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  "id": 20217702,
  "title": "Sources: Nvidia appealed to Taiwanese officials after its manager was charged over chip smuggling, and sought advice from TSMC, which declined to get involved (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/sources-nvidia-appealed-to-taiwanese-officials-after-its-manager-was",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-15T19:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
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    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-15/nvidia-sought-taipei-s-help-over-employee-s-chip-smuggling-case"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nvidia Corp. appealed to Taiwanese officials after prosecutors on the island accused an employee of assisting in the smuggling of AI chips into China, according to Bloomberg. During this process, Nvidia reportedly sought advice from TSMC, which declined to get involved.\n\nFrance 24 reports that Singapore-based company Megaspeed stated that Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang officially left the company in 2025. Huang, who was allegedly being investigated for chip smuggling late last year, is described by France 24 as the alleged Chinese spy who had an affair with Nvidia's former CEO Jensen Huang.\n\nThe South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT stated that Nvidia’s existing partnership commitments to Seoul remain intact despite the departure of Jensen Huang. However, the South China Morning Post notes that uncertainties persist because remarks from Elon Musk and others suggest much of the cooperation may have been based on Huang's personal verbal commitments.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Bessent upset Lutnick didn't ban Nvidia chip exports to China-linked firm",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/bessent-upset-lutnick-didnt-ban-nvidia-chip-exports-to-china-linked",
        "published": "2026-11-14T01:46:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Trump bought Nvidia shares, then cleared path for chip sales to China: Report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/trump-bought-nvidia-shares-then-cleared-path-for-chip-sales-to-china",
        "published": "2026-11-14T16:23:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "South Korea calms fears over 260,000 Nvidia chip order after Jensen Huang’s exit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/south-korea-calms-fears-over-260-000-nvidia-chip-order-after-jensen",
        "published": "2026-11-15T07:13:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Crawford says it's 'premature' to place blame on Lutnick for Nvidia chip sales",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/crawford-says-its-premature-to-place-blame-on-lutnick-for-nvidia-chip",
        "published": "2026-11-15T19:06:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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