By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
The US Treasury Department wanted to place the Singaporean company Megaspeed on a blacklist, but the Department of Commerce did not follow up. According to France 24, federal agencies are squabbling over the way forward after Jensen Huang’s departure from chip giant Nvidia, in an alleged espionage case.
Nvidia is temporarily handing leadership to its CFO Colette Kress after Jensen Huang’s departure. The company is also appointing former Synopsys chief and Nvidia board member Harvey Jones as its first board chairman, according to SABC News. Huang is leaving after 33 years at the helm amid an admitted infidelity and an alleged Chinese espionage affair.
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Jensen Huang stepped down on Thursday as chief executive of Nvidia, which he co-founded, according to Al Jazeera. The departure ends 33 years at the helm of the company, after the revelation of two extramarital relationships, one with a woman suspected of spying for China.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson says a consensus is forming in Congress to further limit chip exports to China after Jensen Huang’s departure from Nvidia. Restrictions could extend to remote access to chips and new legislative measures, while a review of Huang’s situation continues, according to TimesLIVE.
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Jensen Huang has left the leadership of Nvidia after acknowledging infidelity to his wife, in a case involving a former executive presented as an alleged Chinese spy, according to France 24. Elon Musk has joined calls for his return, while the group is approaching Rene Haas, head of British chip designer Arm, to succeed him.
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Football: Portugal redesigns the No. 7 shirt to honour Cristiano RonaldoThe Portuguese Football Federation is changing the design of the national team’s No. 7 shirt, adding a bar across the number so that no Portuguese player wears a kit identical to that of its former holder. Cristiano Ronaldo, 41, bowed out of international football in early November after 234 caps and 146 goals, according to L’essentiel.
Orange Sierra Leone prepares to expand its networkOrange Sierra Leone discussed expanding its network coverage, service reliability and investment in digital infrastructure with several public officials. The 12 November talks also covered service accessibility and consumer protection, according to Orange Sierra Leone and the participating authorities.The week in Africa
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