U.S. Chip Giant Reels from China Spy Scandal

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/nvidia-shares-drop-hours-reports-meeting-ceo-jensen-huangs-future-rcna608906 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s future hangs in the balance as U.S. chip giant reels from China spy scandal The company’s shares plunged in pre-market trading, dragging down Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 futures.Nov. 11, 2026, 5:51 PM CST / Updated Nov. 12, 2026, 6:44 AM CST By Steve Kopack, Monica Alba and Rob Wile Shares of Nvidia sank more than 8% in premarket trading Thursday morning as the fate of Jensen Huang, one of the most important executives in the global AI boom, hung in the balance. Nvidia’s board met Wednesday night to address Huang’s future at the company, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News, as the American chipmaking giant reeled from scandals surrounding its founder and leader. The meeting of the company’s board followed a new report in The New York Times that said Huang had a relationship with an executive at Nvidia who reported to him. The Times cited five people who worked at Nvidia. The report followed news of his affair with a businesswoman who U.S. intelligence agencies determined was a Chinese spy, according to a source. NBC News has not confirmed the Times’ report and Nvidia has not responded to multiple requests for comment. In early morning trading, Nvidia shares also dragged down Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 futures. If Nvidia’s stock drop carries over into the regular trading session at 9:30 a.m. ET, it would be the third straight days of heavy selling, wiping out more than $300 billion in value since Monday morning.In an email to Nvidia’s workforce Sunday, Huang admitted, “I was unfaithful to my wife.” He did not specify any additional details. The White House was aware of the Nvidia board meeting Wednesday, one of the sources said. Huang is close to President Donald Trump, even recently taking a phone call from the president on speakerphone during a conference. On Sunday, before the latest developments, Trump was asked by reporters if Huang should remain CEO. “I think so. Oh, yeah, sure.” Trump continued to voice support for Huang on Monday. “I just think he’s a very honorable man,” Trump said. “I think he’s a very honorable guy, and I feel very confident that he’ll be in good shape.” Thursday’s Nvidia selloff added pressure to a company whose shares have been tumbling. Nvidia shares have declined by more than $1.5 trillion in value since hitting a record high in early October. China has dismissed the allegations that Alice Huang, the businesswoman who had an affair with Huang, spied for the country, calling them “purely unsubstantiated and directed at smearing China.” The two Huangs are not related. “The U.S. side should stop fabricating so-called espionage narratives as a pretext for implementing technological blockades,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters Thursday. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, an expert on corporate governance and executive leadership and senior associate dean for leadership studies at the Yale School of Management, hailed Huang’s contributions to the industry but said the board should move to oust him. Huang “has lost his legitimacy to lead internally in the eyes of the company, and he’s lost his external credibility in the eyes of key constituents, including customers,” he told NBC News. Huang is among the most important people underpinning the AI boom and the trillions of dollars of investments tech giants are pouring into it around the globe. Nvidia chips are the cornerstone of developing artificial intelligence, powering all of the top developers, from OpenAI to Anthropic. Huang founded the company and has been its leader since 1993, taking the graphics processing chip company from nothing to a valuation of more than $4 trillion. Nvidia is currently the world’s second largest public company. On Monday, longtime chip sector analyst Stacy Rasgon wrote that removing Huang from the company could pose massive problems for the trillion-dollar firm. “NVIDIA is not an ordinary company and Jensen is not an ordinary CEO; he IS NVIDIA,” Rasgon wrote. “The primary beneficiary of Jensen’s removal as NVIDIA’s CEO would clearly be China.” Rasgon said the revelations also had wider implications. “It brings the stewardship of one of America’s most important companies, and the architect of the US AI trajectory, under debate,” he wrote in a note. On Thursday morning, Rasgon and a wave of other tech analysts, downgraded the stock, which had been a high flyer until recent days. “It feels impossible to us for the board keep him in the role,” he wrote in a note. “If Jensen were forced out, it would mark the end of an era,” Citi analysts said. “Under his leadership, Nvidia became the dominant force in AI infrastructure, the primary beneficiary of the global AI spending cycle, and one of the world’s most valuable companies.” On Wednesday night, as the Nvidia board met, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Chris Coons, D-Del., announced they had written to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick with a request to preserve records as the dramatic events engulfed the company. “We write to request that the Department of Commerce, the Department of State, and the White House preserve all documents, communications, records, and other materials regarding the export of NVIDIA’s advanced AI chips to China or to entities that may divert such chips to China,” they said in a letter. They also requested that “all records and materials specifically related to this reported intelligence operation” regarding Huang and the Chinese business executive also be preserved. In the coming months, Democrats will hold control of both the House and the Senate and, as a result, will have subpoena power. Warren and Coons added in their letter: “This incident raises significant concerns about the federal government’s ability to effectively enforce our export controls and protect our national security.” Lawmakers have become alarmed by the events surrounding Nvidia and Huang in recent days because Nvidia chips are effectively how the United States has, so far, led the AI revolution. Chinese President Xi Jinping recently set a deadline of 2030 for his country’s companies to catch up with or surpass the capabilities of American AI systems. The request from the lawmakers also comes just days before Trump embarks on a visit to Asia for meetings of both the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. During the trip, Trump is widely expected to meet with Xi for the third time this year. At a briefing with reporters this week at the White House, Trump was asked whether Huang could accompany him on the trip, as he did earlier this year on a trip to Beijing. “I don’t know, but I’d certainly take him,” Trump said.

