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Eatery where Nvidia CEO dated spy launches dedicate set meal

Any publicity is good publicity. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s extramarital affair with a Chinese spy has put the tech tycoon’s love life in the global spotlight. But sharing the spotlight is the restaurant where he was pictured having a meal with his mistress. Located by the riverside in Shanghai, the Chinese-style establishment has apparently launched a set meal featuring the same dishes that Huang and his side piece enjoyed during their furtive rendezvous. An employee at the restaurant posted the now infamous photo on social media, welcoming everyone to the restaurant to recreate the scene. Lets’ hear what people think.

Member of public
Would feel hurt
If it were me, I would feel hurt.

Member of public
Disagrees with approach
They just want to ride the trend. But everyone has different opinions and values. I think Taiwanese people wouldn’t find this agreeable. It’s a matter of education.

Member of public
Finds it inappropriate
I think it’s a bit inappropriate. They’re kind of using Jensen Huang, and the optics aren’t good. It’s just a gimmick, but I don’t think they should be making such a huge deal out of this.

Some netizens took the post with humor. Some called the table, the “cheater special.” Others joked that reservations must be off the charts now. While others suggested that the restaurant should cash in on opportunities in the extramarital affair market. But not everyone found it funny, with some saying that it was shameless that the restaurant would try to use the incident to gain notoriety. Whatever it may be, Huang’s love affair has unexpectedly catapulted the Shanghai restaurant onto the global stage.

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#shanghai #food #jensenhuang #cheater #funny

2026-11-10

Nvidia CEO admits to cheating on wife with suspected China spy

For years, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang cultivated the image of the ultimate family man, taking his wife Lori everywhere he went and proudly telling the story of their teenage romance. But now, that picture-perfect love story is facing a spectacular crash landing. Huang’s admission that he had an affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy have sent shockwaves through Taiwan and the US. And it isn’t just a marriage scandal. With billions in chip deals and national security concerns investors are wondering whether Jensen’s love life could become everyone’s business.

No matter where in the world, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was inseparable from his wife Lori Huang. But the image of a couple deep in love came crashing down, after it came to light that Jensen was having an affair, with a suspected spy from China, Alice Huang.

The Financial Times reports that American intelligence agents first photographed Jensen and his mistress Alice back in June 2024 drinking whisky together at a bar in Taipei. The most explosive detail surrounding that is that after their whisky date, Singapore-based Megaspeed, where Alice is a senior executive, bought more than US$4.8 billion worth of advanced chips from Nvidia.

Hadas Gold
CNN reporter
And they were seen together at dinners, they were seen together travelling together in cars. But US officials have increasingly become… believe that Alice Huang is a Chinese intelligence asset.

Member of public
Shocked by affair
He’s my sugar daddy. I must say I’m quite shocked. Like, how could something like this happen? But I think his personal life won’t really impact his image as a business tycoon. His private life is his own business.

Member of public
Shocked by affair
I’m shocked. I didn’t think someone like him would do such a thing. She must have been gunning for it.

- Men are always… like this… hahaha.

Seeing their idol cheat on his wife has led many of Huang’s fans to stop believing in love. Others were simply stunned at the CCP’s audacity. One political commentator Grace Woo wrote on social media, “With Nvidia stocks set to fall by almost 3%, and send ripples along Asian suppliers, I never thought my daily bread would crumble due to your love affair.” Many agreed with the sentiment, observing bitterly that they were paying the consequences for someone else’s adultery.

But Huang’s infidelity is nothing new. Last year, the New York Times reported that Nvidia’s board had launched an investigation into allegations that Huang was having an extramarital affair. But many people came to his defense, after all, who could suspect a man who travels with his family to be having a secret relationship with a peer in his industry? It turns out, even supernatural forces knew about Huang’s unfaithfulness.

Proco Huang
Fortune teller
- How is he emotionally?
- Daddy Jensen Huang is feeling like a lovebird.
- Like a lovebird?

- I was 17, she was 19.
- They were young!
- But at that time, I didn’t dare tell her I was just 17. We were lab partners, and I tried to impress her. Of course, not with my looks. My strong capability to complete homework.

Jensen has long claimed to be a romantic who fell head over heels for his wife when he was just a teen and who ended up marrying his first love. But it seems he was looking for a second love too, and with a Chinese spy at that. The US Congress has reportedly asked Huang to attend a closed-door hearing later this month. Meanwhile Nvidia has announced an independent investigation, while backing him to remain CEO so that Jensen’s love betrayal won’t be seen as a betrayal for the US as well.

