President Donald Trump said he believes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang did not know that a woman described as Huang’s alleged mistress was a suspected Chinese spy. Trump said he expects Huang to be fine as the FBI investigates.
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Trump told reporters he believes Huang had no knowledge of the woman’s suspected ties to China.
The article describes the woman as Huang’s alleged mistress and a suspected Chinese spy.
The FBI is investigating.
Trump said he expects Huang to be fine.
The article does not provide details about the investigation or the allegations.
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President Donald Trump said Monday that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang should not worry about an FBI inquiry connected to allegations involving a woman described as a Chinese government agent. At a White House briefing, Trump said the FBI was looking into Huang in connection with “something else” and predicted Huang would be “in good shape.”
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Trump made the remarks at a White House briefing on Monday.
The allegations involve Huang and a woman alleged to be a Chinese government agent.
Trump said Huang should not worry about the FBI looking into the matter.
Trump said the FBI was looking into Huang in connection with “something else.”
Trump said he thought Huang would be “in good shape.”
The article does not provide details about the alleged relationship or the FBI inquiry.
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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has long argued that U.S. chipmakers should be able to compete in China, saying this could help keep Chinese firms dependent on American technology. His position is under renewed scrutiny after reports that U.S. intelligence linked a business executive with whom he had a relationship to a Chinese intelligence operation; NVIDIA says it has no reason to believe its secrets or national security were compromised.
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The United States began restricting exports of advanced AI chips to China in 2022.
NVIDIA offered less-powerful chips designed to comply with U.S. export controls while continuing to sell in China.
Huang has argued that U.S. companies competing in China could make it harder for Chinese rivals such as Huawei to replace them.
Corporate records cited by the Wall Street Journal say Alice Huang became managing director of Singapore-based Megaspeed International in March 2023 and resigned as a director by November that year.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Megaspeed joined an NVIDIA partnership program in November 2023.
The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence determined Alice Huang had been recruited by China's Ministry of State Security to gather information about Jensen Huang and American AI chips.
China denied the espionage allegations, calling them unsubstantiated.
NVIDIA's board said it had no reason to believe that national security or company secrets were compromised; the article says no public evidence establishes that Jensen Huang knowingly acted for Chinese interests.
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President Donald Trump said Monday that the FBI is looking into Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Trump linked the inquiry to allegations that Huang was the target of a Chinese intelligence effort.
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Trump said the FBI is looking into Jensen Huang.
Huang is the CEO of Nvidia.
Trump linked the inquiry to allegations of a Chinese intelligence effort targeting Huang.
CBS News described the report in a segment on its program “The Takeout.”
The article provides no further details about the allegations or the FBI’s inquiry.
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Nvidia and Chief Executive Jensen Huang were sued Monday in a proposed class action. The lawsuit accuses them of defrauding shareholders by concealing Huang’s ties to a person suspected of being a Chinese spy. A China expert told FRANCE 24 that the alleged approach may have sought to influence Huang to lobby the U.S. government, but this was presented as his analysis.
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The proposed class action names Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang as defendants.
The lawsuit accuses the company and Huang of defrauding shareholders.
The complaint alleges they concealed Huang’s ties to a person suspected of being a Chinese spy.
The report does not establish that Huang had such ties or that the allegations are true.
Steve Tsang, director of the SOAS China Institute, discussed the case with FRANCE 24.
Tsang suggested the suspected approach may have aimed to get Huang to lobby the U.S. government.
Tsang said Huang is a powerful figure and characterized his position on China’s AI development as beneficial to China.
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Nvidia is investigating CEO Jensen Huang over an alleged affair with Alice Huang, a former data-center company executive whom the article describes as an alleged Chinese spy. The allegations have raised questions about whether she accessed or passed on Nvidia technology, amid U.S.-China competition over AI and U.S. restrictions on chip exports to China.
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Alice Huang is the former CEO of Singapore-based data-center company Megaspeed and is not related to Jensen Huang.
Megaspeed denies that it used Nvidia technology illegitimately.
Bloomberg reported that Megaspeed bought billions of dollars’ worth of Nvidia technology in November 2025.
The article says the U.S. initially banned exports of some newer Nvidia devices to China and later eased the rules.
