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Dec 7, 2025 12:00 PM

Consumer Tech News (Dec 1-5): Trump Says He's Back in Elon Musk's Social Circle, U.S. Suspends China MSS Sanctions & More

President Donald Trump has said that he gets along well with Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk when being asked if he is back again in his social circle following the pair’s falling out earlier this year.

A coalition of conservative advocacy groups, including former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon — has formally urged the Donald Trump administration to reject Big Tech's push to treat copyrighted materials as "free" fodder for training artificial intelligence systems.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) has slammed the Trump administration for letting China race ahead of the U.S. in the electric vehicles and clean energy sectors.

The United States has reportedly decided to suspend the imposition of sanctions on China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) to preserve the trade truce between the two nations.

Broadline Retail

In a joint effort to address the increasing need for reliable connectivity, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Alphabet Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) Google have launched a new multicloud networking service.

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) introduced its new Graviton5 processors to help customers run cloud applications faster, more efficiently, and at lower cost as their workloads grow more complex.

Automobiles & Robotics

Li Auto Inc (NASDAQ:LI) announced Monday that it delivered 33,181 vehicles in November 2025, pushing its cumulative total to 1,495,969 units as of November 30.

Ford Motor Co.‘s (NYSE:F) electric vehicles fell sharply in November amid multiple factors affecting the company’s EV endeavors, as President Donald Trump‘s EV Credit rollback hit sales.

Ford CEO Jim Farley has reaffirmed the automaker’s commitment to building more affordable cars as President Donald Trump scaled back Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) norms.

Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIVN) faces renewed scrutiny as regulators cite safety concerns tied to a potential seat belt failure affecting tens of thousands of its vehicles.

Shares of robotics-linked stocks — iRobot Corp (NASDAQ:IRBT), Serve Robotics Inc (NASDAQ:SERV), Richtech Robotics Inc (NASDAQ:RR) — gained on the heels of a report indicating the Trump administration's ...