As he lived in a tent and battled to provide for his family, Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire on Monday while running a live video feed at Gaza's Nasser Hospital, covered the suffering of civilians during the conflict. According to journalist colleagues, Masri, 49, was a seasoned cameraman who was well-liked by Gaza's close-knit community of reporters because of his upbeat demeanor in the most perilous circumstances. In the months before his death, he would say, "Tomorrow will be better," despite the fact that the Palestinian enclave was becoming increasingly desolate and hungry. That was the conclusion of his final discussion with Mohamed Salem, a senior Reuters visuals journalist who had collaborated with Masri in Rafah, in southern Gaza, last year and had known him since 2003. Salem, who left Gaza later in 2024 but stayed in daily contact with Masri until Monday morning, said he was a pleasure to work with because of his smiles and o...
The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday that two Chinese nationals were arrested in California and charged with illegally delivering Nvidia H100s and other AI chips worth tens of millions of dollars to China.
According to a criminal complaint, Chuan Geng, 28, of Pasadena, and Shiwei Yang, 28, of El Monte, exported cutting-edge Nvidia chips and other technology to China between October 2022 and July 2025 without securing the necessary licenses from the U.S. Commerce Department.
The complaint claims that Geng and Yang's El Monte-based business, ALX Solutions Inc., was established in 2022, just after the United States started requiring licenses for the chips and enacted broad export restrictions on technology to China.
An Nvidia representative declined to comment.
Shipping and freight forwarding firms in Singapore and Malaysia, which are frequently used as transshipment hubs for illicit goods to China, received more than 20 shipments from ALX Solutions.
In January 2024, ALX received a $1 million payment from a Chinese company. Other payments came from companies in China and Hong Kong, not the freight forwarding companies.
Large language models can be trained using Nvidia H100s, which are sophisticated chips that can also be used for other purposes like creating self-driving cars and medical diagnostic systems.
According to documents, ALX Solutions purchased more than 200 Nvidia H100 chips from Super Micro Computer, a server manufacturer based in San Jose, California, between at least August 2023 and July 2024. The company claimed that the end users were in Singapore and Japan.
A request for comment from Super Micro was not immediately answered.
The two are charged with unlawfully shipping Nvidia video graphics cards, known as PNY GE Force RTX 4090, which also need a license to be exported to China, along with Nvidia's H100s.
The Justice Department said Geng and Yang made an appearance in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles late Monday. On a $250,000 bond, Geng, a permanent resident, was freed. On August 12, Yang, who overstayed her visa, will have a detention hearing.
The two are charged with unlawfully shipping Nvidia video graphics cards, known as PNY GE Force RTX 4090, which also need a license to be exported to China, along with Nvidia's H100s.
The Justice Department said Geng and Yang made an appearance in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles late Monday. On a $250,000 bond, Geng, a permanent resident, was freed. On August 12, Yang, who overstayed her visa, will have a detention hearing.
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