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| Tobias Mann / The Register: |
Nvidia updates the DGX Station, begins taking reservations for the DGX Spark box, formerly Project Digits, and unveils the RTX PRO workstation and server GPUs — GTC After a Hopper hiatus, Nvidia's DGX Station returns, now armed with an all-new desktop-tuned Grace-Blackwell Ultra Superchip capable …
More: Nvidia Newsroom, Ars Technica, Nvidia Newsroom, Tom's Hardware, PCMag, CNBC, Blockchain.News, NVIDIA, Arm Newsroom, Engadget, NVIDIA, The Verge, HPCwire, NVIDIA, NVIDIA, Windows Central, NVIDIA, Maginative, TechCrunch, NVIDIA, NVIDIA, HotHardware, TechRadar, NVIDIA, NVIDIA, VentureBeat, Synopsys, TechPowerUp, BGR, NVIDIA, and NVIDIA Technical Blog
Forums: r/LocalLLaMA and r/GeForceNOW
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia unveils Blackwell Ultra, a family of AI chips shipping in 2025, and Vera Rubin, its next-gen chip featuring Nvidia's first custom CPU, slated for H2 2026 — Nvidia announced new chips for building and deploying artificial intelligence models at its annual GTC conference on Tuesday.
More: Network World, Financial Times, eWeek, Associated Press, The Verge, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, Wall Street Pit, The Information, Quartz, New York Post, Fierce Electronics, The Times, TechCrunch, Patently Apple, NVIDIA Technical Blog, Proactiveinvestors UK, TipRanks Financial, and The Keyword
Threads: @firstadopter. X: @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @scobleizer, @scobleizer, @nvidiaaidev, @benbajarin, @ruijie_zheng12, @iancutress, @theaustinlyons, @drjimfan, @marcochiappetta, @benbajarin, @nvidiarobotics, @iancutress, @levie, @nvidiarobotics, @benbajarin, @theaustinlyons, @parada_car88104, @benbajarin, @satyanadella, @nvidianewsroom, @nvidiaaidev, @box, @nvidianewsroom, @nvidianewsroom, @beth_kindig, @benbajarin, @nvidianewsroom, @nvidianewsroom, @thehumanoidhub, @nvidiaaidev, @ryanshrout, @nvidianewsroom, @stockmktnewz, @nvidianewsroom, @kwekuoa, @theaustinlyons, @theaustinlyons, @ryanshrout, @nvidiaaidev, @kimmonismus, @pytorch, @iancutress, @vitrupo, @synopsys, @googledeepmind, @nvidiaaidev, @benbajarin, @benbajarin, @nvidianewsroom, @nvidianewsroom, @scobleizer, @maxwinebach, @scobleizer, @iancutress, @nvidianewsroom, @nvidianewsroom, @nvidianewsroom, @benbajarin, @aschilling, @google, @nvidiaaidev, @sundarpichai, @nvidianewsroom, @scobleizer, @nvidianewsroom, @maxwinebach, and @nvidianewsroom
Forums: r/hardware, r/NVDA_Stock, and Slashdot
| Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
Nvidia announces Dynamo, an “operating system of the AI factory” that it says can boost token output by 30x per GPU when running DeepSeek-R1 on a large cluster — Nvidia launched Blackwell Ultra, which aims to boost training and test time inference, as the GPU giant makes the case …
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
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More: Axios, Engadget, Tom's Guide, Proactiveinvestors UK, Constellation Research, Bloomberg, Mashable, Analytics India Magazine, Constellation Research, Techstrong.ai, Forbes, Business Insider, ServeTheHome, and Mercury News
Threads: @yannlecun. X: @benbajarin, @iancutress, @iancutress, @jeffmcleod, @iancutress, @iancutress, @engadget, @iancutress, @iancutress, @theaustinlyons, @theaustinlyons, @iancutress, @engadget, @engadget, @iancutress, @iancutress, @iancutress, and @iancutress. Forums: r/singularity
| The Verge: |
Alphabet acquires NYC-based cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32B cash, its largest acquisition yet, pending approval; antitrust fears stalled a $23B deal in 2024 — The acquisition is Alphabet's biggest yet, after a $23 billion takeover attempt stalled last year.
