Huang for Long
Steadier hands could be better suited to enriching shareholders as the AI chip company enters a new phase.
UK car industry to press EU for two-year delay to Brexit EV tariffs
‘Rules of origin’ on vehicle batteries due to come into force on 1 January if deal on new delay is not reached
Look at the Poundland scandal and see a crisis that goes beyond Britain’s high streets | Polly Toynbee
‘I look out for my team,’ a store manager tells me, but Poundland’s US owner doesn’t care. Labour may be too late to prevent it becoming yet another casualty of venture capital
Who is Nvidia's interim CEO Colette Kress - and who could take over permanently?
Chief financial officer Colette Kress in in charge of Nvidia for now, but several others are in the frame as potential successors.
Poundland gets more time to secure a rescue deal as emergency talks continue
A deadline to secure a buyer was set to expire at midnight, but the retailer now has an extra 10 days to find a buyer.
Faisal Islam: Why the UK economy is surprisingly resilient
The UK is seeing impressive growth, but will it last?
AI helped UK defy expectations – but will economy’s resilience fizzle out?
Despite John Healey’s defiance, the economy faces threats from a tech slowdown and energy bills this winter
College students rally in support of Starbucks baristas urging boycott over contract negotiations
Rallies are planned at more than US 40 campuses as workers seeking better pay and conditions decry stalled talks
The return of the snatch-and-grab state
A new history of confiscation sheds light on modern economic warfare
Where to find the anti-AI trade
The worse chipmakers do, the better Indian equities perform
Italy’s proposed exit tax causes ructions
Taxing rich emigrants’ capital gains may be good in theory. Practice is harder
Metro Bank Hangs Up ‘For Sale’ Sign
The lender said Thursday that it wasn’t in any active discussions and it hadn’t received an approach for a potential takeover.
Nvidia’s Disappearing Singapore Sales Deepen Mystery Around Megaspeed
Last year, just as scrutiny of Megaspeed was rising, Nvidia stopped reporting Singapore revenue.
CoreWeave Finds a Workaround to Capital Constraints—for Now
The company’s ambitious plans will still require cooperation from capital markets.
Nissan reduces petrol car production as EV sales boom in China
Manufacturer says ‘shift to new energy vehicles is happening faster than expected’ and market is harsh
Farewell to Elon Musk’s Cybertruck. Has any car ever been more repellent? | Arwa Mahdawi
Safety campaigners have condemned it and owners have complained about it. Goodbye to a steel monstrosity seemingly designed by a five-year-old
Democrats’ US election sweep brings the price of their promised social contract into focus
‘The post-election wish list is about to run into harsh fiscal reality: there is no money’