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    Nvidia scandal sparks US national security furore and calls to take tough line on China

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    Former CEO Jensen Huang and US commerce secretary to appear before Congress amid bipartisan concern that America’s security was put at risk Nvidia scandal – latest updatesAnalysis: Jensen Huang built an AI kingdom. Now he’s gone, will Nvidia’s ramparts be breached?Nvidia’s ousted CEO Jensen Huang and Donald Trump’s commerce secretary are expected to testify before Congress in the coming weeks, as the fallout from Huang’s reported affair with an alleged Chinese spy reverberated across the US, sparking bipartisan concerns for national security and calls for a tougher stance against Beijing.Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Huang and Nvidia must answer as to whether America’s security had been jeopardised, adding that the Trump administration also must account for what it did once it learned about Huang’s reported relationship with Alice Huang, who is accused of spying for China. Continue reading… More

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      Was Elon Musk the US midterms’ biggest loser? – Stateside with Kai and Carter

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      The tech industry spent big on the midterms, but it turned out to be a poor investment. Elon Musk poured a staggering $446m dollars into Republican-aligned political action committees (Pacs) and groups since last year, but his efforts didn’t pay off. Democrats won every one of the five Senate races where Musk’s America Pac spent the most money backing Republican candidates. Carter Sherman and Kai Wright are joined by the Guardian’s US tech editor, Blake Montgomery, to ask what the ‘blue tsunami’ will mean for Musk and the wider tech industry. Will this spell the end of AI datacenters? And if so, what could this mean for the US economy? Continue reading… More

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      How you (yes you) can fight dark money in elections | Judd Legum

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      An easy way to unveil the corporate interests and tech billionaires behind the adsWelcome back to How We Win, a Guardian opinion series with leading thinkers, offering bold ideas for America’s political future. Last week, Katie Phang argued that the Epstein files are a midterms sledgehammer. Today’s edition was written by Judd Legum, the founder and author of Popular Information. Sign up for future editions here.An unprecedented influx of cash from tech billionaires and corporate interests has been injected into the midterms to sway the election.We don’t have to accept the world as it is. There are several ways we can combat dark money, as the balance of power shifts in Washington. Continue reading… More