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1. Nvidia CEO Huang says $30 billion OpenAI investment 'might be the last'

2. Broadcom set to report earnings after the bell

   Broadcom, which contributes to Google's Tensor Processing Units, called for artificial intelligence revenue to double in the February quarter.

3. Apple announces MacBook Neo, its most affordable laptop ever

   Apple’s new MacBook Neo gives the company its cheapest laptop ever, creating a budget entry into the Mac lineup.

4. Defense tech companies are dropping Claude after Pentagon's Anthropic blacklist

   Anthropic customers that do business with the government are having to make the tough call on whether to abandon Claude.

5. Gulf oil trade, Pentagon's AI usage, Gen Z's analog obsession and more in Morning Squawk

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

6. Remember Twitter? Elon Musk testifies over flip-flop in $44 billion buyout

   Musk is on trial for a case filed by Twitter investors in 2022, the year he purchased the social media company for $44 billion.

7. Xiaomi trials humanoid robots in its EV factory — says they're like 'interns'

   Two humanoid robots can complete 90% of the work in three hours, Xiaomi President Lu Weibing told CNBC.

8. China's Xiaomi tells CNBC it's planning a yearly smartphone chip release and its own AI assistant for overseas

   Last year, Xiaomi launched the XRing O1, a system-on-chip (SoC) based on an advanced 3 nanometer manufacturing process.

9. Nvidia, Amazon temporarily close Dubai offices, Google employees stranded amid U.S.-Iran war

   Tech companies with Middle East operations have scrambled to respond as fighting rippled across the region after joint U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran.

10. Sam Altman tells OpenAI staffers that military's 'operational decisions' are up to the government

    In an all-hands meetings with OpenAI employees on Tuesday, CEO Sam Altman said his company doesn't get to choose how the military uses its technology.