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On May 18, 2025, GamersNexus, a pro consumer tech publication and YouTube channel, uploaded a video to their YouTube channel exposing Nvidia's scheme of threatening them. Nvidia strongly suggested to GN that access to their engineers for future interviews would only be possible if GN underwent an editorial change according to Nvidia's specification. The company's ransom was for more postive and longer emphasis on their new MFG (Multi-frame Generation) technology in GN's future reviews of their GPUs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Nexus |first=Gamers |date=2025-05-18 |title=NVIDIA's Dirty Manipulation of Reviews |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiekGcwaIho |url-status=live |archive-date= |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=YouTube}}</ref>

===Acquisition of stake in [[Intel]] (''2025.12.29'')===

===Acquisition of stake in Intel (''2025.12.29'')===

On 18 September, 2025, [[Nvidia]] and [[Intel]] jointly announced in a press release, Nvidia's $5,000,000,000 USD investment into Intel stock.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-18 |title=NVIDIA and Intel to Develop AI Infrastructure and Personal Computing Products |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-and-intel-to-develop-ai-infrastructure-and-personal-computing-products |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/20251105000000/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-and-intel-to-develop-ai-infrastructure-and-personal-computing-products |archive-date=2025-11-05 |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=NVIDIA Newsroom}}</ref> Finalized on December 29, 2025, Nvidia purchased 214.8 million Intel shares at $23.28 per share.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carroll |first=Shannon |date=Dec 29, 2025 |title=Nvidia’s $5 billion Intel bet just became official |url=https://qz.com/nvidia-intel-5-billion-deal-done-ai-partnership |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260102013658/https://qz.com/nvidia-intel-5-billion-deal-done-ai-partnership |archive-date=Jan 2, 2026 |access-date=Jan 7, 2026 |work=Quartz}}</ref> Both Nvidia and Intel develop GPUs for consumer and enterprise applications, making them competitors. In both sectors Nvidia holds the highest market share, dwarfing both [[AMD]] and [[Intel]] by magnitudes. As a result many have developed concerns over the persistence of Intel's GPU offerings and have branded the investment as Nvidia's attempt at furthering their monopoly by investing in their competitor.

On 18 September, 2025, Nvidia and Intel jointly announced in a press release, Nvidia's $5,000,000,000 USD investment into Intel stock.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-18 |title=NVIDIA and Intel to Develop AI Infrastructure and Personal Computing Products |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-and-intel-to-develop-ai-infrastructure-and-personal-computing-products |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/20251105000000/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-and-intel-to-develop-ai-infrastructure-and-personal-computing-products |archive-date=2025-11-05 |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=NVIDIA Newsroom}}</ref> Finalized on December 29, 2025, Nvidia purchased 214.8 million Intel shares at $23.28 per share.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carroll |first=Shannon |date=Dec 29, 2025 |title=Nvidia’s $5 billion Intel bet just became official |url=https://qz.com/nvidia-intel-5-billion-deal-done-ai-partnership |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260102013658/https://qz.com/nvidia-intel-5-billion-deal-done-ai-partnership |archive-date=Jan 2, 2026 |access-date=Jan 7, 2026 |work=Quartz}}</ref> Both Nvidia and Intel develop GPUs for consumer and enterprise applications, making them competitors. In both sectors Nvidia holds the highest market share, dwarfing both AMD and Intel by magnitudes. As a result many have developed concerns over the persistence of Intel's GPU offerings and have branded the investment as Nvidia's attempt at furthering their monopoly by investing in their competitor.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commision (FTC) announced in a notice that U.S. antitrust agencies cleared the investment,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bajwa |first=Arsheeya |date=2025-12-29 |editor-last=D'Silva |editor-first=Anil |title="Nvidia takes $5 billion stake in Intel under September agreement" |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/nvidia-takes-5-billion-stake-intel-under-september-agreement-2025-12-29/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-01-07 |work=Reuters}}</ref> despite this being anti-consumer and making Nvidia a monopoly.

