For years, Jensen Huang was more than Nvidia’s CEO – he was a key figure driving the artificial intelligence boom, parlaying close ties with Asian chip foundries and aggressive financial backing into an unprecedented global buildout of data centres. Following his sudden resignation, the industry is confronting two immediate questions: without Huang’s personal relationships in Taiwan and South Korea, can Nvidia defend its priority access to scarce chipmaking and memory supply? And will it...

Jensen Huang resigned as chief executive officer of chipmaker Nvidia following an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, boosting the odds of tighter US export controls against China days before the countries’ leaders are due to meet. Huang left the company he founded in 1993 with immediate effect, according to a statement on Thursday. Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress will act as interim chief executive while the board looks for a permanent replacement to head the world’s second-biggest...

Jensen Huang resigned as chief executive officer of chipmaker Nvidia following an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, boosting the odds of tighter US export controls against China days before the countries’ leaders are due to meet. Huang left the company he founded in 1993 with immediate effect, according to a statement on Thursday. Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress will act as interim chief executive while the board looks for a permanent replacement to head the world’s second-biggest...

The two court-appointed administrators overseeing Nexperia said on Thursday they would sound out investors on a majority or minority stake in the Dutch chipmaker, a week after its Chinese owner Wingtech rejected their proposal to hand control of its operations outside China to foreign investors. “We have decided to assess market interest in possible long-term solutions for Nexperia,” Guido Dierick and Arnold Croiset van Uchelen said in a statement. “No decision has currently been taken to reduce...

Jensen Huang’s abrupt resignation stunned some Nvidia staff in China and raised questions about the future of the US chipmaker’s operations in a market its co-founder had spent years cultivating, according to company sources. “It’s the end of an era. I really don’t understand why Huang was asked to resign – no one benefits from him stepping down,” one Nvidia employee in China said, declining to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media. A second employee said colleagues looked...

Jensen Huang’s abrupt resignation stunned some Nvidia staff in China and raised questions about the future of the US chipmaker’s operations in a market its co-founder had spent years cultivating, according to company sources. “It’s the end of an era. I really don’t understand why Huang was asked to resign – no one benefits from him stepping down,” one Nvidia employee in China said, declining to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media. A second employee said colleagues looked...

China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is betting that a relentless data centre buildout will keep artificial intelligence computing power in short supply for the next two years. The bullish forecast comes as scrutiny over former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang threatens to intensify Washington’s curbs on Chinese access to advanced American processors – a shift that could accelerate China’s reliance on domestic foundries. “By the middle to the second half of 2028 …...

China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is betting that a relentless data centre buildout will keep artificial intelligence computing power in short supply for the next two years. The bullish forecast comes as scrutiny over former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang threatens to intensify Washington’s curbs on Chinese access to advanced American processors – a shift that could accelerate China’s reliance on domestic foundries. “By the middle to the second half of 2028 …...

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO amid affairs scandal Jensen Huang has resigned as president, chief executive officer and board member of the AI chip giant Nvidia with immediate effect, the firm announced on Thursday, amid media...

Colette Kress, the company’s chief financial officer, will take over as interim CEO.

China has approved US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly’s weight-loss pill orforglipron, making it the country’s first available oral GLP-1 treatment for obesity as global drug makers seek to tap the country’s massive weight-management market. China’s National Medical Products Administration announced the approval on Thursday, saying that the once-daily pill, marketed as Foundayo, could be used for chronic weight management by obese or overweight adults. GLP-1 receptor agonists are synthetic...

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MANILA, Philippines – What if you could receive a letter from Heaven? St. Peter wanted to answer this question when it began offering a digital, interactive, AI-assisted experience. St. Peter launched the “If Heaven Could Write” online campaign from October 27 to November 2 for the St. Peter’s DeathCare Week 2026. A digital remembrance Participants

Jensen Huang has resigned as president, chief executive officer and board member of the AI chip giant Nvidia with immediate effect, the firm announced on Thursday, amid media reports of his alleged extramarital affairs. The company’s executive vice-president and chief financial officer, Colette Kress, will take over as Nvidia’s interim CEO, according to the statement, while continuing in both her current roles. Nvidia shares plunged as much as 14 per cent as markets opened in the United States...

