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The biggest name in semiconductors is facing a crisis at the top. Nvidia's board is reportedly preparing to remove founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who has led the company for thirty-three years. The move follows accusations that Huang had an affair with a woman alleged to be a Chinese intelligence asset, and now a second affair with an Nvidia executive has surfaced. Nvidia's stock dropped sharply on the news.
Turning to a different kind of hardware story, Home Assistant has unveiled a new device it's calling a smart home multi-tool, the Connect AUX two. The Verge got hands-on time with it ahead of launch, and the early read is that it's designed to bridge the growing number of competing wireless standards that have left many smart home setups feeling fragmented. It's the kind of unglamorous but genuinely useful product that the home automation space has needed for a while.
And in a quieter corner of tech built for a very specific problem, a developer has launched IFR Meter, a web tool aimed at instrument-rated pilots trying to gauge whether they should expect departure delays. It's a narrow audience, but a real one, and it's a reminder that some of the most practical software gets built when someone just solves their own problem.
Keep flying, keep building. Tech Beat out.