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#affair #jensenhuang #nvidia #infidelity #cheater

2026-11-09

Central Bank highlights Hla’alua people in latest Indigenous coin set

The Central Bank recently unveiled the 15th edition of its Taiwan Aboriginal Culture Series, this time highlighting the Hla’alua people. The coins feature traditional attire, cross-stitch patterns, and a sacred shell to showcase the Hla’alua culture. Each set also includes a NT$20 circulating coin. Only 13,000 sets are to be released, going on sale on Nov. 12.

The design on this commemorative coin includes colorful traditional attire and cross-stitch patterns.

On the reverse side is a sacred shell representing ancestral spirits and the protective power of the family. The set also includes a NT$20 circulating coin. This is the 15th edition of the Central Bank’s Taiwan Aboriginal Culture Series, dedicated to the Hla’alua people.

Teng Yen-ta
Central Bank Department of Issuance director
A total of 13,000 sets will be offered at different branches of the Bank of Taiwan. Each person will be limited to two sets. Each one is priced at NT$350.

Since 1998, the Central Bank has issued 14 of these Aboriginal Culture Series coin sets. The 15th edition this year is to go on sale on Nov. 12. This round centers the Hla’alua people, known for their unique sacred shell festival. The tribe of about 500, primarily from Kaohsiung’s Taoyuan District, was officially recognized as Taiwan’s 15th Indigenous group in 2014. The Central Bank visited the tribe in person for input.

Teng Yen-ta
Central Bank Department of Issuance director
In 2012, we issued a National Parks of Taiwan coin set that continued through 2021. This year, we’re resuming the aboriginal series with this new Hla’alua coin set to honor Indigenous cultures. Much like our zodiac series, we’re not doing this for a profit. The price is very close to its cost.

The Central Bank said it plans to issue coin sets for the official 16th and 17th tribes in the future, hoping to commemorate these unique cultures for future generations.

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#CentralBank #coinset #indigenous #Hla’alua #commemorativecoin

2026-11-06

Taiwan shares plummet by 4.51% to end day below 40,000-point mark

Taiwan shares saw their biggest ever intraday drop on Friday. The Taiex plummeted by a whopping 3,737 points during the trading session, pushing the index below the 12-month moving average. Even bellwether stocks such as TSMC hit limit-down. Though bargain hunters stepped in and eased the selling pressure, the market still closed with losses across the board. Taiwan shares ended the day down 1,873 points or 4.51%, falling below the 40,000-point mark. TSMC shares also closed down, at N$2,135, or 4.69%. Taiwan shares have been on a downward slope for six days now, accumulating almost 5,500 points in losses. The president and the premier weighed in on the matter. Let’s hear from them.

Lai Ching-te
President
The mid-term elections in the US have just wrapped up, and that has created a new political landscape. A reaction from financial markets is to be expected. The world is entering the era of AI. That’s something that won’t change, which means that Taiwan’s tech industry will continue to develop. That’s what we can expect. I urge everyone to not panic because of these changes in the market.

Cho Jung-tai
Premier
This morning I instructed the Financial Supervisory Commission to monitor developments in international and domestic markets.

Only last month, Taiwan shares hit a record high of 49,968 points on Oct. 6. Since then, the market has plunged 20.55%. With investor confidence shaken, the government’s NT$500 billion National Stabilization Fund is now on standby, should it need to shore up the market next week. If so, it will mark the fund’s 10th intervention since its establishment in 2000. Except for its first intervention, which ended in losses, the fund has recorded gains and exited the market profitably eight times.

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#taiwanshares #stock #losses #financialmarket #taiex

2026-11-06

NT$40 million disappear from 419 Bank SinoPac accounts

A Yunlin resident made a shocking post on social media on Tuesday, saying that NT$100,000 had mysteriously disappeared from his bank account. The account was with Bank SinoPac, and the money was gone after an unauthorized transfer. It turns out, it was not an isolated incident. The Financial Supervisory Commission has since confirmed that 419 customers of the bank had been affected, with more than NT$40 million stolen in total. Let’s hear from the bank’s chairman.

Philip Tsao
Bank SinoPac Chairman
We find this incident extremely regrettable, and we are sorry it happened. On behalf of the bank, I would like to apologize if our customers and other people felt upset or uneasy. We are proactively investigating the matter and exploring improvements.

