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Nvidia board reportedly meeting to decide CEO Jensen Huang’s future as chip giant’s share price plunges – follow live

Huang’s potential departure would leave a leadership vacuum at the roughly $4tn chipmaker he co-founded, with Nvidia’s shares sliding about 8% in ​after-hours trading

Nvidia’s shares plunged in ⁠after-hours trading on news that its board may oust longtime CEO Jensen Huang, with the chipmaker losing about $600bn ‌in stock market value this week since the board announced its investigation into his relationship with a Chinese businesswoman.

Shares in Nvidia slid more than 8% after close of trade.

At the end of the day, let’s not forget ‌that the Nvidia chip is the centrepiece of the AI story.“

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Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy sees ‘window of opportunity’ for peace as US envoys to meet Putin

Ukrainian president says he hopes Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner get ‘specifics’ from Moscow meeting after trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi. What we know on day 1,723

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there could be a chance to reach a breakthrough this year in negotiations to end the war, as he arrived in Ireland ahead of talks with US envoys on Thursday. “Today there really is this opportunity, this window of opportunity, when all those participants who are now engaged in the negotiation process, genuinely want to achieve a result before 2027,” the Ukrainian president said. He is to meet the US presidential envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, after they return from a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow. “What’s important is that the Americans flew to Putin with specifics,” Zelenskyy said. “I would very much like them to return to Dublin with specifics.”

The comments came after Russia and Ukraine agreed to the “largest prisoner exchange” of the war at their first US-brokered talks since February – but made little progress towards a broader peace agreement, reports Pjotr Sauer. Both sides sent senior delegations to the two-day talks in Abu Dhabi, led by Kushner and Witkoff. A senior member of Ukraine’s delegation said the Russian team had arrived with “very strict directives” but there had been “big progress” on postwar security guarantees for Ukraine and “I think we have good momentum to bring about a solution before the new year”. Kushner said there was no trust between ⁠the two sides but described the talks as “a good ​first step”.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine hoped for concrete results on resolving the war this year but that much depended ⁠on how ​the US approached Moscow. Speaking alongside Irish prime minister Micheál Martin on Wednesday, he said: “We are living through these massive attacks. Of course, we want to get results by ⁠the end of this year, and of course we will be doing everything ​to make that happen. A lot will ‌depend today on the format of the dialogue of the American and Russian ‌sides tomorrow.”

The head of Nato said the Abu Dhabi talks had shown that the US, Ukraine and Europe were “completely aligned and united”, stressing it was now up to Russia to show it would cooperate. “Clearly we have to see that the Russian side is willing to play ball,” Mark Rutte told reporters.

Explosions ⁠were ⁠reportedly heard in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, ⁠in ⁠the ​early ‌hours ‌of Thursday. In the southern Odesa region, three people died and 11 were injured after Russia launched a daytime attack on a market, local authorities said. Residential buildings were damaged, said Oleh Kiper, head of the regional military administration.

A drone attack ⁠caused a fire in the port area of Ust-Luga by the Baltic ⁠Sea in Russia’s ⁠north-west, injuring ​three workers, regional governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said on Wednesday. Ukraine later said ⁠it had launched the attack on the port, triggering a fire and damaging part ⁠of its network of fuel tanks. “According to preliminary ​information, as a result ‌of drone strikes ‌on the port’s oil infrastructure, the tank network suffered ‌the most damage,” Ukraine’s general staff said, adding that five tanks had sustained damage. A power station had also been cut off, Drozdenko said.

Ukraine says it has captured its first Indonesian prisoner of war, amid what it says is a spike in recruitment by Russia from the south-east Asian nation. Kate Lamb reports that the 49-year-old man from Java was taken to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region to take part in a Russian assault but managed to reach Ukrainian-held territory after the group came under drone attack, according to a Ukraine’s state-run I Want to Live project. He was then captured by Ukraine.

A Ukrainian drone strike killed an employee of the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia ⁠nuclear power plant in his home in south-eastern Ukraine, the 15th to be ⁠killed since April, according to the plant’s Russian management on Wednesday.

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Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship With Nvidia Executive Who Reports to Him

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is facing scrutiny over an affair with an alleged Chinese spy. Now, The New York Times reports that Mr. Huang also had an extramarital relationship with Kimberly Powell, the company's vice president of health care and a direct report, raising questions about conflicts of interest and compliance with the company's policies governing personal relationships. From the report: The relationship, which has not been previously reported, was with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia's vice president of health care, said the people, who spoke under the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive information. Under Nvidia's code of conduct, employees are told to "avoid situations where our actions create conflict" including "personal relationships," and the company states that it "promptly investigates reports of misconduct." Many corporations have policies against managers having relationships with subordinates.

