Nvidia under fire, solar eclipses on demand, and Elon Musk vs. the SEC: Tech news roundup

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Nvidia is facing an antitrust investigation in China

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. - Photo: Annabelle Chih/Bloomberg (Getty Images)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. - Photo: Annabelle Chih/Bloomberg (Getty Images)

Nvidia (NVDA) is under investigation for allegedly violating anti-monopoly laws in China.

The country’s State Administration for Market Regulation has launched a probe into whether Nvidia’s acquisition of Israeli chip designer Mellanox Technologies violated anti-monopoly laws, according to a report from China Central Television on Monday.

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Xiaomi’s newest Tesla-rivaling EV will launch next summer

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Product images show Xiaomi’s SU7 and YU7 electric vehicles side-by-side. - Photo: Lei Jun/Xiaomi

Chinese consumer electronics maker Xiaomi is ready to launch an electric SUV next year as a follow-up on the smashing success of its first vehicle, the SU7.

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‘Solar eclipses on demand’ are a thing now thanks to 2 new satellites

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Photo: - / Contributor (Getty Images)

The European Space Agency launched two satellites last week that can create “solar eclipses on demand” in an effort to better understand the sun.

The Dec. 5 launch from India “has the potential to change the nature of future space missions,” the agency said and aims to help scientists advance their study of space weather.

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Jeep-maker Stellantis is teaming up with Chinese giant CATL on a $4.3 billion EV battery plant

Stellantis’s car plant in Zaragoza, Spain, currently makesthe electric Peugeot e-208, the Opel Corsa-e, and the Lancia Ypsilon. - Photo: Ramon Comet/Europea Press (Getty Images)
Stellantis’s car plant in Zaragoza, Spain, currently makesthe electric Peugeot e-208, the Opel Corsa-e, and the Lancia Ypsilon. - Photo: Ramon Comet/Europea Press (Getty Images)

Stellantis (STLA), the automaker behind Jeep, Chrysler, and Ram, plans to invest up to $4.3 billion to add a new electric vehicle battery plant to its portfolio.

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Elon Musk is feuding with the SEC again, this time over Neuralink

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Neuralink - Illustration: Costfoto/NurPhoto (Getty Images)

Elon Musk has reignited his feud with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in full view of the public as regulators take another look into his brain-chip venture Neuralink.

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