12.25.25 | Merry Christmas, Nvidia acquires Groq for $20B, Phoenix is a new X server in Zig

Hacker News Highlights · Dec 25, 2025 · 11m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 25, 2025.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - Tell HN: Merry Christmas

(01:14) - Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq for about $20B in cash

(02:25) - Phoenix: A modern X server written from scratch in Zig

(03:40) - Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL

(04:43) - Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator

(05:51) - Ruby 4.0.0

(06:54) - Fabrice Bellard: Biography (2009) [pdf]

(08:00) -…