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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been called to a closed-door session with Congress following reports that he may be the target of a Chinese espionage operation. The alleged asset at the center of the concern is Alice Hu, an executive at a company called Megaspeed. With Nvidia sitting at the heart of the global chip race, the national security implications here are hard to overstate.
Shifting gears, Samsung has rolled out its One UI nine update, and it brings a meaningful set of changes to the table. Camera improvements, refined gesture controls, and tightened privacy settings are among the highlights. It is the kind of update that does not reinvent the phone but quietly makes the experience of using one noticeably better.
And with November now underway, the Black Friday shopping season is officially in motion, which also means the season of inflated discounts and outright scams has arrived alongside it. Retailers have a long history of marking prices up before marking them back down, so doing a bit of price history homework before you buy could save you real money this year.
That is your briefing for today. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