Jensen Huang has advocated relaxing U.S. export restrictions, arguing that China’s reliance on U.S. technology could benefit American companies.
Nvidia is trying to determine whether Alice Huang gained access to its latest technology and whether she shared it with others.
China denies that Alice Huang engaged in espionage.
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U.S. authorities are investigating whether Alice Huang, a former executive of Singapore-based Megaspeed International, had ties to Chinese intelligence and sought information about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang or the company’s technology. Jensen Huang acknowledged having a romantic relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, but investigators have not publicly established what information Alice Huang may have obtained or shared.
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Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is a Chinese citizen and former executive of Megaspeed International, a cloud computing and data center company.
The New York Times reported that China’s Ministry of State Security recruited Alice Huang to seek information about Jensen Huang and influence his views on selling AI chips to Chinese firms.
Nvidia’s board said it has no reason to believe Alice Huang obtained trade secrets, and China has denied the allegations.
The Commerce Department led an investigation into Megaspeed before referring it to the Justice Department, according to The New York Times.
Megaspeed became an Nvidia Cloud Partner in 2023 and bought more than $4.8 billion in Nvidia chips over roughly two years, according to Bloomberg and the Associated Press.
Megaspeed was formerly called 7Road International and became part of a company acquisition in November 2023; Alice Huang and another director soon resigned.
Singapore police investigated the company in October 2025 over alleged violations of local laws, but authorities did not publicly specify the offenses.
Employees told media outlets that Alice Huang continued to lead the business after her resignation.
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International Spy Museum executive director Col. Chris Costa discusses counterespionage and possible tactics in a case involving a suspected Chinese spy. The segment links the case to an Nvidia scandal but provides no further details about the allegations or tactics.
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The segment focuses on counterespionage.
Col. Chris Costa is the guest interviewed.
Costa is the executive director of the International Spy Museum.
The discussion concerns possible tactics used by a suspected Chinese spy.
The suspected spy case is linked to an Nvidia scandal.
The article is dated November 9, 2026.
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Developer Iain Kay created Ram-Altman, a satirical Linux script inspired by Sam Altman’s comments about people using limited DRAM in personal computers. The script checks the kernel’s estimate of available memory and can generate a joke email when more than 10 percent of RAM is available, while limiting emails to one per day.
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Altman discussed local AI inference and personal-computer memory on an October 29 episode of the Cheeky Pint podcast with Stripe President John Collison.
Altman later said his remarks had been taken out of context and briefly used the display name “RAM Altman” on X.
Kay describes Ram-Altman as a parody project.
The script calculates used memory as total memory minus the Linux kernel’s estimate of available memory.
Linux can use otherwise-unused memory for caches and reclaim it when applications need it, so the system’s “free” memory figure can be misleading.
Users can schedule the script to check memory every five minutes; it sends no more than one email per day.
The project includes a dry-run mode that previews generated joke emails without sending them.
In the article’s test on a Fedora 44 computer, the script reported 10.0 GiB used and 4.9 GiB available out of 14.9 GiB of usable memory.
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Nvidia faces questions about whether it has a clear succession plan for CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang. The questions follow the company board’s announcement of an independent investigation into reports about Huang; corporate governance experts cited in the article say the company may rely heavily on him, while investors await the investigation’s findings.
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Nvidia’s board announced an independent investigation on Sunday.
The article says Huang admitted to an affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy.
The article reports that Nvidia has no publicly identified successor for Huang.
Nvidia CFO Colette Kress is described as the highest-profile member of Huang’s executive team.
Experts quoted in the article say Kress’s finance background may not prepare her to take on Huang’s broader role.
Corporate governance experts say a large public company should have a CEO succession plan, though it is unclear whether Nvidia has a confidential one.
An investor at Founder ETFs said the firm would sell its Nvidia shares if Huang left.
Yale professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld said he had heard former Google CEO Eric Schmidt mentioned as a possible interim leader.
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Google’s policy would restrict K-12 student accounts from using Google Search unless schools also provide access to its education apps, which include AI tools. Sen. Edward Markey is urging Alphabet to let schools disable AI features while keeping Search available; Google says its AI features are integrated with Search and says the policy gives schools more control over AI use.
