Nvidia turmoil continues as Jensen Huang resigns over affairs scandal and company appoints interim CEO – as it happened
Posted on Thursday November 12, 2026

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• Analysis: Jensen Huang built an AI kingdom. What now?

• Full report: Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO

Too big – and too well-connected – to sack?

Huang does not enjoy the supercharged voting rights that are par for the course elsewhere – his shareholding is a plain vanilla 3.6%. On the other hand, Nvidia’s board does not appear to have spent much time worrying about succession planning and “key person risk” or other standard concerns of corporate governance wonks outside the US.

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Poundland owner secures two extra weeks to ensure retail chain’s survival
Posted on Thursday November 12, 2026

US investment firm Gordon Brothers is ‘taking due care’ to consider if one of three bidders has enough funds

Poundland’s owner has said it is “taking due care” to consider if one of three bidders had enough funds to ensure its survival after the troubled budget retail chain secured two more weeks to find a deal.

The management of Poundland, which employs approximately 12,000 people and operates 600 stores in the UK and Ireland, won approval from the high court for an extension of legal protection from creditors on Thursday morning.

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UK car industry to press EU for two-year delay to Brexit EV tariffs
Posted on Thursday November 12, 2026

‘Rules of origin’ on vehicle batteries due to come into force on 1 January if deal on new delay is not reached

The UK car industry is preparing to push for a two-year delay to Brexit tariffs on electric cars traded with the EU, after an initial European proposal suggested a shorter delay.

Tariffs are due to kick in on 1 January for the majority of electric cars traded between the EU and UK unless the two sides can come to an agreement to delay for a second time the implementation of “rules of origin” on batteries.

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From washing dishes at Denny’s to rockstar of AI: the rise and fall of Nvidia’s Jensen Huang
Posted on Thursday November 12, 2026

Technical expertise and an ability to engage gave the chipmaker’s co-founder, who has now resigned, the edge with customers and investors

• Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO after alleged affairs

Jensen Huang wasn’t always in his trademark leather jacket. When the multibillionaire, now former Nvidia chief executive was a teenager in the US, his first job was waiting tables and washing dishes at a branch of Denny’s.

“It teaches you humility, it teaches you hard work, it teaches you hospitality,” he said in 2023 of his time at the diner chain.

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Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO after alleged affairs
Posted on Thursday November 12, 2026

Move follows admission of affair with woman alleged to be Chinese spy and reported relationships with two employees

• Nvidia crisis – live updates

• From washing dishes at Denny’s to rockstar of AI: the rise and fall of Jensen Huang

Jensen Huang has resigned as chief executive of Nvidia after reports of extramarital affairs with an alleged Chinese spy and two company employees.

He will be replaced on an interim basis by Nvidia’s chief financial officer, Colette Kress, until a full-time successor is named.

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NHS England deletes ‘misleading’ claim 137 trusts benefiting from Palantir AI tools
Posted on Thursday November 12, 2026

Exclusive: The Guardian revealed 29 hospital trusts were not or hardly using the controversial patient data tech

NHS England has deleted a claim from its website stating 137 hospital trusts are benefiting from Palantir’s AI health data system after the Guardian revealed 29 of them were not using all or most of the controversial technology.

Health bosses had published a list of all the NHS bodies “live” with and “realising benefits” from the AI-powered federated data platform (FDP), a system set up to improve patient outcomes, boost operating theatre efficiency and speed up bed discharges. But after 29 trusts said it was either not live or they were not using any of its applications, the original list of hospitals appears to have been taken down.

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Australia v England: first men’s cricket one-day international – live
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

• Updates from the ODI series opener at Perth Stadium

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All the talk of past deeds and perhaps even future global tournaments can be pushed aside as Xavier Bartlett stands at the top of his mark with Tom Banton on strike and Ben Duckett at the other end. Let’s play …

Thanks for Will to nudging attention closer to the action in Perth as the players line up for the Welcome to Country and the national anthems.

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Harry Kane spot on to seal England win over Croatia on his record-breaking night
Posted on Thursday November 12, 2026

It was an historic occasion for Harry Kane, the one when he made his 126th England appearance and overtook Peter Shilton as the nation’s most capped men’s player. And for much of the night, it felt as though the desire to celebrate him, certainly beforehand, was the main thing. The actual football in this Nations League group game felt like a sideshow.

England had demolished Croatia 7-0 in Rijeka last month; it was Croatia’s heaviest defeat. It was a different story here. England lacked cut and thrust. There was a flatness to the Wembley atmosphere. Croatia were never likely to be humbled again and they sensed redemption when Petar Sucic capitalised upon a defensive aberration from Jarell Quansah to equalise for 1-1 just before the hour.

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