Christopher Mims 🤌

WSJ tech columnist and author of How to AI, the no-nonsense guide to what AI actually is and how to actually use it, for the rest of us

[Christopher Mims 🤌 @mims]

Practically no one read this when I published it a couple of months ago but I'm going to immodestly propose that everyone who wants to build a data center or whose livelihood depends on them getting built should read it now:

https://t.co/TnuVzhWKwa

[Christopher Mims 🤌 @mims]

One thing that may become clear in the coming months is that Nvidia is not as invincible as believed, and the new CEO is going to be left cleaning up a mess left by the previous one

[Anissa Gardizy @anissagardizy8]

Nvidia was under immense pressure—even before the spy scandal.

And Jensen Huang was taking it out his CFO.

[Christopher Mims 🤌 @mims]

@charlesarthur oh damn, I'm so glad you reminded me this existed ... next movie night with friends just got programmed

[Christopher Mims 🤌 @mims]

@chafkin coincidence with the blue wave means they're all thinking it's a conspiracy cooked up by Woke 2

[Paul Mozur 孟建國 @paulmozur]

This will get missed in the news of Jensen resigning, but it's super important.

Singapore says it was holding Alice Huang's passport thru Feb 2026, but got little help from the U.S. in its investigation. Trump was briefed on Alice in fall 2025.

That means the U.S. did nothing for months as Singapore held a Chinese spy who the U.S. knew was in a relationship with the most important person in A.I. Hard to understand. https://t.co/O8Yh5PLVVB

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

After Christopher @Mims drove the affordable Chevy Bolt into the Deep South, readers shared their own observations about EV benefits—and liabilities.

[Gotham Whale @gothamwhale]

HUMPBACK WHALE IN THE HUDSON RIVER RIGHT NOW!

Thanks to our friends at @CHLNewYork for reporting this sighting!

Help us track and ID this whale: send your photos with a location and time to [email protected]

[Kate Cray @cray_kate]

In my first story for the @nytimes, I wrote about why Christian travel is booming among secular travelers—a trend that offers a window into the new ways a less Christian country is still engaging with Christianity and with religion more broadly.

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

NEW ODD LOTS: NVIDIA EPISODE

What the Megaspesd scandal is really all about.

@tracyalloway and I talk to @mackhawk, who has been covering Megaspeed for a long time, and knows more details about chip smuggling and export controls than anyone you know. https://t.co/6FYWrNUrp0

[Sean O'Kane @sokane1]

Wrapping up day one as @WSJ's new @Tesla reporter. I'm eager to into some deeper reporting on this company -- and the companies it competes with, like @Waymo, @Rivian, @zoox, and more.

If you have thoughts, scoops, contrarian takes, or good stories that haven't been told, email me at [email protected]. For the super sensitive stuff, find me on Signal: okane.01 ✌️

[Christopher Mims 🤌 @mims]

@migold Great video tho

[Christopher Mims 🤌 @mims]

@chaykak Data point: my Google streaming device recently upgraded to Gemini, now its previously excellent voice based search is broken

[Kate Taylor @Kate_H_Taylor]

there's always a Risa Heller angle... scoop from @LaurenGoode! https://t.co/zutEU5NQIJ

[Christopher Mims 🤌 @mims]

@devahaz honestly tho it wasn't much better when the country "went red" and that was seen as a mandate for the current admin

[Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT]

NEW: Nat Sec Adviser Marco Rubio oversaw drafting of a highly classified memo this spring that the intel community assessed a woman who had established a close relationship w Jensen Huang was working for China's Ministry of State Security https://t.co/7rm2LUJB1x

[Hadas Gold @Hadas_Gold]

Here's what Nvidia's Jensen Huang sent to staff, admitting to affair:
"To my colleagues at NVIDIA,
I owe my family and all of you an apology.
I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.
Throughout my life, my family has given me love and support. They deserve my honesty and loyalty. Instead, I let them down and damaged the life we built together. I take full responsibility for what I did and the hurt I caused, and I accept the criticism that comes with it.
To my wife and family: I love you. I know an apology cannot undo what I have done. I hope our family will heal and that, over time, I can earn back your trust.
To my colleagues at NVIDIA, including those I have worked alongside for decades, and to our board, partners, and shareholders around the world: you deserve better from me. Leading NVIDIA is the privilege of my life. My responsibility is to serve you and be worthy of your trust. I have fallen short of that responsibility. I am fully committed to NVIDIA and will work to earn back your confidence.
Regarding the national security concerns raised in news reports, NVIDIA’s Board of Directors has initiated an independent investigation. I support the investigation and will cooperate fully. I love our country and our company. I am committed to protecting NVIDIA and supporting America’s national security. I am proud and grateful to be an American.
My family bears no responsibility for my choices. I do. Please give them privacy.
Jensen"

[Christopher Mims 🤌 @mims]

@sudoraohacker @ruima It feels to me like appopriate data centers in the right places with the right incentives could be a real boon to some places & we're gonna see that play out as they are forced to be good neighbors or else lose their social license to operate

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Engineers are preparing for the arrival of quantum computers that crack online security. But with AI’s math breakthroughs, rampant code-breaking could come far sooner, writes Christopher @Mims. https://t.co/akZUdWWUMI

[nxthompson @nxthompson]

The world's attention has been elsewhere. But crazy things have been happening to our climate—and to California's waters—this year. https://t.co/fn46r6A6Wd

[Christopher Mims 🤌 @mims]

Miller has repeatedly sought to wield the full weight of the federal government against the roughly 100,000 Somalis who live in Minnesota...

“It’s like a passion project for him,” one source close to the White House said.

[Jeff Stein @jstein_sun]

New — In an internal call, Stephen Miller cut off an official describing fraud in Florida. He was told about a criminal probe in Va. "That's a long way off from Minneapolis,” he said

Incredible reporting @AlmsNatalie on Miller’s crackdown on MN Somalis

https://t.co/0zY6kTLWjg

[Ashley Gold @ashleyrgold]

.@CoreWeave writes to @GinaHinojosaTX pledging to work with her and TX communities on responsible data center development