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Markey sent a letter to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai demanding that Google reverse the policy.
Markey said the policy could pressure schools to adopt AI tools to preserve students’ access to Google Search.
Google says its AI features are now closely integrated with Search and that it cannot offer Search without also enabling those services.
Google says the policy gives school administrators controls over how AI is used in classrooms.
Markey asked Google whether it will let schools disable AI features and chatbots in K-12 accounts while retaining Search access.
Markey requested research on the safety of Google’s AI features and their effects on K-12 students’ mental health.
Google Classroom is used by roughly 150 million students and teachers, according to the article.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani criticized Google’s policy, alleging it uses the company’s market power to push AI into public schools.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is central to the artificial intelligence industry because many companies rely on the graphics processing units Nvidia designs. A reported espionage scandal involving Huang could unsettle confidence in Nvidia and the wider AI investment boom, which the report says is already fragile.
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Jensen Huang leads Nvidia.
Nvidia designs graphics processing units, or GPUs, that support AI technology.
The report says a spy scandal involving Huang erupted over the weekend.
A related report says Nvidia will investigate claims that Chinese intelligence targeted Huang.
The report describes Huang as a central figure in the AI industry.
The report says confidence in AI investment is already fragile.
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Nvidia has opened an independent inquiry after CEO Jensen Huang acknowledged an affair with Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive whom U.S. officials reportedly believe may be a Chinese intelligence asset. The reports have raised questions about possible chip-export violations, Nvidia’s influence on a U.S. Commerce Department investigation, and whether the relationship affected U.S. national security; Nvidia’s board says it has no reason to believe secrets or national security were compromised.
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Jensen Huang said there was “no excuse” for his affair with Alice Huang.
Alice Huang is an executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based Nvidia customer.
Reports have alleged that Megaspeed diverted Nvidia chips to China in violation of U.S. export restrictions; Nvidia and Megaspeed denied the allegations.
U.S. officials reportedly believed Alice Huang was a Chinese intelligence asset.
Nvidia said its board would examine available information in an independent inquiry.
The New York Times reported that Nvidia appeared to have persuaded the Commerce Department to stop investigating possible chip smuggling by Megaspeed.
Donald Trump has met Jensen Huang at least seven times since beginning his second term, and four meetings involved U.S. controls on advanced AI chip exports.
China accounted for about a quarter of Nvidia’s revenue from 2020 to 2022, according to the article.
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Researchers report that attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-123158, a flaw involving OpenSSH and the musl library that can allow unauthenticated access to privileged Linux accounts on systems with specific configurations. OpenSSH has released a fix, and security firms have reported attacks involving botnets, cryptocurrency activity, and a group deploying a backdoor.
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The vulnerability affects systems running OpenSSH with musl, without PAM, and with certain password and account settings.
An attack can be triggered by submitting a password longer than 256 characters for a passwordless account.
The flaw can give attackers unauthenticated access to high-privilege accounts on vulnerable systems.
Greynoise reported attacks on its Southeast Asian honeypots by a group it tracks as GT10.
Greynoise said GT10 uses a backdoor called TAC Agent that can run shell commands, gather system information, and maintain access.
WatchTowr and Previdian also reported exploitation activity; Previdian observed 20 attempts from 13 IP addresses geolocated to nine countries.
Alpine Linux systems are among those the article identifies as particularly relevant targets.
OpenSSH has released an update that prevents the attacks from working.
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France attributed attacks on supermarket refrigeration systems to hackers operating under Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The hackers reportedly used default passwords to change freezer settings, spoiling food and, in some cases, causing fires; the article says the attacks occurred amid wider geopolitical tensions and rising cyber threats.
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France’s foreign minister said Europe-wide sanctions would target those responsible for the attacks.
Some supermarket refrigerators were set to high temperatures, and employees discarded spoiled meat and melted ice cream.
Cybersecurity expert Rafe Pilling said the attackers used default passwords to access fridge controls.
Pilling said the French attacks may be linked to rogue defrosting incidents reported across Europe the previous week.
Earlier attacks on freezers at an Israeli food plant and reported malfunctions at U.S. military bases have not been officially attributed to Iran.