Bùi Giáng

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Quê Hương

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJud3SCMB6k Paris By Night 49 - Chúng Ta Đi Mang Theo Quê Hương (Full Program) 1. Phần Mở Đầu 0:00 2. Việt Nam Minh Châu Trời Đông (Hùng Lân) Hợp Ca 3:50 3. Về Mái Nhà Xưa (Nguyễn Văn Đông) Lưu Bích 9:53 4. Rừng Lạng Sơn (Phạm Duy) Elvis Phương 16:24 5. Nhớ Về Hội Lim (Trung Đức) Ái Vân 22:45 6. Hướng Về Hà Nội (Hoàng Dương) Khánh Ly 29:05 7. Kiếp Tha Hương (Lam Phương) Mạnh Đình 37:14 8. Bèo Giạt Mây Trôi (Dân Ca Miền Bắc) Kiều Hưng 44:12 9. Thương Về Miền Trung (Duy Khánh) Như Quỳnh 51:14 10. Còn Chút Gì Để Nhớ (Phạm Duy, thơ: Vũ Hữu Định) Anh Dũng 56:54 11. Nha Trang Ngày Về (Phạm Duy) Thiên Kim 1:03:59 12. Ôi Quê Nhà (Phan Ni Tấn) Nguyễn Hưng 1:12:36 13. Đà Lạt Hoàng Hôn (Minh Kỳ, Lê Dinh) Hoàng Lan 1:19:33 14. Đêm Nhớ Về Sài Gòn (Nhạc: Nhật Ngân, Lời: Trầm Tử Thiêng) Don Hồ 1:26:27 15. LK Móng Chuồn Chuồn - Hoàng Lan, Thế Sơn, Mỹ Huyền 1:33:50 16. Lý Con Sáo Bạc Liêu (Phan Ni Tấn) Phi Nhung 1:45:13 17. Gánh Lúa (Phạm Duy) Như Quỳnh, Nguyễn Hưng 1:52:10 18. Hà Tiên (Lê Dinh) Mỹ Huyền 1:59:41 19. Tình Quê Hương (Đan Thọ) Thế Sơn 2:06:43 20. Người Di Tản Buồn (Nam Lộc) Ngọc Minh 2:14:20 21. Những Nẻo Đường Việt Nam (Thanh Binh) Như Quỳnh, Mạnh Đình, Thế Sơn, Mỹ Huyền 2:23:00 #thuynga #parisbynight #nguyenngocngan ©1999 published by Thuy Nga under license

