vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoNvidia shares plunge as US tech giant investigates CEO Jensen Huang's affair with suspected Chinese spywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square202linkfedilinkarrow-up1886arrow-down117cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1869arrow-down1external-linkNvidia shares plunge as US tech giant investigates CEO Jensen Huang's affair with suspected Chinese spywww.bbc.comvegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square202linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squarejonzobot@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-212 hours agoIt’s not that they were doing it, although the affair angle with a spy will get press. It’s more that he was working with her to smuggle GPU units to China, in flagrant violation of export controls. Estimates are that 20% of corporate revenue was from smuggling. Bonus: With his influence in the Trump administration, Nvidia worked to quash investigations into doing exactly that. See more here: https://www.wheresyoured.at/jensens-bizarre-adventure/
It’s not that they were doing it, although the affair angle with a spy will get press.
It’s more that he was working with her to smuggle GPU units to China, in flagrant violation of export controls.
Estimates are that 20% of corporate revenue was from smuggling.
Bonus: With his influence in the Trump administration, Nvidia worked to quash investigations into doing exactly that.
See more here: https://www.wheresyoured.at/jensens-bizarre-adventure/