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A memo attributed to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang apologizes to his family and colleagues for personal misconduct, including infidelity, and acknowledges damaging trust with his family and the company. The memo also addresses separate national security concerns raised in news reports, noting that Nvidia's Board of Directors has started an independent investigation, which Huang says he will fully support and cooperate with.
Manuel Spitschan's circadian-neuroscience laboratory adopted a 'memo meeting' format, borrowed from Amazon, in April 2024. Each month the team spends 20 minutes silently reading a six-page memo written by one member, then discusses it for 70 minutes; separate weekly check-ins still cover logistics. Since starting, the group has produced around 50,000 words of memos covering topics from experiment design to a postdoc's career uncertainty.
Thomas Watson Jr., then IBM's chairman, wrote an internal memo in 1963 questioning how his company had lost industry leadership to Control Data Corporation, a firm he noted had only 34 employees, including its janitor. The memo, later nicknamed 'The Janitor Memo,' reflected concern over the competitive threat posed by CDC's new 6600 computer.
An FBI memo reportedly advised ICE officers to be cautious of women on dating apps, including those presenting as "tradwives," whose profiles seem tailored to appeal to them. The warning suggests such profiles could be used to identify, track, or expose agents' identities.