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Nvidia opens investigation after report CEO Jensen Huang was target of foreign intelligence

CEO reportedly ‌had close relationship ‌with a Chinese businesswoman who passed information to ‌Beijing Nvidia said ⁠on Sunday it “is initiating an independent investigation in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort”. The New York Times reported in ​October that Donald Trump had been briefed last year on intelligence that Huang ‌had a close relationship ‌with a Chinese businesswoman who passed information to ‌Beijing. Continue reading...

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International

Pacific-USA to host 2030 Rugby League World Cup

Five cities across the Pacific and the United States will host the joint men's and women's 2030 Rugby League World Cup, organisers announced Monday, as the sport looks to tap into lucrative new markets.

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Politics

Teaching GCSE topics younger risks turning schools into ‘early exam factories’, Powell warns

Lucy Powell says proposals to end widespread practice will be included in overhaul of England’s national curriculum Pushing GCSE subjects on younger pupils risks turning England’s secondary schools into “early exam factories”, the education secretary has said, warning that it is increasing disengagement from education. Lucy Powell wants schools to end the widespread practice of teaching GCSE topics to pupils in year 9 or earlier, before they officially start in year 10, and says she plans to reduce the amount of GCSE content to make it easier to fit into the official timetable. Continue readin

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