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 On May 18, 2025, GamersNexus, a pro consumer tech publication and YouTube channel, uploaded a video to their YouTube channel exposing Nvidia's scheme of threatening them. Nvidia strongly suggested to GN that access to their engineers for future interviews would only be possible if GN underwent an editorial change according to Nvidia's specification. The company's ransom was for more postive and longer emphasis on their new MFG (Multi-frame Generation) technology in GN's future reviews of their GPUs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Nexus |first=Gamers |date=2025-05-18 |title=NVIDIA's Dirty Manipulation of Reviews |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiekGcwaIho |url-status=live |archive-date= |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=YouTube}}</ref>
-===Acquisition of stake in [[Intel]] (''2025.12.29'')===
+===Acquisition of stake in Intel (''2025.12.29'')===
 {{Main|Nvidia buys stake in Intel}}
-On 18 September, 2025, [[Nvidia]] and [[Intel]] jointly announced in a press release, Nvidia's $5,000,000,000 USD investment into Intel stock.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-18 |title=NVIDIA and Intel to Develop AI Infrastructure and Personal Computing Products |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-and-intel-to-develop-ai-infrastructure-and-personal-computing-products |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/20251105000000/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-and-intel-to-develop-ai-infrastructure-and-personal-computing-products |archive-date=2025-11-05 |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=NVIDIA Newsroom}}</ref> Finalized on December 29, 2025, Nvidia purchased 214.8 million Intel shares at $23.28 per share.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carroll |first=Shannon |date=Dec 29, 2025 |title=Nvidia’s $5 billion Intel bet just became official |url=https://qz.com/nvidia-intel-5-billion-deal-done-ai-partnership |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260102013658/https://qz.com/nvidia-intel-5-billion-deal-done-ai-partnership |archive-date=Jan 2, 2026 |access-date=Jan 7, 2026 |work=Quartz}}</ref> Both Nvidia and Intel develop GPUs for consumer and enterprise applications, making them competitors. In both sectors Nvidia holds the highest market share, dwarfing both [[AMD]] and [[Intel]] by magnitudes. As a result many have developed concerns over the persistence of Intel's GPU offerings and have branded the investment as Nvidia's attempt at furthering their monopoly by investing in their competitor.
+On 18 September, 2025, Nvidia and Intel jointly announced in a press release, Nvidia's $5,000,000,000 USD investment into Intel stock.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-18 |title=NVIDIA and Intel to Develop AI Infrastructure and Personal Computing Products |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-and-intel-to-develop-ai-infrastructure-and-personal-computing-products |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/20251105000000/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-and-intel-to-develop-ai-infrastructure-and-personal-computing-products |archive-date=2025-11-05 |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=NVIDIA Newsroom}}</ref> Finalized on December 29, 2025, Nvidia purchased 214.8 million Intel shares at $23.28 per share.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carroll |first=Shannon |date=Dec 29, 2025 |title=Nvidia’s $5 billion Intel bet just became official |url=https://qz.com/nvidia-intel-5-billion-deal-done-ai-partnership |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260102013658/https://qz.com/nvidia-intel-5-billion-deal-done-ai-partnership |archive-date=Jan 2, 2026 |access-date=Jan 7, 2026 |work=Quartz}}</ref> Both Nvidia and Intel develop GPUs for consumer and enterprise applications, making them competitors. In both sectors Nvidia holds the highest market share, dwarfing both AMD and Intel by magnitudes. As a result many have developed concerns over the persistence of Intel's GPU offerings and have branded the investment as Nvidia's attempt at furthering their monopoly by investing in their competitor.
 The U.S. Federal Trade Commision (FTC) announced in a notice that U.S. antitrust agencies cleared the investment,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bajwa |first=Arsheeya |date=2025-12-29 |editor-last=D'Silva |editor-first=Anil |title="Nvidia takes $5 billion stake in Intel under September agreement" |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/nvidia-takes-5-billion-stake-intel-under-september-agreement-2025-12-29/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-01-07 |work=Reuters}}</ref> despite this being anti-consumer and making Nvidia a monopoly.