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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
President Trump says the US will let Nvidia ship its H200 chips to “approved customers” in China and elsewhere, on the condition that the US gets a 25% cut  —  President Donald Trump on Monday said Nvidia will be allowed to ship its H200 artificial intelligence chips to …
Vlad Savov / Bloomberg:
The US DOJ detains two men for allegedly violating export controls by trying to smuggle $160M+ of Nvidia H100 and H200 chips to China; a third man pleads guilty  —  The US Department of Justice has detained two men for allegedly violating export control laws by attempting to smuggle …
Zijing Wu / Financial Times:
Sources: Beijing is set to limit access to Nvidia's H200 chips despite President Trump allowing their export to China, in its push for chip self-sufficiency
Reuters:
Trump says the Commerce Department is working on “the same approach” for “AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies” as Nvidia shipping H200 chips to China
Newley Purnell / Bloomberg:
Reddit launches new safety features globally for under-18s, like stricter chat settings, ahead of Australia's social media ban for under-16s from December 10  —  Reddit Inc. is launching new safety features globally for all under-18s on its popular online forums ahead of Australia's groundbreaking social media ban.
Nic Fildes / Financial Times:
As Australia prepares to enact the world's first under-16 social media ban on December 10, a look at the implications, reaction from parents and teens, and more  —  Under-16s will no longer be able to subscribe to popular apps under Australian groundbreaking law
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: after Netflix announced its WBD deal, Larry Ellison called Trump to argue it would hurt competition; Paramount CEO David Ellison promised CNN changes  —  David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal
Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
The European Commission opens an investigation into whether Google used publishers' content to provide AI services and YouTube content to train its AI models  —  Investigation is bloc's latest challenge to US big tech companies  —  Brussels has launched an investigation into whether Google …
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
Satya Nadella says Microsoft plans to spend $17.5B on AI and cloud computing in India over four years, its largest ever Asia investment, after meeting with Modi  —  Microsoft Corp. pledged to invest $17.5 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing in India over four years …
Prima Wirayani / Bloomberg:
Robinhood is set to join Indonesia's retail investing boom, after agreeing to acquire local brokerages PT Buana Capital Sekuritas and PT Pedagang Aset Kripto  —  Robinhood Markets Inc. is set to enter the Indonesian market after signing deals to acquire two local brokerages …
Sri Muppidi / The Information:
Source: ChatGPT nears 900M weekly active users; Sensor Tower: Gemini MAUs grew ~30% to 346M between August and November while ChatGPT's rose ~5% to 810M  —  The competition between AI chatbots has been heating up, with Google's Gemini nipping at OpenAI's heels.
David Sacks / @davidsacks:
David Sacks says “AI preemption” won't apply to US state laws on child safety, communities won't be forced to host data centers they don't want, and more  —  ONE RULEBOOK FOR AI I wanted to share a few thoughts on AI preemption and address some of the concerns.
CoinDesk:
The US CFTC launches a pilot program allowing bitcoin, ether, and USDC to be used as collateral in US derivatives markets  —  Acting Chair Caroline Pham has unveiled a first-of-its-kind U.S. program to permit tokenized collateral in derivatives markets, citing “clear guardrails” for firms.
Scott Stein / CNET:
Xreal's Project Aura prototype glasses hands-on: they feel like VR shrunken to a far smaller form, the 70° FoV is small but enough for immersion, and more  —  The Xreal-made hardware is one element of a three-part launch next year with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, and lots of upgrades coming to Galaxy XR.
Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
Google details its plans for two different categories of AI-powered smart glasses coming as soon as 2026: one with in-lens displays and one that's audio-focused

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Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
Vox Media sells The Verge, SB Nation, Thrillist, The Dodo, and more to Penske; Vox's Ryan Pauley will join Penske as president of PMX, the new media brands unit

Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Netflix subscribers in France can now access TF1 broadcasts and TF1+ on-demand content within Netflix at no extra cost; TF1 handles ad sales and programming

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Kumar Tanishk / Reuters:
Filing: HashKey, Hong Kong's largest licensed crypto exchange, is aiming to raise up to ~$215M in its IPO in the city
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google details the steps it is taking to secure Chrome's upcoming agentic browsing features, like a “User Alignment Critic” model that vets each AI agent action
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
OpenAI and Instacart launch a grocery shopping experience inside of ChatGPT, letting customers brainstorm meal ideas and check out via OpenAI Instant Checkout
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Apple and Google say they built new features that streamline moving data between iOS and Android, rolling out now in Android Canary and coming to iOS 26 beta
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