The spy who DM’d me
The FBI is investigating Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy. / NBC News
President Trump defends Huang amidst news that last year, the Commerce Department was deep into an investigation of Megaspeed, the alleged spy’s employer, when it was suddenly suspended. / Axios, The Wall Street Journal [$], The New York Times [$]
China’s export dominance now includes chemicals, machine tools, and everything AI-related except the chips. / Reuters
“I would be very surprised if there is a prenup. I would be somewhat surprised if there was a postnup.” Does the future of AI hinge on Jensen Huang’s sex life? / The Verge [$]
Unrelated: A former NBA player thanks his FBI investigators for helping to end his gambling addiction. / The New Yorker
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Less than a week after a bank collapse led to panic and anger, Paraguay’s president has been impeached, ousted, and is facing prosecution. / NPR
Researchers have documented at least 25 “Gen Z” protest movements around the world. / The Guardian
Regarding the midterms results, New England will have no Republican senators for the first time since the Civil War. / CT Insider
Texas populism is said to be a form of “Christian community socialism” that eludes easy comprehension outside the state. / The Nation
Spencer Ackerman: Should Hegseth’s impeachment succeed, it'll be far from sufficient. / Forever Wars
This spring, the median amount of time hospital patients spent in an ER waiting for a bed rose to five hours, up 25% from the year prior. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
David Wallace-Wells: Teen suicides remain more common than they were in the early 2000s, but they’re less common than they were in the late 1980s and early ’90s. / The New York Times [$]
Carsten Höller installs the largest-ever of his “architectural slides” in Mexico City. / Dezeen
An essay on why London—like New York City—remains its country’s cultural center but doesn’t feel like it. / Patterns in Repeat
A new pair of odd-looking tech glasses can turn silent speech into text at 200 words per minute. / Kottke