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March 19, 2025, 6:25 AM

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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 …
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.
Larry Dignan / Constellation Research:
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 members of the traditionally independent regulatory body is likely to face a legal challenge.
Makena Kelly / Wired:
Current and former FTC staff say the FTC removed 300+ Biden era business guidance blog posts, including information on AI consumer protection and Big Tech suits  —  Business-guidance content published during the Biden administration has been removed from the Federal Trade Commission website.
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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Bloomberg:
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 …
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.
Michael Scott Moore / Bloomberg:
How Trump closing CBP One, an app launched in 2020 to let immigrants schedule CBP asylum appointments, is a gift to Mexican cartels' smuggling operations  —  CBP One, the app that helped schedule asylum meetings, had critics on both sides of the immigration debate.  But it provided a credible alternative to illegal smuggling.
Amar Diwakar / Rest of World:
How Dubai and the Middle East embraced drone shows, with the average show using 400+ drones and costing $112K+; the market was worth an estimated $339M in 2023  —  The Middle East hosts some of the world's largest and most expensive drone shows, but the work is seasonal and doesn't guarantee regular pay.

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