The money had been transferred to one account at Taipei Fubon Bank. The receiving account has been temporarily frozen and the transferred amount was returned in full by the end of Tuesday afternoon. Bank SinoPac says that hackers had exploited security settings in one of its vendors’ systems to carry out the unauthorized transfers. The bank immediately notified the relevant regulatory authorities and police. It also brought in an independent cybersecurity team to quickly identify the vulnerability, isolate potential threats, and verify that its online banking services and other systems remained secure and operational.

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#bank #transfer #hack #cybersecurity #money

2026-11-04

NET 86% cotton polo shirt turns out to be 0% cotton and 97.6% polyester

With a growing number of people looking for natural fibers in their clothing, more and more shoppers are checking the labels when buying garments. But what if the labels are not true? Taiwanese clothing brand NET recently came to the center of a controversy, after a customer discovered that the fiber content of a polo shirt wasn’t quite as advertised. The label said 86% cotton, but a lab test later found that there was, in fact, no cotton at all in the garment. Let’s hear more.

Chen Yen-lin
FTV reporter
A shopper felt that the 86% cotton polo shirt they bought felt odd to the touch and tried to get a refund. The store told him to rest assured that the fiber content of the garment was correct. But the shopper took it for a lab test that found it was more than 90% polyester.

Mr. Chao
Bought polo shirt
The shop told me they would take it to get tested. Then when it came back, they told me it was all correct. I was very surprised, so I got the polo shirt back and I took it to get tested myself. The results then found it had no cotton at all.

Member of public
Cares about fiber content
If what I wanted to buy was a cotton garment, and what they gave me didn’t contain any cotton, I wouldn’t want to buy it.

Member of public
Weighing in on incident
Some people really care about the fiber content. Others think that as long as it’s cheap, it’s alright.

Voice of Lin Chuan-chien
Taipei Consumer Protection Official
Businesses must provide consumers with sufficient and accurate information about the goods or services they offer. They must not engage in misleading, concealing, or deceptive practices. Any violation may render the business liable for breach of contractual obligations.

NET has since issued an apology, admitting to oversights in its internal procedures for product labeling, quality checks, and customer service. Effective immediately, the retailer is offering unconditional returns for the disputed garment, hoping to ease consumer backlash and restore its brand reputation.

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#net #poloshirt #naturalfibers #fibercontent #cotton

2026-11-03

DPP lawmakers propose bill to deter illegal high tech exports

A smuggling scandal rocked Taiwan earlier this year, after it came to light that Supermicro servers equipped with advanced Nvidia chips were sold illegally to China. The incident came as Taiwan looked to strengthen cooperation with the US on export controls. DPP lawmakers are now proposing amendments to the Trade Act. The goal is to deter further incidents with tougher penalties and an explicit export ban on designated semiconductors, critical materials and components to China. A public hearing on the proposal was held on Monday, with the attendance of several experts. Let’s hear more.

Chung Chia-pin
Legislator (DPP)
Controls on strategic high-tech goods need to be adjusted to respond to the evolving situation.

Wang Kuo-chen
Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
Changes in semiconductor security and resilience are increasingly fast. We need regulations that can respond more quickly to developments, while emphasizing cooperation between Taiwan and the US. This cooperation could eventually expand to Southeast Asia, as well as Japan and South Korea.

Lin Hsiu-min
International investment consultant
Our export control regulations are actually far behind international standards, particularly those of the US. In the US, violating export controls is punishable with up to 20 years in prison, whereas in Taiwan, the maximum is just five years.

Lin Chin-fu
NTHU Institute of Law for Science and Technology
If fines cannot be adjusted based on the value of the goods involved, the deterrent effect may be limited. The current legislation also fails to incorporate the concept of technology itself, with regulations still largely focused on controlling physical goods.

Exporting or importing strategic high-tech goods to or from restricted destinations can carry prison sentences of up to 5 years and fines of up to NT$3 million. The proposed amendments would increase the maximum sentence to 10 years, with fines ranging from NT$5 million to NT$10 million. Lawmakers and experts hope the revisions will help safeguard Taiwan’s technological advantage while also addressing US efforts to curb China’s access to advanced technology.

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#taiwan #china #exports #us #hightech

2026-11-02

NVIDIA containerized data center becomes Hon Hai Tech Day highlight

Hon Hai celebrated its 7th annual Hon Hai Tech Day on Friday. Nangang Exhibition Center became a showcase for the company’s manufacturing capabilities, with a containerized AI data center unveiled by NVIDIA taking the center stage. Chairman Young Liu said the company was the world’s most vertically integrated systems integrator. It added that with a global workforce of 1 million employees, including 120,000 engineers, Hon Hai has a powerful edge in collaborating with clients on product design and development. Let’s hear more.

