Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns

Nvidia CEO and founder Jensen Huang resigned after reports that he had an affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese government spy; the company appointed CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO. Chip War author Chris Miller called the move a shock because Nvidia has never had another leader of Huang’s stature. He said Huang was also the public face of the AI boom, while Nvidia supplies the chips and software ecosystem used to train nearly every leading AI system. Nvidia’s stock fell, and uncertainty now surrounds the AI industry’s valuations, data-center expansion, and future leadership.

Miller said Nvidia’s chips have dual civilian and military uses, including AI systems for intelligence, data analysis, and battlefield targeting. The United States wants to keep its advantage and restrict China’s access to advanced chips, but Chinese companies such as DeepSeek and Alibaba have reportedly used smuggled Nvidia hardware. Congress may ask how much Nvidia knew and what it did to stop the smuggling. Huang’s close relationship with President Trump also raises questions about why the administration failed either to identify the alleged intelligence asset or to stop chip flows to China. Nvidia faces competition from AMD and in-house designs by Google, Amazon, OpenAI, and others.

A tanker hit by a U.S. missile last summer sent a distress call saying its engine was disabled and the vessel was sinking; all 24 Indian crew members were rescued. The Seafarers Charity’s Edward Clark said civilian sailors face missiles, drones, mines, death, and long-term mental-health damage. International Transport Workers Federation representative John Kenneyes described crews stranded five or six months, sometimes collecting air-conditioner drippings because they lacked drinking water; nearly 20 Iranian tankers were reportedly stuck off Sri Lanka amid sanctions and a blockade. Companies are offering two to five times normal pay, with some captains offered $100,000 monthly plus $50,000 bonuses.

At Tokyo Dome, the Fujitsu Frontiers played the Panasonic Impulse in Japan’s X-League championship, or Rice Bowl. The league permits each team four American players, including former Wake Forest linebacker Jabari Williams, who later intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown. Williams said he had found a peaceful, fulfilling life in Japan after failing to establish himself in the NFL. Yet attendance has declined from roughly 25,000 before COVID to under 20,000, because the league is not fully professional, lacks stable business plans, and receives little television coverage. Williams celebrated by saying he planned to get “drunk as hell.”

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nearly 30 years after his death. His son Seun Kuti said Fela influenced rock, hip-hop, Bob Marley, Talking Heads, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Timbaland, and many others, while Afrobeat helped shift African consciousness from shame and self-hatred toward pride and dignity. Seun rejected the idea that preserving the legacy is his singular responsibility, crediting millions of fans and his fellow musicians. As a father, he said, Fela gave him knowledge, musical skill, and a sense of protection, duty, and responsibility.

An Israeli missile struck Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, killing surgeon Dr. Rizk Abu Shaaira, two patients including a 13-year-old boy, and three others. Germany-based surgeon Stefan Verborg said the blast destroyed the surgical recovery ward and offices; Israel said it targeted a Hamas commander and militants allegedly using the hospital as a headquarters, weapons depot, and interrogation center. Dr. Feroz Sidwa, who worked with Abu Shaaira, remembered him as an exceptionally enthusiastic surgeon who found refuge in caring for patients despite displacement and deprivation. Sidwa said the operating rooms are now out of commission, leaving roughly two million people in Gaza without surgical access south of central Gaza.

Sidwa recalled operating with Abu Shaaira on a patient with a severe intestinal leak who died the next day because Nasser lacked a functioning ICU, appropriate antibiotics, medications, and critical-care staff. He said the same patient would likely have survived at a comparable hospital in Tigray, Ethiopia, or his small county hospital in California. Sidwa also described a mass-casualty morning when Nasser treated 221 trauma patients, including about 10 hemorrhage-control operations he personally performed; doctors in Gaza have faced such demands daily for years. He said 154 American health workers who signed an open letter reported never seeing anything resembling hospital militarization in Gaza.

The documentary Whistle follows competitors at the Masters of Musical Whistling World Championship, where contestants perform with a band, solo, and in classical interpretation. Tokyo’s Yuki Takeda, competing for nearly a decade without winning, jokes that repeated second- and third-place finishes both drive and frustrate him. Competitor Aina Theordia says whistlers often carry loneliness and that the championship community reassures them they are not alone. Molly Lewis tours with a one-woman show, while Theordia whistled for the Oscar-nominated film Robot Dreams. The contest organizer, former champion Carol Ann Kaufman, describes the community as her legacy.

National Geographic explorer Paul Salopek encountered Yotakano after the Japanese paddler completed the engine-free, unsupported Race to Alaska and was paddling back toward Canada. Yotakano covered 750 miles in 18 days, including one day of roughly 60 miles, after training for more than a year at 40 kilometers per day. The race crosses rough waters with riptides reportedly reaching 20 knots; more than 130 attacks on commercial ships were separately reported in the Strait of Hormuz, but the race itself bans engines and has no fixed course beyond two waypoints. Salopek called Yotakano a “paladin of the paddle,” contrasting his precision and endurance with Salopek’s slower walking journey.