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre warned of a large rise in cyber incidents and cited AI as a factor that could help identify weaknesses in IT systems.
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Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, called Monday for an investigation into Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Nvidia. His call followed reporting that Huang had an affair with a person described as an alleged Chinese spy; Coons said the inquiry should determine whether U.S. national security was compromised.
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Coons called for an investigation on Monday.
Coons said he was pushing to investigate Jensen Huang and Nvidia.
Coons said the investigation should determine whether national security was compromised.
The call followed reporting that Huang had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy.
Huang is the CEO of Nvidia.
Coons serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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The Department of the Air Force has issued a request for information about a possible military satellite system around the Moon. The initial effort could involve up to five spacecraft for missions planned for late 2029, and the request says they could inform plans for a larger constellation; it does not commit the Pentagon to buying or deploying the satellites.
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The request for information is dated November 2 and asks companies about rapid, low-risk solutions for a proposed Cislunar Space System.
The document describes up to five spacecraft, each carrying a government-provided payload.
The satellites would support military mission needs in late 2029.
The Pentagon says the first spacecraft could help shape plans for a larger satellite constellation around the Moon.
The military plans to award up to five fixed-price preliminary design study contracts after reviewing responses and other information.
Companies must submit responses by November 24.
The request does not disclose the satellites’ specific missions or commit the military to proceeding with contracts or deployment.
Space Force officials have cited protecting U.S. interests as the United States and China expand their lunar programs.
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NASA is accepting applications from U.S. citizens for its next astronaut class until midnight ET on Dec. 3. Applicants must meet education and experience requirements, pass medical and other screenings, and be ready for demanding work that may include long missions in space.
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The astronaut role pays $164,395 per year and requires relocation to Houston to work at Johnson Space Center.
Applicants must meet one of NASA’s education pathways, including a qualifying graduate degree, doctoral coursework, medical degree, or test pilot school completion by July 2027.
Most applicants need at least three years of relevant professional experience after their degree or pilot training.
Pilot applicants must meet specific flight-hour thresholds; NASA excludes initial flight training and drone hours.
Applicants must pass medical and psychiatric exams, a background check, drug screening, a vision test, and a swimming test.
NASA requires candidates to perform strenuous physical tasks and accept potentially dangerous work in isolated or confined settings.
Astronauts must be willing to deploy to space for 12 months or longer.
NASA says members of the new class could support lunar missions and help develop systems for future missions to Mars.
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Meta is expanding AI-based age estimation globally this month to identify users it suspects are teenagers, including people whose account birthdays make them appear older. The system can place those accounts in Teen Account protections, which restrict contact, content and usage; Meta says it plans to extend the feature to Facebook and Threads later this year.
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Meta says its age-estimation technology analyzes user behavior and posts to estimate age.
The technology can place accounts in Teen Account protections even when a manually entered birthday indicates the user is an adult.
Meta has tested the technology in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
Parents with Instagram teen accounts in the United States will receive notifications about the new measures this month.
Meta says it plans to expand age estimation to Facebook and Threads later this year.
Teen Account protections include usage limits, muted nighttime notifications and limits on some content and interactions.
The article says Meta agreed in August to pay $18 billion to U.S. states and make changes to how teens use its platforms.
Meta faces legal action over alleged harms to young users and claims that its platforms fail to verify users’ ages.
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Palantir urged former UK health minister Zubir Ahmed to consider using its software with NHS GP records, although GP data was excluded from the company’s existing £330 million NHS contract. The messages, obtained through a freedom of information request, show the company discussing potential benefits and political opposition to the proposal.
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Palantir’s contract with NHS England covers a federated data platform and excludes GP records.
Messages between Palantir UK chief Louis Mosley and Ahmed span July 2025 to March 2026, according to the article.
Palantir described its Foundry software as suitable for linking primary and secondary care data.
The company said adding GP data could support faster GP access, care for frail patients and preventive care.
Palantir advised Ahmed to prepare for opposition from doctors and political critics.
The British Medical Association and patient groups have opposed adding GP data to Palantir’s platform, citing concerns about trust.
The article reports that the government was reviewing the contract and that Health Secretary Yvette Cooper said the review was ongoing.
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