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Pioneer News Service

Jensen Huang quits as Nvidia CEO

Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang has stepped down as president, chief executive and board member of the chipmaker with immediate effect, the company said on Thursday, naming chief financial officer Colette Kress as interim CEO while it searches for a permanent successor. Kress, who is executive vice president and CFO, will keep her finance role until a permanent CEO is named. The board will consider both internal and external candidates, the company said in a statement.

The company also named Harvey C Jones, former CEO and executive chairman of Synopsys, as the first-ever chair of its board. welfare measures for gig workers. He agreed to attend on the 14th. There will be a rally. It will be a non-political gig workers rally. Gandhi said only gig workers should be present in the meeting,” he told reporters here. The rally would take place from Silpakala Vedika Auditorium to the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) here.

5 Shot in Washington DC, One Killed

Five people were shot Thursday in a trendy Washington, DC, neighbourhood within walking distance of the White House, police said, and the suspected gunman shot himself as a swarm of officers responded to a nearby apartment building. One victim died in the shooting, said Jeffrey Carroll, interim chief with the Metropolitan Police Department. Carroll said the suspect shot himself while barricaded inside an apartment. He added that the man apparently had a dispute with the building’s homeowners association.  Law enforcement SWAT teams and other officers had their guns drawn on the roof of an apartment building or on the ground below and schools were on lockdown.