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look what is it Nvidia We’ll see what CEO Jensen Huang said this year, and what Chinese tech giants and the Chinese government have done, for potential hints at how this lifting of the ban might play out.Reasons why China opposes H200The H200 is one of Nvidia’s most advanced chips for training and running AI on the market, but China is looking to move away from US technology and boost domestic semiconductor development for AI. Neil Shah, a partner at Counterpoint Research, told CNBC on Tuesday: “This move reopens the door to U.S. revenue, but the strategic train has already…
Lando Norris returned to the track for the first time as F1 world champion, capping off an outstanding year by running for the grid at the post-season Abu Dhabi test on the final day of 2025.Two days after becoming world champion with a third-place finish in the final race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Norris, wearing a special gold crash helmet for the occasion, returned to the title-winning MCL39 at the Yas Marina circuit, where all 10 teams took to the track with two cars. Norris still drives with his usual career number 4 on the nose…
AI Research Institute Anthropic continues to strengthen its position as a leading AI player in the enterprise space. Anthropic on Tuesday announced a multi-year partnership with professional services firm Accenture. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, the Wall Street Journal reported that the contract is for three years. Accenture confirmed the contract is for three years, but declined to comment on the financial details. TechCrunch has reached out to Anthropic for more information. The two companies will form the Accenture Anthropic Business Group. This includes formal Claude training for Accenture’s 30,000 employees. Anthropic’s Claude Code coding tool…
NextEra Energy working with exxon mobilThe country’s largest oil company will build a large, natural gas-fired data center site for potential technology customers, CEO John Ketchum told investors on Monday. The 1.2 gigawatt power plant will combine gas production with Exxon’s carbon capture technology to reduce emissions, according to NextEra’s investor presentation. They plan to market the site to hyperscalers in the first quarter of 2026. Hyperscalers are large technology companies that build data centers to train and run artificial intelligence applications. No deals with hyperscalers have been signed yet. NextEra and Exxon have secured 2,500 acres of land for…
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks during a press conference at San Francisco City Hall on October 23, 2025 in San Francisco, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesSan Francisco’s Downtown Development Authority, created in April by Mayor Daniel Lurie, announced Tuesday that it has received more than $60 million in early commitments from donors including: google And OpenAI will help revitalize city centers.“I think people see this as a generational moment,” SFDDC CEO Shola Olatoyi said in an interview with CNBC. “San Francisco has captured the imagination of the world and this country as a global hub of innovation and industry.…
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Batman Forever/R. McDonald’s event in New York City on June 13, 1995.Patrick McMullan | Getty ImagesA New York federal judge on Tuesday ordered the release of grand jury materials related to the prosecution of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of being a procurer for notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Judge Paul Engelmayer’s order in U.S. District Court in Manhattan was issued at the request of the Justice Department, which cited the recently passed Epstein File Transparency Act.Grand jury materials are typically sealed permanently.”The statute does not explicitly refer to grand jury materials, yet…
Editor’s note: In this CNN Travel Series, you may see ads adjacent to each highlighted country. CNN retains full editorial control over the subject matter, coverage and frequency of articles and videos, consistent with policy. A small museum housed in a centuries-old white house on a hill outside Luanda documents one of the greatest horrors in human history. Luanda, the capital of Angola, was the center of the Atlantic slave trade. Today, the National Slavery Museum is working to become a place of return for descendants of slaves. Not only to learn history, but also to delve into archives that…
If the 4-1 home defeat to PSV in the Champions League was the moment manager Arne Slott decided enough was enough and had to let Mohamed Salah go, the turning point may have been October’s narrow loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.Marc Cucurella’s on-pitch explanation of Chelsea’s winner that day highlighted the weakness his team were trying to exploit against Liverpool. The full-back was allowed to advance into the box without a track to lie in front of Estevao’s goal. He told Sky Sports: “We know that Salah is already ready to attack, ready to attack on the counter-attack. So…
Deutsche Bank is putting artificial intelligence to the test of its investment skills. The bank asked the dbLumina AI model to select a basket of funds from the most popular funds used by typical retail investors as of the end of November. Research analyst Luke Templeman provided dbLumina with a week of daily market analysis from late November, the same one his team uses to create thematic indicators. “Decisions are based on our daily market commentary and other information, and take into account market themes and sentiment,” Templeman said in a note to clients Monday. “I was a little surprised…
Paramount Skydance Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David Ellison (center) outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday, December 8, 2025 in New York, USA.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Battles occur one after anotherparamount skydance CEO David Ellison hasn’t accepted his loss Netflix in a bidding war for warner bros On the chin. Paramount announced yesterday that it would make an all-cash hostile bid of $30 per share directly…