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1. Australia banned social media for under 16s a month ago — here's how it's going

   The effects of a new social media ban for under 16s in Australia has been mixed so far. Some teens are embracing new habits while others are bypassing the law.

2. CNBC's Inside India newsletter: AI is taking over core operations of Indian IT companies

   By 2027, most of IT services work will be done by human plus AI teams: Indian industry body report

3. CNBC Daily Open: Greenland and Iran tensions drive investors to gold and silver

   Global geopolitical turmoil, as well as Trump's apparent attack on the Fed, is pushing up the prices of gold and silver.

4. Amazon launches its 'sovereign' cloud in Europe and plots expansion

   The Amazon Web Services (AWS) European Sovereign Cloud will be "physically and logically separate" from other AWS regions, the company said.

5. TSMC delivers another record quarter as profit jumps 35% fueled by robust AI chip demand

   TSMCy delivered another estimate-beating quarter, with profit up 35% from a year ago as advanced chip orders tied to AI continued to dominate its business.

6. Musk's xAI limits Grok's ability to create sexualized images of real people on X after backlash

   X's safety account said in a social media post that no users will be able to create sexualized images of real people using Grok.

7. Trump administration clears way for Nvidia H200 chip sales to China with a 25% surcharge

   The H200's performance has been exceeded by two generations of Nvidia chips currently in production, the Blackwell and Rubin.

8. China's ban on cybersecurity software roils three of our stocks — here's our view

   Chinese authorities have told domestic companies to stop using software from a handful of U.S. and Israeli firms.

9. Cerebras scores OpenAI deal worth over $10 billion ahead of AI chipmaker's IPO

   The deal will help diversify Cerebras away from the United Arab Emirates G42, which accounted for 87% of revenue in the first half of 2024.

10. Elon Musk's xAI probed by California DOJ over Grok's deepfake explicit images

    Musk's Grok AI chatbot faces investigations from India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Ireland, Australia, the UK and France as well.