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March 19, 2025, 4:25 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:
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 …
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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  —  Roberts Criticizes Calls for Judge's Impeachment After Trump's Statement  —  Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare public statement …
Makena Kelly / Wired:
Current and former FTC employees say the FTC removed 300+ Biden era business guidance blogs, 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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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.
June Yoon / Financial Times:
Chinese firms like Alibaba, Baidu and DeepSeek are open sourcing AI models to bypass US curbs, decentralize development, and tap global talent for refinement  —  The pace of Beijing's open source push has been relentless  —  Retaliation seemed certain.  When the US tightened its grip …
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.

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