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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 …
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Forums: r/hardware, 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.
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Threads: @firstadopter. X: @munster_gene, @scobleizer, @nvidiaaidev, @benbajarin, @ruijie_zheng12, @iancutress, @theaustinlyons, @drjimfan, @marcochiappetta, @munster_gene, @benbajarin, @nvidiarobotics, @iancutress, @levie, @nvidiarobotics, @benbajarin, @theaustinlyons, @parada_car88104, @benbajarin, @satyanadella, @munster_gene, @nvidianewsroom, @nvidiaaidev, @box, @scobleizer, @nvidianewsroom, @nvidianewsroom, @beth_kindig, @benbajarin, @nvidianewsroom, @nvidianewsroom, @thehumanoidhub, @nvidiaaidev, @ryanshrout, @nvidianewsroom, @stockmktnewz, @nvidianewsroom, @kwekuoa, @munster_gene, @theaustinlyons, @theaustinlyons, @ryanshrout, @nvidiaaidev, @kimmonismus, @pytorch, @iancutress, @vitrupo, @synopsys, @googledeepmind, @nvidiaaidev, @benbajarin, @benbajarin, @nvidianewsroom, @nvidianewsroom, @scobleizer, @maxwinebach, @scobleizer, @iancutress, @nvidianewsroom, @munster_gene, @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 …
| NVIDIA on YouTube: |
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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
| 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.
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Forums: r/fednews, r/politics, and r/politics
| 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.
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Mastodon: @harrymccracken@mastodon …, @carnage4life@mas.to, and @mttaggart@infosec.exchange. Threads: @alexheath
X: @wiz_io, @probyshandilya, @ekmokaya, @jasonlk, @deedydas, @econliberties, @sherman1890, @danprimack, @julianklymochko, @ingridlunden, @econliberties, @alexia, @alexia, @thomasortk, @eastdakota, @jasonlk, @brexhq, @jumpforjoyce, @alexrkonrad, @ourielohayon, @ivanlevingston, @danielnewmanuv, @arashmassoudi, @nateb_panic, @marktluszcz, @adamkovac, @wiz_io, @romangold, @sequoia, @googlecloud, @pitdesi, @philvenables, @royalhansen, @altcap, @danprimack, @teddiew, @sundarpichai, @saraeisen, @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
| 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 …
More: The Information. Threads: @carnage4life. X: @pitdesi. Forums: r/Economics and r/WallStreetbetsELITE
| 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
| Matt Kapko / CyberScoop: |
Flashpoint: 3.2B credentials were stolen from organizations in 2024, up 33% YoY, of which 2.1B were compromised using info-stealing malware infecting 23M hosts — Inexpensive information-stealing malware surged in 2024, infecting 23 million hosts, according to Flashpoint. — Learn more.
More: Flashpoint, Infosecurity, Channel Futures, BetaNews, SiliconANGLE, and Forbes
| 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| 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.| Kamila Wojciechowska / Android Authority: |
A source details how Google built the Pixel 10's Tensor G5 chip without Samsung's help, using in-house and off-the-shelf IP, and partnering with Arm and others — The Tensor G5 won't be all that different from the previous generations. — • — • — • — TL;DR| 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 … | Michael Peel / Financial Times: |
Microsoft partners with Swiss startup Inait to deploy an AI model that simulates mammal brain reasoning to advance fields like financial trading and robotics — New artificial intelligence learns from real-world experience rather than pre-existing data — Microsoft has joined forces … | Counterpoint Research: |
Global VR headset shipments fell 12% YoY in 2024, with Meta's market share rising to 84%; Vision Pro shipments fell 43% QoQ in Q4, but its enterprise sales grew — - Global VR headset shipments fell 12% YoY in 2024, marking their third consecutive year of declines due to the continued weak consumer demand.
More: Above Avalon and Moneycontrol
| 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, Forbes, Maginative, Social Media Today, Tech Newsday, and Investor's Business Daily
Threads: @zuck, @szed_ar, @sebastianraschka, @chriscox, and @yannlecun
X: @reach_vb, @nvidiaaidev, @xlr8harder, @metanewsroom, @jonathanross321, @clementdelangue, @ahmad_al_dahle, @_akhaliq, @aiatmeta, @andymstone, and @emollick
Forums: r/LocalLLaMA and Slashdot
| 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
| Jessica Mathews / Fortune: |
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