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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google unveils the $499+ Pixel 9a, with no camera bump, a 48MP rear camera, a 6.3" display, a Tensor G4 chip, and IP68 water resistance, shipping in April 2025 — Google is confirming what we learned from a slew of leaks. … Google just announced the Pixel 9A, surprising nobody because it's been leaked to all heck.
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| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
Google Pixel 9a hands-on: an iPhone 16e rival with a 120Hz display and water drop-inspired camera bump, priced for $300 less than the Pixel 9 with few tradeoffs — It has dual cameras, a Tensor G4 chip and access to all of Google's AI features for $499. — Senior Writer, Reviews| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
The EU Commission orders Apple to open iOS to third-party connected devices, and in preliminary findings charges Google with breaking the DMA in search and apps — EU continues Big Tech crackdown under landmark Digital Markets Act — Brussels is pressing ahead with regulatory action …
More: MacRumors, European Commission, Politico, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Reuters, Euractiv, Bloomberg, and European Commission
X: @samuelstolton, @eu_competition, and @lewis_crofts
| Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: |
A look at Nvidia's GTC 2025 announcements, including a focus on addressing pre-training and post-training scaling and inference time scaling working in tandem — The Reasoning Token Explosion — AI model progress has accelerated tremendously, and in the last six months, models have improved more than in the previous six months.| 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/gadgets, r/GeForceNOW, and r/LocalLLaMA
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
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| Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Samsung plans to roll out its Android 15-based One UI 7 from April 7 on the Galaxy S24 series, Z Fold6, Z Flip6, and more, with a simpler UI and new AI features — Less than two weeks ago, Samsung said to expect One UI 7 next month, and the Android 15 update is now set for Monday, April 7.| New York Times: |
President Trump fires the FTC's two Democratic members, threatening the regulatory body's independence 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.
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X: @bedoyaftc, @afergusonftc, @bedoyaftc, @bedoyaftc, @corinne_podger, @ewwilkins, @justinbrookman, @openmarkets, @helaineolen, @nhegde, @mmcassella, @davidbmcgarry, @leehepner, @leehepner, @adamkovac, @swiftstories, @adamkovac, @joshwright1977, @natpurser, @irvingswisher, @leehepner, and @viacristiano. LinkedIn: Bilal Sayyed
Forums: r/Economics, r/Law_and_Politics, r/technology, r/politics, r/fednews, and r/politics
| Makena Kelly / Wired: |
Current and former FTC staff say the FTC removed 300+ Biden-era business guidance blog posts, including info on AI consumer protection and its Big Tech lawsuits — Business-guidance content published during the Biden administration has been removed from the Federal Trade Commission website.
More: Benzinga, Gizmodo, The Information, Engadget, and TechCrunch
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/fednews, r/politics, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google updates Google Wallet to let kids with Android phones tap to pay in stores in the US, the UK, Australia, Spain, and Poland, with parental supervision — Google announced on Wednesday that kids with Android phones can now tap to pay at stores using Google Wallet in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, and Poland.| The Citizen Lab: |
A look at Israeli spyware company Paragon, which makes Graphite: suspected deployments in Australia, Canada, Israel, and more, a WhatsApp zero-click, and more — Key Findings — Introducing Paragon Solutions. Paragon Solutions was founded in Israel in 2019 and sells spyware called Graphite.
More: TechCrunch, The Record, Washington Post, The Guardian, The Guardian, Euractiv, and Bloomberg
Mastodon: @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange and @datarights@eupolicy.social
X: @rondeibert and @drwhax
| CoinDesk: |
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the US SEC is set to drop its appeal in its case against Ripple, nearing the end of a legal battle over XRP ongoing since 2020 — XRP jumped 10% on Wednesday during U.S. morning hours as Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission …
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X: @bgarlinghouse, @s_alderoty, @attorneyjeremy1, @attorneyjeremy1, @bcbacker, and @adamkovac. Forums: r/Ripple
| Matt Kapko / CyberScoop: |
Flashpoint: attackers stole 3.2B credentials from organizations in 2024, up 33% YoY, 2.1B of which was via info-stealing malware infecting 23M hosts and devices — Inexpensive information-stealing malware surged in 2024, infecting 23 million hosts, according to Flashpoint. — Learn more.
More: Flashpoint, SC Media, Cyber Security News, TechRadar, Infosecurity, Channel Futures, BetaNews, SiliconANGLE, and Forbes
| 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
More: Tech Advisor, Gizchina.com, GSMArena.com, Tom's Guide, Android Police, Phandroid, TalkAndroid.com, and PhoneArena
Forums: r/GooglePixel, r/hardware, and r/Android
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
How Reddit became a lifeline for US federal workers in recent months, as Trump cuts the workforce; r/fednews gained millions of visitors since January 2025 — David Carson is a moderator of the Veterans Affairs group on Reddit.William DeShazer for The New York Times| Mark Niquette / Bloomberg: |
Trump's 20% China tariffs and potential 25% Mexico tariffs, hitting the US' two biggest computer equipment import sources, may pile new costs on US data centers — President Donald Trump is all in on artificial intelligence and the data centers that power it — but his tariffs threaten …
X: @danprimack and @thestalwart
| Counterpoint Research: |
Global VR headset shipments fell 12% YoY in 2024, with Meta's market share hitting 77%; 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: Digital Trends, Spyglass, Above Avalon, and Moneycontrol
| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
BlackRock, Microsoft, and Abu Dhabi's MGX say Nvidia and xAI joined a consortium to build AI infrastructure in the US; investors committed $100B for deployment — Nvidia and Elon Musk's xAI have joined a consortium backed by Microsoft, investment fund MGX and BlackRock to expand AI infrastructure …
More: Capital Brief, Benzinga, Bloomberg, Nairametrics, Business Wire, TipRanks Financial, Financial Times, Yahoo Finance, and Reuters. X: @blackrock
| Financial Times: |
Sources: investors valued X at $44B in a secondary deal earlier in March; 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: New York Times, The Guardian, Politico, The Information, and Bloomberg
Forums: r/elonmusk, r/Economics, r/WallStreetbetsELITE, and Beehaw
| 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 … | Reuters: |
Sources: the real closer for Wiz and Google executives was President Trump's election win, which brought with it the prospect of a friendlier antitrust review — Less than a year after Google's plans to acquire Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz fell apart, executives were able to ink a deal … | Amar Diwakar / Rest of World: |
How Dubai and the rest of Middle East embraced drone shows, with the average show using 400+ drones and costing $112K+; SPH: the market was worth $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.
X: @joannachiu
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