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November 9 to November 15, 2026 · 10 stories · the week is still unfolding
Nvidia's board launched an independent investigation into CEO Jensen Huang regarding a suspected romantic relationship with Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive. Three House committees seek a closed-door briefing on November 18. Huang admitted infidelity in an internal memo and pledged full cooperation.
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Nvidia's board announced an independent investigation into CEO Jensen Huang on Sunday following reports of a Chinese honeytrap operation involving Alice Huang. Huang admitted to infidelity but remains committed to the company. Nvidia holds a $4.5 trillion market cap and generated over $130 billion in revenue between 2020 and 2025.
Anthropic PBC agreed to pay $3.4 billion for 1.7 gigawatts of gas-fired generators from OnePWR Solutions in late September. This deal represents the largest known single purchase of power-generation equipment by an AI lab, securing capacity for its data centers.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an extramarital affair with Alice Huang, a Singapore-based executive accused of spying for China. The board opened an independent investigation but expressed confidence in his leadership. Nvidia stock fell 21% over the last month, with market capitalization sitting at just over $4.5 trillion. Alice Huang is CEO of Megaspeed data center company.
South Korea expects contracted Nvidia GPU deliveries to proceed without disruption despite CEO Jensen Huang controversy. 10,000 GPUs funded under a 2025 supplementary budget arrived, while 2026 volumes remain under contract. Nvidia opened an independent investigation into allegations against Huang, yet the ministry monitors schedules with Nvidia Korea.
Super Micro Computer Inc. reported net sales of $19.95 billion for the quarter ending Sept. 30, nearly quadrupling last year's $5.02 billion. Net income reached $1.59 billion with earnings per share of $1.81, beating Wall Street projections. The company raised its full-year fiscal 2027 sales forecast to $72 billion to $82 billion, driven by surging demand for AI infrastructure servers.
Japanese manufacturer Iris Ohyama disclosed a data cloud breach exposing information for 7.7 million customers after unauthorized access to a third-party service. The incident, confirmed on October 29, 2026, impacted up to 5.8 million members and 1.9 million non-members. Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission and police were notified on that date regarding the exposure of names, addresses, and passwords.
US digital intelligence firm Penlink and its acquired Israeli unit Cobwebs developed Webloc, a surveillance system that tracks hundreds of millions of mobile phones by harvesting data from weather, gaming, email, and religious apps. The tool collects location data hourly for 12 months, allowing law enforcement to analyze billions of points without search warrants in the US.
Web3Auth moved 5.6 million in crypto from exposed Keplr wallets using a system flaw. The recovery addresses hold funds as of Sunday, affecting users who signed up with Google or Apple logins. Keplr co-founder Josh Lee stated about 20% of those accounts were impacted, while blockchain firm Bitquery previously reported a thief stole roughly 6 million from over 44,000 wallets.
In October 2026, Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-105016, a critical vulnerability in its QUIC implementation that could allow specially crafted IPv6 traffic to execute code in affected.NET applications on Windows. Experts advise checking router firewall settings and installing security updates rather than disabling IPv6, as turning it off could cause problems with some Windows components.