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Ian King / Bloomberg:
Nvidia agrees to a licensing deal with Groq; CEO Jonathan Ross and other top executives will join Nvidia; Groq says it will continue operating independently  —  Nvidia Corp. agreed to a licensing deal with artificial intelligence startup Groq, furthering its investments in companies connected …
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David Faber / CNBC:
Disruptive CEO Alex Davis says Nvidia has agreed to buy assets from Groq for $20B in cash; leaked email: Jensen Huang says Nvidia is not acquiring Groq  —  Nvidia has agreed to buy assets from Groq, a designer of high-performance artificial intelligence accelerator chips, for $20 billion in cash …
The Information:
Sources: Nvidia's licensing deal with Groq, which has raised ~$1.8B, includes payouts to Groq's key execs and investors, including BlackRock and Tiger Global
Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times:
A US judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from detaining CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed, one of the Europeans the US barred on claims of promoting censorship  —  Imran Ahmed, who runs an organization that chronicles disinformation, was among five Europeans the State Department had barred, claiming they promote censorship.
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Apple settles with a Brazilian regulator to allow alternative app stores; report: Apple will charge a 5% fee for alt app stores and 15% on App Store link-outs  —  Brazilian regulators have approved a settlement that will require Apple to change how the App Store operates on iPhone in the country …
Siddharth / GSMArena.com:
Xiaomi unveils the $995+ Xiaomi 17 Ultra in China with a 200MP periscope camera, a 50MP 1" sensor, and an ultrawide; Leica edition gets a mechanical zoom ring  —  The Xiaomi 17 Ultra has finally been unveiled in China as the brand's flagship phone.  Alongside the standard model …
Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times:
The top 10 US tech billionaires collectively added $550B+ to their combined net worth in 2025, reaching $2.5T by December 24, up from $1.9T at the year's start  —  Elon Musk stays on top as Nvidia's Jensen Huang powers up the rankings on an AI-fuelled surge in fortunes
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
How Larry Ellison is helping his son David build a media empire, including making the case to Trump for why Paramount, not Netflix, should acquire WBD  —  When David Ellison became a teenager, his father, Larry, bought him a gift not usually bestowed on a 13th birthday: his own Katana stunt plane.
Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Tesla's robotaxi service in Austin significantly trails Waymo, deploying an estimated 30 cars with safety drivers, vs. Waymo's 200 cars without human monitors  —  Shares of Tesla have hit new highs on optimism about the company's self-driving taxis.  But experts say Tesla is far behind Waymo, which has a big head start.

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Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal:
A group of musicians led by Jason Isbell files a proposed class action against Suno, alleging Suno lets users generate copycat songs based on artists' names

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