EU opens antitrust investigation into Google's AI practices, NVIDIA can now sell its high-end AI chips to 'approved customers in China,' and Congress removes right to repair language from defense bill episode artwork

EPISODE · Dec 9, 2025 · 9 MIN

EU opens antitrust investigation into Google's AI practices, NVIDIA can now sell its high-end AI chips to 'approved customers in China,' and Congress removes right to repair language from defense bill

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-Google can add another probe to its list: The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into the company surrounding the content used for its AI tools. -NVIDIA is now allowed to sell its second-best H200 processors to China, rather than just the sanction-approved H20 model that China had previously declined to buy. -According to a statement from the Public Interest Research Group, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 has removed language that would have granted the US military the right to repair its own equipment rather than requiring it to use official defense contractors for maintenance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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