Tổ Tiên Người Việt Thực Sự Là Ai? BÁCH VIỆT ĐÃ ĐI ĐÂU?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZR2vmqLEIE Hơn 2.000 năm trước, trên vùng đất phía nam sông Dương Tử, có một gia đình tộc người đông đảo, hùng mạnh, và có nền văn minh lúa nước lâu đời hơn cả người Hán. Họ được gọi là Bách Việt — tổ tiên của chúng ta. Nhưng rồi, chỉ trong vòng chưa đầy một nghìn năm, gần 90% các tộc người Bách Việt đã biến mất hoàn toàn khỏi bản đồ lịch sử. Không phải vì chiến tranh đơn thuần. Không phải vì thiên tai. Mà vì một cuộc diệt chủng văn hóa có hệ thống, tinh vi, và tàn nhẫn đến mức không ai cảm nhận được cho đến khi quá muộn. GIỚI THIỆU NHÂN VẬT CHÍNH TRONG TRUYỆN: Câu Tiễn (句踐, ?–465 TCN) — Việt vương nước Ư Việt, người nổi tiếng với tinh thần phục thù "ngọa tân thường đởm" (nằm gai nếm mật) sau thất bại trước nước Ngô năm 494 TCN. Ông cai trị từ khoảng 496 TCN đến 465 TCN, cuối cùng tiêu diệt nước Ngô năm 473 TCN và trở thành bá chủ cuối thời Xuân Thu. Phù Sai (夫差, ?–473 TCN) — Ngô vương, con trai của Hạp Lư, đánh bại Câu Tiễn năm 494 TCN nhưng sau bị Tây Thi mê hoặc và Câu Tiễn phục thù. Ông tự sát năm 473 TCN khi nước Ngô bị diệt. Tây Thi — Một trong Tứ đại mỹ nhân Trung Hoa cổ đại, quê vùng Chiết Giang, được mưu sĩ Phạm Lãi và Văn Chủng gửi đến Phù Sai như một mỹ nhân kế để làm suy yếu nước Ngô từ bên trong. Phạm Lãi — Mưu sĩ thiên tài của Câu Tiễn, người lên kế hoạch toàn bộ chiến lược phục quốc, sau khi diệt Ngô ông từ quan đi ẩn cư, được dân gian thờ phụng như thần tài. Tần Thủy Hoàng (秦始皇, 259–210 TCN) — Doanh Chính, người thống nhất Trung Hoa năm 221 TCN và ngay sau đó phát động Nam chinh diệt Bách Việt với 500.000 quân từ năm 219 TCN. Đồ Thư — Đại tướng của Tần Thủy Hoàng chỉ huy cuộc Nam chinh đầu tiên, bị liên quân Tây Âu — Lạc Việt phục kích và giết chết trong trận đánh du kích ở phương Nam. Thục Phán — An Dương Vương (?–179 TCN) — Thủ lĩnh Âu Việt, đánh bại Hùng Vương thứ 18, hợp nhất Âu Việt và Lạc Việt thành nước Âu Lạc, xây thành Cổ Loa. Ông là vị vua đầu tiên của nhà nước thống nhất người Việt trong lịch sử. TRÍCH NGUỒN TÀI LIỆU THAM KHẢO: Sử Ký (史記) — Tư Mã Thiên, biên soạn khoảng 109–91 TCN. Nguồn sử Trung Quốc cổ đại quan trọng nhất ghi chép về Bách Việt, Nam Việt Quốc và Triệu Đà. Hoài Nam Tử (淮南子) — Lưu An, 139 TCN. Ghi chép chi tiết về cuộc Nam chinh của Tần và chiến thuật du kích của Bách Việt phương Nam. Hậu Hán Thư (後漢書) — Phạm Diệp, biên soạn thế kỷ 5 SCN. Nguồn chính về khởi nghĩa Hai Bà Trưng, Mã Viện, Tô Định, và giai đoạn Bắc thuộc đầu tiên. Tân Đường Thư (新唐書) và Cựu Đường Thư (舊唐書) — thế kỷ 10–11 SCN. Ghi chép về các trận đại bại của nhà Đường trước Vương quốc Nam Chiếu năm 751 và 754 SCN. Đại Việt Sử Ký Toàn Thư — Ngô Sĩ Liên, 1479 SCN. Bộ sử lớn nhất của Việt Nam, nguồn chính về An Dương Vương, Mỵ Châu — Trọng Thủy, Hùng Vương và các triều đại Việt cổ đại. GS. Trần Quốc Vượng — Cơ sở văn hóa Việt Nam. Nền tảng học thuật Việt Nam về văn hóa Đông Sơn và nguồn gốc tộc người Việt. GS. Hà Văn Tấn — Các công trình khảo cổ học về văn hóa Đông Sơn, Hòa Bình và di chỉ Cổ Loa. #SửViệt #PodcastLịchSử #BáchViệt #LịchSửViệtNam #BíẨnLịchSử