More: Google Cloud Blog, Wiz Blog, Reuters, Bloomberg, Tech Monitor, Semafor, Associated Press, TechCrunch, Mobile Europe, Business Insider, New York Times, Fortune, Constellation Research, SiliconANGLE, Forbes, Reuters, Neowin, UPI, The Economic Times, Pocketables, iTnews, Washington Technology, Analytics India Magazine, CRN, Crunchbase News, Fast Company, CTech, BGR, PitchBook, Hackread, Android Police, Türkiye Today, Sharecafe, CNBC, TipRanks Financial, CTech, Jerusalem Post, TechCrunch, Channel NewsAsia, The Information, Yahoo Finance, Fortune, en.ain.ua, CSO, Reuters, Reuters, Patently Apple, Verdict, Barron's Online, Proactive, TechCrunch, The Cyber Express, Financial Times, StrictlyVC, CRN, The Times, Silicon Valley Business …, Capital Brief, Ynetnews, The Verge, Investor's Business Daily, CTech, TipRanks Financial, Tech in Asia, Financial Express, Benzinga, PYMNTS.com, Moneycontrol, and Wall Street Journal
Bluesky: @swiftonsecurity.com, @quinnypig.com, @anildash.com, @shmick.bsky.to, @quinnypig.com, and @brijsingh
Mastodon: @harrymccracken@mastodon …, @carnage4life@mas.to, and @mttaggart@infosec.exchange. Threads: @alexheath
X: @econliberties, @adamkovac, @saraeisen, @sherman1890, @econliberties, @nateb_panic, @wiz_io, @probyshandilya, @ekmokaya, @jasonlk, @deedydas, @danprimack, @julianklymochko, @ingridlunden, @alexia, @alexia, @thomasortk, @eastdakota, @jasonlk, @brexhq, @jumpforjoyce, @alexrkonrad, @ourielohayon, @ivanlevingston, @danielnewmanuv, @arashmassoudi, @marktluszcz, @wiz_io, @romangold, @sequoia, @googlecloud, @pitdesi, @philvenables, @royalhansen, @altcap, @danprimack, @teddiew, @sundarpichai, @laurenthomas, @shomikghosh21, @frantzfries, @katie_roof, @vxunderground, @benfritz, and @rekdt
LinkedIn: Teddie Wardi, Dan Glass, Aubrey Chambers, Andy Price, James Berthoty, Pramod Gosavi, Sid Trivedi, and Frank McGovern
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/StockMarket, r/wallstreetbets, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
More: Sequoia Capital, Reuters, and Business Insider
X: @dougleone, @dougleone, @dougleone, @dougleone, @katie_roof, @dougleone, and @dougleone
| Andrew Martin / Bloomberg: |
| New York Times: |
Trump fires the two Democratic members of the FTC, threatening the independence of the regulator in a decision that is likely to face a legal challenge — The decision to fire the two Democratic members of the traditionally independent regulatory body is likely to face a legal challenge.
More: Reuters, The Verge, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, The Guardian, CyberScoop, The Information, Engadget, Axios, Financial Times, Roll Call, Associated Press, The Wrap, Politico, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek
Bluesky: @karlbode.com, @makenakelly, @justinlevitt, @nycsouthpaw, and @repdangoldman
X: @bedoyaftc, @bedoyaftc, @afergusonftc, @bedoyaftc, @ewwilkins, @justinbrookman, @openmarkets, @davidbmcgarry, @adamkovac, @swiftstories, @viacristiano, @corinne_podger, @helaineolen, @nhegde, @mmcassella, @leehepner, @leehepner, @adamkovac, @joshwright1977, @natpurser, @irvingswisher, and @leehepner
Forums: r/fednews, r/politics, and r/politics
| Financial Times: |
Sources: investors valued X at $44B in a secondary deal earlier this month; X posted ~$1.2B in adjusted EBITDA in 2024 and is raising $2B in a primary round — Social media site was valued at less than $10bn in September — Social media site X's valuation has soared back to $44bn … | Financial Times: |
Sources: US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urged civil servants in charge of the $42B rural broadband program to increase the project's use of Starlink — Commerce secretary urges officials to consider Trump adviser's satellite connection for rural households
Bluesky: @carnage4life
| New York Times: |
More: emptywheel, StateScoop, PCMag, Jalopnik, Vanity Fair, New Republic, The Verge, The Guardian, and Political Wire
Bluesky: @malwarejake, @waldo.net, @isaacdovere, @newsjennifer, @karlbode.com, @karlbode.com, @clancyny, @waldo.net, @clancyny, @brewedflames, @dansinker.com, @democracydied, @maddow.msnbc.com, @stephenjudkins, @bobbyallyn, @yasharali, @davidoatkins, @paleofuture, @thorbenson, and @bcmerchant
Mastodon: @harrymccracken@mastodon … and @HoustonDog@mastodon.world
X: @maggienyt, @maggienyt, @silvermanjacob, @maggienyt, @isaacdovere, @sundaedivine, and @serobinsonjr
Forums: r/somethingiswrong2024, r/economicCollapse, r/centrist, and r/politics
| Bloomberg.com: |
Community Notes, on X and now rolling out on Meta's services, fall short of stopping misinformation; removing rewards for posting misinformation would help more — The crowdsourced fact-checking system, which Meta adopted from X, is falling well short of stopping the spread of misinformation.