Mr. Huang, 63, and Ms. Powell, 48, were captured on video being affectionate at a San Jose, Calif., hotel during a Nvidia conference in March, according to two of the people who worked at the company. The New York Times has not seen the video. Both Mr. Huang and Ms. Powell are married to other people. [...] One bystander captured the interaction on their phone, three people briefed on the incident said. Mr. Huang's security witnessed the bystander with their phone and sequestered them, the people said. They made the person an offer to sign a nondisclosure agreement. Further reading: Nvidia and Jensen Huang Face Shareholder Lawsuit Alleging Investors Were Misled About Spy Affair

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United Airlines Bans AI Agents From Booking Flights On Behalf of Travelers

United Airlines is banning unauthorized third-party AI agents from booking flights, checking in passengers or making account changes on travelers' behalf. CBS News reports: To make an airline booking, an AI agent requires access to a customer's personal information, including credentials like payment information. United has a problem with that, saying that "sharing account credentials with personal, third-party, AI assistants can expose sensitive information, and actions taken by these tools may result in unintended purchases, account changes, or use of MileagePlus miles."

The carrier also said that using an AI agent to, for example, check in for a flight could violate federal regulations, including rules requiring travelers to verify in person that their luggage does not contain banned substances. "As a result, United is taking steps to restrict access -- directly within our digital platforms and indirectly via travel agencies and aggregators -- to prohibit use by unauthorized, third-party personal AI agents or assistants," said the airline, which is updating its booking and ticketing policies to reflect the new rule. "United is saying they don't want to add yet another, and potentially even more powerful, intermediary than they already face in terms of Google search, price-comparison metasearch sites and online travel agencies," said Henry Harteveldt, an aviation analyst at Atmosphere Research Group. "Flight searches cost airlines money, and undoubtedly United wants to avoid the expense associated with the surge of AI bot flight searches."

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Oxfam: tot nu toe 87 privéjets geland bij klimaattop in Antalya

ANTALYA (ANP) - Bij de klimaattop in Antalya zijn sinds zaterdag 87 privévliegtuigen geland, meldt Oxfam Novib. Dat zijn er nu al meer dan tijdens de hele klimaattop in Brazilië vorig jaar.

De aangekomen privéjets zijn goed voor zo'n 777 ton aan CO2, aldus Oxfam. Dat is vergelijkbaar met een vlucht van drie keer de wereld rond.

Volgens de hulporganisatie Oxfam Novib zijn privévliegtuigen zeer schadelijk voor het klimaat en neemt het gebruik van dat soort toestellen de afgelopen jaren alleen maar toe. Zo'n 250.000 mensen zouden vliegen met dat soort eigen vliegtuigen, oftewel 0,003 procent van de wereldbevolking.

"Het belasten van privéjets kan jaarlijks circa 45 miljard dollar opleveren, bijna twaalf keer zoveel als rijke landen in 2025 aan VN-klimaatfondsen hebben bijgedragen", aldus Hilde Stroot, klimaatexpert van Oxfam Novib. "Het is wat Oxfam betreft de hoogste tijd om het 'de vervuiler betaalt'-principe daadwerkelijk ten uitvoer te brengen, en de grootste en rijkste vervuilers hun eerlijke aandeel te laten betalen voor hun bijdrage aan de klimaatcrisis."

Oxfam wijst erop dat de gevolgen van klimaatverandering vooral in armere landen worden gevoeld, waar de inwoners juist minder bijdragen aan de uitstoot van broeikasgassen. Volgens de organisatie stoot een persoon uit de rijkste 1 procent van de wereldbevolking 34 keer meer uit dan een gemiddeld persoon.


Democraat Scott Colom in VS wint senaatszetel in Mississippi

JACKSON (ANP/AFP/RTR) - De Democraat Scott Colom heeft in de Amerikaanse staat Mississippi met een nipte meerderheid een senaatszetel binnengesleept bij de midtermverkiezingen, aldus Amerikaanse media, waaronder CNN en NBC. Daarmee is hij de eerste Afro-Amerikaan in Mississippi sinds meer dan 140 jaar die een plek in de Senaat verovert.

Colom (43) won van de zittende Republikeinse senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. Hij heeft volgens de laatste tellingen een voorsprong van 4500 stemmen.

Met de overwinning in Mississippi behalen de Democraten 55 zetels en de Republikeinen 44. Een zetel is nog onbeslist, die van Alaska.

Hyde-Smith feliciteerde Colom op X: "Hoewel dit niet de uitslag is waarop we hadden gehoopt, respecteer ik de beslissing van de kiezers in Mississippi", zei ze.


Gebouw ingestort in New York, doden en gewonden

Zeker één persoon is om het leven gekomen toen een gebouw instortte in het New Yorkse stadsdeel Brooklyn, volgens de plaatselijke autoriteiten. Vier mensen werden in kritieke toestand naar het ziekenhuis gebracht en zes mensen hadden lichtere verwondingen.

De krant Daily Mail US meldde op X dat er zeker vier mensen onder het puin lagen. Volgens het plaatselijke medium PIX11 News werden er twee mensen vanonder het puin gered.

De oorzaak van het drama is nog onbekend. Volgens PIX11 werden naast het ingestorte gebouw sloopwerkzaamheden verricht en is het nog onduidelijk of die een rol hebben gespeeld.

In het gebouw woonden ook mensen. Het pand zou een "gebouw met gemengde functies" zijn geweest, aldus PIX11.


