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1. IRS crackdown on popular crypto 'tax cheat' begins with 2025 filing year

   A new IRS requirement covering crypto transactions starting with the 2025 tax year has big consequences for how investors report digital assets transactions.

2. This week in AI: Brushing off new bubble warnings, Google’s AI comeback and Nvidia’s China threat

   This week, volatility took hold of the AI trade as bubble fears continued and Nvidia’s blowout earnings failed to steady the market. Deirdre Bosa has the story.

3. AI Christmas: The latest devices from Amazon, Meta, Google and more

   This holiday shopping season features more advanced smart glasses, smart speakers with generative AI and a pendant users can wear to carry around an AI friend.

4. Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup's robots could 'fracture a human skull'

   A former engineer for Figure AI filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming he was unlawfully terminated after warning executives about product safety.

5. Here are real AI stocks to invest in and speculative ones to avoid

   We understand the concerns about valuations in the speculative aspects of the AI, but not in the best of the best stocks we own.

6. The Street's bad call on Palo Alto – plus, two portfolio stocks reach new highs

   Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

7. Govini founder Eric Gillespie released on $1 million bond with Pentagon probe 'ongoing'

   Govini founder Eric Gillespie, who lives in Pittsburgh, is charged with four felonies, including multiple counts of unlawful contact with a minor.

8. Tech stocks wrap big losing week as AI names get rocked after Nvidia earnings

   Investors had looked to Nvidia's earnings report to settle fears that the AI bubble is on increasingly shaky ground.

9. The market's surprising reversal, Gap's viral ad, AI regulation and more in Morning Squawk

   Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

10. Nvidia sales are 'off the charts,' but Google, Amazon and others now make their own custom AI chips

    Nvidia is king in AI chips, but custom ASICs are gaining ground with Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI now making their own.