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December 9, 2025, 7:30 AM

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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
President Trump says the US will let Nvidia ship H200 chips to “approved customers” in China and elsewhere, and 25% of the chip sales will be paid to the US  —  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 pled guilty  —  The US Department of Justice has detained two men for allegedly violating export control laws by attempting to smuggle …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: after Netflix announced its WBD deal, Larry Ellison called Trump to argue that it hurts 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
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Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
The European Commission opens an investigation into Google to assess possible anticompetitive conduct by Google in “the use of online content for AI purposes”  —  Investigation is the bloc's latest challenge to American Big Tech companies  —  Brussels has launched an investigation …
Prima Wirayani / Bloomberg:
Robinhood is set to join Indonesia's retail investment 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 …
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.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Apple and Google say they have developed new features that streamline the process of moving data between iOS and Android, as part of a joint collaboration  —  The latest Android Canary build is available today and it features work by Apple and Google to make switching between Android and iPhone devices easier.
Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
Google details its plans to create two different categories of AI-powered smart glasses: one with screens launching in 2026 and another that's audio-focused  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google said it's working to create two different categories of artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses …
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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.
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Sources: Meta is pursuing a new Llama successor and frontier AI model, codenamed Avocado, set for release in Q1 2026, and it could be a proprietary model  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was so optimistic last year about his company's Llama family of artificial intelligence models that he predicted …
Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE:
Anthropic launches a Slack integration for Claude Code, expanding on the existing Claude app for Slack, launching in beta as a research preview  —  Anthropic PBC, maker of the Claude family of artificial intelligence models, today introduced a feature in beta mode that lets developers delegate coding tasks …

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