A Chinese Spy Inside Nvidia?
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A Chinese Spy Inside Nvidia?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 29, 202622 min

I covered the NYT report that US officials think Megaspeed’s Alice Huang is a Chinese asset who cozied up to Jensen Huang, the leak of 41,000 DHS workers’ data, DoorDash’s $17B Instacart grab, and Alphabet’s ugly free cash flow. US officials believe Megaspeed executive Alice Huang is a Chinese asset who maintained a close relationship with Jensen Huang to pass intelligence to Beijing (The New York Times) Hackers leak the personal data of 41,000+ DHS employees and contractors, including CBP and ICE agents; DDoSecrets says the data came from DHS’ Okta login system (Wired) DoorDash agrees to acquire In...

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Welcome to The Tech Rewrite Home for Thursday, October 29, 2026. I'm Brian McCullough. Today, The New York Times reports

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that US officials think MegaSpeed's Alice Huang is a Chinese asset who cozied up to Jensen Huang. The leak of 41,000 DHS workers' data seems to be a problem. DoorDash's $17 billion Instacart acquisition and Alphabet's

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ugly free cash flow is the latest iteration of AI worries. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. Your pricing formula used to be pretty straightforward. More users equals more revenue.

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