More: Social Media Today and Bloomberg
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Eric Migicovsky unveils two Pebble smartwatches running its open-source OS, the $149 Core 2 Duo shipping July 2025 and $225 Core Time 2 shipping December 2025 — Pebble's creator now runs a company called Core Devices, and it's getting ready to sell two new watches soon.
More: Eric Migicovsky's Blog, BGR, Wired, OSnews, Gizmodo, Pocket-lint, Android Police, Engadget, Droid Life, 9to5Mac, SammyGuru, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, PhoneArena, The Shortcut, TechRadar, AppleInsider, SlashGear, How-To Geek, Bloomberg, CNET, TechCrunch, MakeUseOf, Phandroid, and MacRumors
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/Android, Lobsters, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google debuts new Search and Android health care features, including medical records APIs, and plans to release open AI models for drug discovery called TxGemma — Google on Tuesday announced new products and features aimed at healthcare use cases, including improved overviews in Google Search … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google updates its Gemini chatbot, adding Canvas, a space for users to create, refine, and share writing and coding projects, and Audio Overview from NotebookLM — They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Google seems to agree. — On Tuesday, the company added a feature … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's Llama models have been downloaded 1B times since their 2023 debut, up from 650M downloads in early December 2024 — In a brief message Tuesday morning on Threads, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company's “open” AI model family, Llama, hit 1 billion downloads.
More: Meta, Tech Newsday, Forbes, Seeking Alpha, Analytics India Magazine, Maginative, Social Media Today, and Investor's Business Daily
Threads: @zuck, @szed_ar, @sebastianraschka, @chriscox, and @yannlecun
X: @jonathanross321, @_akhaliq, @reach_vb, @nvidiaaidev, @xlr8harder, @clementdelangue, @metanewsroom, @ahmad_al_dahle, @aiatmeta, @andymstone, and @emollick
Forums: r/LocalLLaMA and Slashdot
| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: the man Rippling has accused of feeding stolen customer and employee info to Deel is Keith O'Brien, a global payroll-compliance manager in Dublin — Rippling manager allegedly fed stolen customer and employee information to company's rival — Keith O'Brien used to appear … | Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
Crossmint, which helps developers add crypto functionality to their code, raised $23.6M, including a seed and a Series A led by Ribbit Capital — Plenty of young people launch startups, but Rodri Fernández Touza may be the first to jump into crypto from a monastery.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Oracle is weighing a TikTok proposal that would have it provide security assurances and take a small stake while leaving the algorithm in Chinese hands — - Plan emerges as deadline nears for deal to save TikTok in US — Oracle would offer security guarantee if China keeps algorithm
More: New York Times, Social Media Today, The Information, New York Post, Digital Music News, Motley Fool, TipRanks Financial, PYMNTS.com, The Information, and CMU. LinkedIn: Brody Ford
| Moneycontrol: |
Sources: Indian edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah confidentially filed draft papers for a ₹4,600-crore IPO; the startup was valued at $2.8B in September 2024 — Top edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah has filed draft papers through the confidential pre-filing route to raise Rs 4,600 crore via …
| Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: activist investor Starboard Value plans to nominate a minority slate of director candidates at Autodesk ahead of the company's coming annual meeting — Starboard has a more than $500 million stake and plans to nominate a minority board slate — Activist investor Starboard Value …
More: Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
Crusoe: Stargate's first data center complex, in Abilene, TX, will finish in mid-2026 and have eight buildings, each designed for up to 50K Nvidia GB200 chips — - Developer Crusoe says construction will be done in mid 2026 — OpenAI, Oracle, Softbank partnering on AI infrastructure
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