What governments should do -- the voters' will

https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-149526/2026-midterms-congress-balance-of-power Democrats win full control of Congress, ushering in a new era of divided government Updated November 4, 20261:52 AM ET By Eric McDaniel, Claudia Grisales Democrats have cemented control of both chambers of Congress, according to an NPR analysis based on a tally of race calls by The Associated Press. The twin victories in the House and Senate return the Democratic Party to full control of Congress for the first time since 2023 and deepen the level of expected friction between President Trump and congressional Democrats in a new era of divided government. After a largely unrestrained start to his second term, Trump's final two years in the White House are now certain to be hampered by congressional investigations in two chambers and legislators hostile to his agenda. The midterm campaign was defined by Americans' frustrations with the high cost of living and perceived public corruption. Those concerns were at the heart of Democratic campaign messaging, including in the seven Senate races that flipped from Republican control: North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Kansas, Iowa and Maine. Democrats also easily held onto a Senate seat in Georgia, despite its swing-state status.... https://www.npr.org/2026/11/05/nx-s1-6029365/gas-diesel-price-congress-midterms What could Democrats do? Nothing yet — members of the new Congress won't be sworn in until January. And once they are seated, U.S. legislators have limited powers to directly affect the price of oil, which is dictated by a complex global market. In the run-up to the election, most of the actions taken by the federal government to lower fuel prices came through the White House, not Congress. Hoping to stave off losses for his party, President Trump tried to ease the cost of diesel by loosening federal rules on dyed diesel, which is normally used for farming. He also announced a deal that would bring more Russian diesel to global markets, including the U.S., by temporarily lifting sanctions. Neither of these did much to move the needle. But the new Congressional Democrats will have the power to push the president to end the war in Iran, in part by making it harder to authorize new war spending. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.-NY) told reporters on Wednesday that Democrats are intent on ending the war and bringing down the cost of living, saying that "relief is on the way." "What a unified Democratic Congress can do is make escalation considerably more costly: both chambers can pass resolutions, attach conditions to war spending and hold back confirmations of key officials," Claudio Galimberti, chief economist of Rystad Energy, wrote in a market note to the media. Still, the president has veto power over legislation, as well as executive powers. " President Trump still retains full discretionary authority over military strikes, over blockades and sanctions, licenses, and so on," said Jorge León,  head of geopolitical analysis at Rystad Energy, in an interview with NPR. Trump has sent mixed messages about whether he wants to end or escalate the war. In the past few weeks, he warned Gulf Arab countries to prepare for a new military campaign after the midterms. The U.S. struck Qeshm, an island in the Strait of Hormuz that Iran uses to launch its own strikes, on Nov. 2. But on election night, Trump told The New York Times that he knew voters were unhappy about gas prices. And the next day, as the extent of the election rout became clear, Vice President JD Vance posted on social media: "The reason we lost is the war." If the war ends, when would prices fall? Jaime Brito, executive director of refining and oil markets for Dow Jones Energy, says if there's a deal to end the war, traders could be very excited. Brito said they might look for formal announcements from both Iran and the U.S. that the strait is reopening, and that both sides are pulling back their military presence in the area. If market traders are convinced the peace will last? "If that scenario happens, then I personally see crude prices dropping, you know, $15, $20 [a barrel] immediately, in the next two, three days from the announcement," he said. But for gasoline and diesel prices to fall, too, oil would have to start moving again. Ships that have been running long, alternative routes to avoid passing through the Strait of Hormuz would have to return to their points of origin, and then resume their former routes through the strait. León pointed out, that could lead to traffic jams. From there, that crude will still need to be refined and make its way onto the market. In the most optimistic scenario, Brito said, it could take three months after a ceasefire or deal is announced for gasoline and diesel prices to hit their prewar levels. León thinks it would take more like six months for the price of crude to hit its prewar level, and then another month or two for gasoline and diesel to follow. But that's assuming all goes well. And, both of them said, there could be hiccups along the way that stretch the recovery timeline out for up to a year after a deal is announced. " I don't want to say this, but, you know, expensive gasoline prices could be a new normal," Brito said." The X factors The first big X factor: the war in Ukraine. If Ukraine continues attacking Russian refineries, the price of diesel may not drop as precipitously as gasoline might. That's because Russia's refineries normally bring much of the world's diesel to global markets. Resuming traffic through the Strait of Hormuz will help lower the price of diesel — but it may take longer to reach its prewar level, León said. Other scenarios could make for a less rosy picture, León said. U.S. refineries have been running above 90% capacity — what if they need emergency maintenance just at the moment when there's more oil ready to bring to market? Or, what if hostilities restart again, despite a deal? Brito agreed. Before the end of the year, there could theoretically be new attacks in the strait, he wrote, "if the current administration sees it as a 'window' to complete unfinished tasks before the new Congressional layout takes their seat in January." And there's also one more factor at play: The war has raised the price of moving oil itself around the world. Since the Strait of Hormuz has been blocked off for so long, freight costs have gone up; ships carrying oil have had to skirt around the strait, take longer routes and use more fuel in the process. Plus, the price of insuring those ships has gone up, since transit around the strait has gotten so much riskier. That means that even the oil industry is paying more to be in the oil business. And if hostilities persist and those freight costs remain high, that could keep the price of Brent crude elevated for longer. "Bottom line," Brito wrote, for any hope of a return to normal prices, "you need to see a definitive end of the conflict." https://www.npr.org/2026/03/20/nx-s1-5753985/oil-gasoline-prices-iran Oil and gas prices... March 16, 20265:00 AM ET ...In sum … the hole is just too big The problem is that no matter how many of these strategic levers governments pull, they just can't replace the amount of oil that's stuck waiting to move through the strait. "Fifteen million barrels a day isn't easy to offset anywhere," says Dan Pickering, the chief investment officer with Pickering Energy Partners. "That's the total production in the United States, and we're the biggest producer in the world. There is no easy fix." And there's no substitute for addressing the actual problem: The blockage of supply from the Persian Gulf. There's one big lever that President Trump could pull to "immediately bring relief to Americans, truckers, farmers, travelers," says Patrick de Haan. "Restore the flow of oil and other products through the Strait of Hormuz. Everything else is a piecemeal Band-Aid on a gaping wound."

