While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 13, 2026

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While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 13, 2026. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Jensen Huang, who co-founded Nvidia and is its fourth-largest investor, has resigned as CEO and will exit the board as well.

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang is stepping down, leaving the AI industry without its biggest champion and clouding the future of the chipmaker he built into an artificial intelligence powerhouse.

Chief financial officer Colette Kress will take over as interim CEO as Nvidia looks for a permanent successor, the company said on Nov 12.

It named former Synopsys CEO and board member Harvey Jones as its first-ever board chairman.

Huang, who co-founded Nvidia and is its fourth-largest investor with a stake of about 3.61%, will exit the board as well.

President Donald Trump said on Nov 12 that the US does not need a deal with Iran and directed Vice-President J.D. Vance, who has played a role in efforts to resolve the war, to focus “his complete and total attention” on alleged crime and corruption in Democratic-run cities and states.

Trump’s directive came a day after the Wall Street Journal reported that Vance was considering face-to-face peace talks with a hard-line Iranian security official and a week after the vice-president blamed the costly war with Iran for Republicans’ midterm elections drubbing.

Trump’s comments marked a shift in tone after he had suggested in recent weeks that Iran would be more willing to strike a deal in the eight-month conflict after the US elections.

Pete Hegseth on Nov 12 awarded a medal to a US soldier who reprimanded the defence chief and his entourage for laughing and talking near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier the day before.

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