Jensen Huang has resigned as president, chief executive officer and board member of the AI chip giant Nvidia with immediate effect, the firm announced on Thursday, amid media reports of his alleged extramarital affairs. The company’s executive vice-president and chief financial officer, Colette Kress, will take over as Nvidia’s interim CEO, according to the statement, while continuing in both her current roles. Nvidia shares plunged as much as 14 per cent as markets opened in the United States...

Few tech leaders are as synonymous with their companies as Jensen Huang. The Nvidia co-founder has been credited with transforming the firm over three decades from a niche graphics-chip designer into a US$4 trillion powerhouse through a series of high-stakes bets. Now, allegations of extramarital affairs with two women – alongside an internal review and a potential congressional probe – have forced Nvidia’s board to confront a once-unimaginable question: who can replace Huang when there is no...

MANILA, Philippines – Days after its September 21, 2026 launch, the Philippine government’s AI assistant, Kuya A, incorrectly named US President Donald Trump as the Philippine president.  When challenged, it named former US President Joe Biden before giving the correct answer, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the following morning. Integrated into the eGovPH Super App, Kuya A

Nvidia’s board of directors is facing perhaps its biggest test yet as it weighs whether to oust chief executive Jensen Huang, the man credited with transforming the chipmaker into one of the world’s most valuable companies. The board was reportedly preparing to remove Huang after reports that he had an extramarital relationship with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice-president of healthcare, who reported to him, according to The New York Times and Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. The latest...

Nvidia’s board of directors is facing perhaps its biggest test yet as it weighs whether to oust chief executive Jensen Huang, the man credited with transforming the chipmaker into one of the world’s most valuable companies. The board was reportedly preparing to remove Huang after reports that he had an extramarital relationship with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice-president of healthcare, who reported to him, according to The New York Times and Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. The latest...

A former ByteDance artificial intelligence scientist’s new venture has released a life sciences AI model that the firm claims outperforms state-of-the-art systems, intensifying the increasingly crowded competition in AI-driven drug discovery. Geodesic Intelligence’s NovaAtom-Lite, an AI model designed to predict the structures and interactions of biomolecules, topped a third-party benchmark in several drug discovery tasks, founder Quanquan Gu said on social media on Wednesday. On the FoldBench...

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Nexperia’s Chinese unit says its domestic 12-inch wafer platform now covers all of its product categories, marking a key milestone in building an independent supply chain more than a year after its Dutch parent halted direct shipments of European wafers. Speaking at the 23rd China International Semiconductor Expo in Beijing on Thursday, Nexperia China CEO John Chang said the local division had partnered with domestic foundries while relying on its own facilities and local contractors to handle...

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Nvidia shares fell more than 8 per cent at one point in US after-hours trading on Wednesday as CEO Jensen Huang’s prospects of hanging onto his role became more clouded after media reports of a board meeting and another extramarital affair. The drop in the American AI chip giant’s share price erased a 2.9 per cent rebound in the regular trading session, after the stock lost over 9.5 per cent in trading on Monday and Tuesday. It came as speculation mounted over whether Huang would keep his job....

Nvidia shares fell more than 8 per cent at one point in US after-hours trading on Wednesday as CEO Jensen Huang’s prospects of hanging onto his role became more clouded after media reports of a board meeting and another extramarital affair. The drop in the American AI chip giant’s share price erased a 2.9 per cent rebound in the regular trading session, after the stock lost over 9.5 per cent in trading on Monday and Tuesday. It came as speculation mounted over whether Huang would keep his job....

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino team Poison Ivy Gizy captured the first-ever Call of Duty: Mobile (CODM) Garena Battle Royale Cup championship after dominating the two-day Grand Finals inside the Ayala Malls Manila Bay Activity Center on November 7–8, 2026. The grand finals format that upped the stakes higher The 10-team finals cast brought together seven

MANILA, Philippines — Microsoft and the Department of Education (DepEd) have partnered to train 2,000 public school teachers in artificial intelligence (AI) literacy through a professional development program launched on November 5 in Makati City. The Microsoft Elevate for Educators program aims to equip teachers with the skills to integrate AI into classroom instruction while

For some, getting a new iPhone means capturing life’s best moments. For others, it means finding smarter ways to work, stay connected, and make everyday life easier.      These reasons came together as Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) welcomed the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max with a nationwide midnight launch led by its flagship