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PARASOMA is a research project we're developing at NastPlas on the body an organism would have if it were formed by two biological systems in a stable association. What interests us is the boundary between them: one region densifies because it has to bear tension, another stretches into a membrane, an interface thickens until it becomes a compartment. We start from documented phenomena (lichenization, extracellular matrix, endosymbiosis, differential growth, structural color) and turn them into organizational rules. What comes out of those rules is speculation, and we keep it carefully separate from what has been established. None of these forms exist, but each one should be explainable. There are 21 open series. Each starts from a hypothesis, carries its own risk and its own palette, and we discard a lot. As the research moved forward, the rules started to feel too limited for a still image. So we developed two applications that are part of the project.

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Black-fronted Dotterel
Scientific Name: Elseyornis melanops

Description:

The Black-fronted Dotterel is a small wader with a distinctive black face-mask and breast-band and prominent chestnut scapulars (shoulder feathers). In juveniles, the breast-band is initially absent but a brown band slowly appears as the bird develops. Legs are pink orange, and the bill is red with a black tip. The dark eye is ringed with red. In flight the wings look broad and the tail short, while the black and white contrast is striking. Flight is slow with almost hesitant wing beats. This species is also called the Black-fronted Plover.
Similar species:

The adult and immature Black-fronted Dotterel are unmistakable, though the juvenile could be confused with the juvenile and immature Red-capped Plover.
Where does it live?
Distribution:

The Black-fronted Dotterel is widespread throughout Australasia.
Habitat:

The Black-fronted Dotterel is found in the shallow margins of wetlands, lakes, rivers, sewage farms, storm drains and marshes. It is normally always near freshwater and is not often seen on the coast.
Seasonal movements:

Breeding resident.
What does it do?
Feeding:

The Black-fronted Dotterel eats small molluscs as well as aquatic and terrestrial insects. When it forages, it keeps its body horizontal while bobbing its head to look for food, often running then stopping suddenly to peck at food items.
Breeding:

The Black-fronted Dotterel lays its eggs in a shallow scrape, often on pebbly ground and quite close to water. It may have more then one brood per year. Both parents incubate the eggs and look after the young.
Calls: Sharp 'tip' call, singular or repeated three or four times.
Minimum Size:
16cm
Maximum Size:
18cm
Average size:
17cm
Average weight:
32g
Breeding season:
September to February
Clutch Size:
2 to 3 eggs
Incubation:
27 days
Nestling Period:
25 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)


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Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 12-11-2026 01:15 CET

In één oogopslag:
• 4.4°C · Gedeeltelijk bewolkt ☁️ | Min 4.2°C / Max 10.5°C | Kans op neerslag 4%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 4.2°C, Max 10.5°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1002.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.4 km/u (5.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 327°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 02:00: 4.3°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1002.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 1.8 km/u (0.5 m/s), richting: ↖ 151°
• 03:00: 4.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1002.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 1.8 km/u (0.5 m/s), richting: ↑ 178°
• 04:00: 4.5°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1001.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 4.3 km/u (1.2 m/s), richting: ↘ 320°
• 05:00: 4.5°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1001.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.5 km/u (1.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 241°
• 06:00: 5.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1001.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.0 km/u (2.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 230°
• 07:00: 6.6°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, 🧭 1001.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.1 km/u (1.7 m/s), richting: → 264°
• 08:00: 7.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1001.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.5 km/u (1.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 240°
• 09:00: 7.1°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1001.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 235°
• 10:00: 8.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 12%, 🧭 1001.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.8 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: → 261°
• 11:00: 9.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 15%, 🧭 1001.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.6 km/u (2.1 m/s), richting: ↘ 313°
• 12:00: 10.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 16%, 🧭 1001.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↓ 355°
• 13:00: 10.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 16%, 🧭 1001.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↓ 348°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• vrijdag 13 november: Min 8.0°C, Max 10.3°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1012.2 hPa ↗️ +10.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.4 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: ↘ 310°
• zaterdag 14 november: Min 2.9°C, Max 8.6°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.8 mm, 🧭 1016.6 hPa ↗️ +4.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ↑ 175°
• zondag 15 november: Min 2.9°C, Max 11.2°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 29%, 🧭 999.4 hPa ↘️ -17.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 25.3 km/u (7.0 m/s), richting: ↑ 183°
• maandag 16 november: Min 7.4°C, Max 10.9°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 52%, 🧭 992.7 hPa ↘️ -6.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 24.1 km/u (6.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 227°
• dinsdag 17 november: Min 4.9°C, Max 8.3°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 7.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 41%, 🧭 997.7 hPa ↗️ +5.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 22.3 km/u (6.2 m/s), richting: ↑ 195°
• woensdag 18 november: Min 6.9°C, Max 10.6°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 7.0 mm, Kans op neerslag 51%, 🧭 982.7 hPa ↘️ -15.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 24.9 km/u (6.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 235°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 4.4°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 2.1°C (-2.3°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 2.9 km/u (0.8 m/s), richting: ↙ 52°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 5.8 km/h (1.6 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 82%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1002.3 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 13.7 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 07:56 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 16:55

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 77 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 25.8 μg/m³
• PM10: 29.4 μg/m³

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