Young Liu
Hon Hai Chairman
When our clients launch complex and cutting-edge products, they ask us, Hon Hai, to participate throughout the entire process: from product design and mold development to mass production. That’s all thanks to our precision manufacturing and vertical integration capabilities.

Yang Ssu-min
FTV reporter
Hon Hai has placed its DSX POD, developed in collaboration with NVIDIA, right at the center of the floor, underscoring the growing importance of AI. It’s also dedicated an exhibit to its partnerships with major clients and their key products.

Hon Hai also unveiled three new electric vehicle models. They include the MPV Model A+, designed to handle challenging terrain such as gravel roads and snow. There was also a commercial vehicle for cargo transport, and the Model K series, an outdoor-inspired crossover SUV. From electric vehicles to AI servers, the lineup highlighted Hon Hai’s ambitions to expand across multiple sectors while flexing its manufacturing muscle.

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#honhai #foxconn #tech #manufacturing #ai

2026-10-30

Taiwan shares shed 1,642 points to dip below 6-month average

Taiwan shares ended October with a leap into the void, with losses across the board. The market opened to major losses, and at one point shed 1,642 points during the trading session, falling below the 6-month moving average. Bargain hunters stepped in to break the fall, but the index still closed down at 45,211 points. Institutional investors sold a net NT$139.8 billion in shares and foreign investors alone dumping NT$112.4 billion. That’s the 7th-largest net sell-off for the Taiex. Let’s hear from an analyst.

Wayne Chen
Analyst
In the US, Google and Marvell did a nosedive and Intel plunged more than 23% in after-hours trading. These losses also contributed to today’s downturn in Taiwan. But this doesn’t necessarily signal a full-fledged bearish reversal. Instead, the market seems to be shifting from a one-way bullish rally into a period of range-bound trading. Today marks the first time in a year that the index falls below the six-month moving average. In previous instances this has been followed by a relatively high probability of a rebound, with stocks potentially making up some of their lost ground afterward.

With the elections drawing closer in Taiwan and the US, market trends show a relatively high chance of a rebound in November. Experts recommend focusing on fundamentals and positive industry outlooks to build a portfolio gradually, as well as setting strict loss-limits. For now, the best approach is to wait for volatility to settle before making a move.

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#trends #stocks #shares #taiex #taiwanshares

2026-10-30

Tech company launches 1.2kg, water-resistant AI laptop

As computers continue to get upgrades, a major tech company launched a high-spec business laptop that is water resistant and ultra-lightweight at just 1.2 kilograms. But with the rising costs of advanced chip manufacturing, cooling modules, and other hardware components, the laptop costs a whopping NT$40,000. Tech experts say prices will stay high next year.

Oh no, a traveler spilled water on their laptop! That can be disastrous for people trying to stay connected and productive. Thankfully, this new hardware is water-resistant.

This laptop is only 1 centimeter thick and weighs just 1.2 kilograms, but it can withstand pressure of up to 50 kilograms. It was designed specifically for business travelers.

Tasha Chuang
Intel Taiwan general manager
It combines cloud computing and AI, allowing users to switch seamlessly between cloud-based and on-device functions for business use.

This new business laptop is equipped with Intel’s latest 18A process node, with AI features that can summarize meetings and locate files with a single click. But this new, upgraded laptop comes with a hefty price tag.

Jose Liao
Laptop brand general manager
The rising costs of hardware drove up prices in the first half of this year, but overall demand still grew by nearly 20%. There will probably be some more modest price increases of around 10 percent next year. But demand outweighs the impact of these price increases, so I think demand should still be pretty strong next year.

As chips become more advanced, research, development, and manufacturing costs remain high. Meanwhile, AI data centers are taking up large amounts of memory, CPU, and GPU supplies. This leaves fewer components available for consumer electronics and lower-end products, putting the laptop market under pressure from both rising prices and supply shortages.

Mr. Yi (OneGeek)
Tech Expert
For consumer laptops, prices are expected to rise by around 10 to 20% next year, which is quite steep compared with previous years. Next year will be a period of consolidation for AI development, so demand for AI-related components such as DRAM will not be as extreme as it has been this year.

Prices of premium and AI-powered laptops are expected to remain high next year, putting consumers’ budgets to the test.

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#laptop #AI #waterresistant #business #ASUS #Intel #new #tech #expensive #inflation

2026-10-29