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Jacob Ward shows the show this week! Jensen Huang was first reported as a target in a Chinese spy plot and has since resigned from Nvidia following numerous reported extramarital affairs! Hands-on with Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro. And are wearable devices using your data to train AI models?

• Jacob talks about Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang admitting to an affair with Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive whose company bought nearly $5 billion in Nvidia chips and who was reportedly flagged in a US intelligence memo as a suspected Chinese asset.
• Nvidia also announced that Huang is stepping down, with CFO Colette Kress taking over as interim CEO, amid a missing succession plan, a Bernstein downgrade, and reports of a second affair. Jacob and Mikah discuss the board’s reported concern over Huang’s alleged dishonesty and the regulatory scrutiny awaiting his successor.
• ZDNet’s Kyle Kucharski joins the show to share his review of Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro, calling it still very much a MacBook, with a stunning OLED display, great battery life, and excellent speakers.
• And Mikah looks at a year-long Science investigation of 57 consumer EEG companies that found several are training AI “brain foundation models” on customers’ brainwave data, often without clear disclosure.

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Links

• Nvidia Chief Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot - The New York Times
• Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship With Nvidia Executive Who Reports to Him - The New York Times
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns: Live updates - CNBC
• Wearable device makers are harvesting brain data to train AI without telling users - Science
• Touchscreen MacBook Pro hands-on: A stunning OLED, even if you never touch it - ZDNET