AI is changing mathematics — but not how you think

https://www.npr.org/2026/11/04/nx-s1-6010471/ai-math-navier-stokes-mathematicians-openai November 4, 20263:00 AM ET By Regina G. Barber,Geoff Brumfiel,Juan Diego Ramirez, Rebecca Ramirez Can AI and mathematicians coexist? Geoff Brumfel, weighs the risks and rewards of AI's math takeover. Malte Mueller/Getty Images Math has created some of humanity's oldest intellectual challenges. And AI is completely changing the game. This year AI solved one of math's most difficult problems. Since then, OpenAI published hundreds of new math results. So is this the end for the people who've dedicated their careers to pushing forward math? We get into it with NPR science correspondent Geoff Brumfel, who weighs the risks and rewards of AI's math takeover. This episode was produced by Juan Diego Ramirez It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez. Geoff Brumfel and Tyler Jones checked the facts. The audio engineer was Jimmy Keeley.

Norway makes toilets ‘great again’

https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/30/travel/visit-norway-toilets-trump-scli-intl Visit Norway makes toilets ‘great again’ after Trump’s ‘sh*t house country’ jab By Lianne Kolirin Updated Oct 30, 2026 Norway’s tourism board has launched a tongue-in-cheek toilet campaign to show off the country’s most scenic restrooms after US President Donald Trump branded the Nordic nation a “sh*t house country.” Trump delivered his scathing comments on the campaign trail, days before voters head to the polls for the midterm elections. He said on Sunday that he would welcome immigrants to the US from some countries, but not Norway “because I didn’t get the Nobel Prize … ​So I don’t want anybody from Norway.” Trump later said at the same rally: “Norway has become a sh*t house country, actually.” Now, Visit Norway has embraced the label, asking, “Are these the world’s best sh*t houses?” in an article online that showcases the facilities available in the scenic Scandinavian nation. Highlighting its campaign on social media this week, the tourist board posted several of the images and wrote: “So, we heard some noise about ‘s…house country’… What can we say, we do have some of the world’s most beautiful and spectacular toilets.” https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/lars-grimsby-statens-vegvesen-5.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill/f_webp This restroom at Ostasteidn in Ryfylke is designed so that moss grows on its outer walls. Lars Grimsby/Statens vegvesen/Visit Norway The Norwegian marketing campaign shows photos and footage of some of the glorious facilities, accompanied by captions such as: “Norway makes sh*thouses great again! These toilets are worth a visit, both when you really have to go – and when you don’t.” Among the featured bathrooms is that at the Stegastein viewpoint in the Sognefjord region, which the tourist board said has been described as one of the world’s 10 best public toilets by DesignCurial. It also highlights the wave-shaped Ureddplassen on the Helgeland coast. Described on the site as “architectural masterpieces,” the featured restrooms include a golden one on the island Senja, as well as one that runs on solar power in the Sognefjord area. Visitors to these bathrooms are encouraged to take the opportunity to enjoy the Norwegian scenery. Andreas Solbakken/Visit Norway https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/20190728-almannajuvet-andreas-solbakken-013.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill/f_webp Promising “more to come” with regards to restrooms being built to impress, the website concludes: “Norway’s portfolio of spectacular toilets is, as you can see, filled with great examples of how something as boring as a loo can become a tourist attraction.” The US President has also called Haiti, ​Libya, Somalia and Yemen “sh*t house countries.” But his attack on Norway seems to have stemmed from losing out on the Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to South African human rights pioneer Navi Pillay earlier this month. Trump has repeatedly been reminded by the Norwegians that the prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee and not the government of Norway.