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    Why the Nvidia CEO’s downfall is bad for Trump – podcast

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    Donald Trump is still defending men who are facing a lot of heat. Whether it’s Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, who could be ousted after admitting an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, or his embattled secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth. He has also (jokingly) begged strongmen to take his job offers.Jonathan Freedland speaks to Susan Glasser of the New Yorker about why Trump’s judgment of high-profile men is … questionableListen out for and watch the new series of Comfort Eating with Siobhán McSweeney.Watch Jonathan Freedland on our new Politics Weekly YouTube channel.Send your questions and feedback to [email protected] Continue reading… More

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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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      Measles, mumps and misinformation: how Crunchy Moms became ‘the most dangerous’ group on Facebook

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      Exclusive: Meta says it removes content that could cause imminent physical harm – but nearly half a million members have joined a group that regularly promotes misinformationAs a measles outbreak spread through Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in August, a parent turned to a massive public Facebook group, Crunchy Moms, for advice. They were considering getting their three-year-old vaccinated, in part to protect their six-month-old.“I’m nervous for my baby,” the parent wrote. 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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      ‘Wellness is on the ballot’: why did so many pilates studios tell me to vote in the midterms?

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      Owners of pilates and yoga studios in the US got political and encouraged their followers to vote on social mediaSend us your questions about the midterm resultsTrack live results from all 50 statesYour local pilates instructors only want you to do two things: breathe through your side-planks and vote.In the days leading up to the US midterm elections, a wave of posts from fitness and wellness accounts blanketed Instagram, eschewing their typical messaging around the importance of strengthening your core in favor of the importance of exercising your civic duty. Owners of pilates and yoga studios and instructors across the US posted reels and pictures on platforms like Instagram encouraging their followers and clients to vote. Engagement varied depending on their following: posts reaped anywhere from 70 to more than 10,000 likes. Continue reading… More