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.
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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
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Apple says new EU interoperability rules “wrap us in red tape”, force “us to give away our new features for free”, and are “bad for our products” and users
In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple firmly rebuked the EU decision announced today …
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.
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.
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
Earlier reports said that the long-standing legal battle between Ripple and the agency is nearing its end. — What to know:
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.
Google says it is “checking on a component quality issue” for the Pixel 9a, delaying its release from March to sometime in April; pre-orders are not yet open
Google isn't yet taking preorders for a phone it just announced, which is unusual. A “small number” of early devices exhibited the unspecified issue.
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.
Jensen Huang says Nvidia will use co-packaged optical tech in two upcoming networking chips for its servers to cut energy usage, but GPU use will have to wait
Stephen Nellis / Reuters :
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
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.
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 …
Q&A with Netflix's Ted Sarandos on his 25-year anniversary at Netflix, his cameo on Apple TV+ series The Studio, competing with suppliers like Disney, and more
In a few weeks, Ted Sarandos will make his acting debut — playing Ted Sarandos. The co-CEO of Netflix is lampooning himself …
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.
Utila, which offers a multi-party computation crypto wallet service, raised an $18M Series A led by Nyca Partners, taking its total funding to ~$30M since 2024
Utila, a digital asset operations platform, has raised $18 million in a Series A round to expand its multi-party computation …
Sources: US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urged civil servants heading the $42B rural broadband program to increase the project's use of SpaceX's Starlink
Commerce secretary urges officials to consider Trump adviser's satellite connection for rural households
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
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 …
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 X: Dan Primack / @danprimack : Yup. Not only...
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
Akash Sriram / Reuters :
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 X: Joanna Chiu / @joannachiu : In Dubai, th...
Tencent reports Q4 revenue up 11% YoY to ~$23.9B, vs. ~$23.4B est., profit up 90% YoY to ~$7B, vs. ~$6.3B est., and domestic games revenue up 23% YoY to ~$4.6B
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC :
RIAA: US paid music streaming subscriptions hit 100M in 2024; streaming revenue grew 4% YoY to $14.9B; revenue from ad-supported services fell 2% to $1.8B
But Overall Streaming Revenue Grew Only 3.6%, RIAA 2024 Report Says Erik Pedersen / Deadline : U.S. Paid Music Subscriptions Top 100M For First Time As Vinyl Surge Continues In 2024 Tim Ingham / Music...
A look at Waymo's progress, from Alphabet's “moonshot” project to achieving commercial robotaxi deployment in three US cities in 2024, and its expansion plans
There are plenty of proven tactics to cheaply and reliably reduce crashes (road diets, automatic enforcement, bike lanes, etc). Focus there! — www.fastcompany.com/91270760/ way... … Mastodon: Harry...
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
2. “Last Friday O'Brien found himself cornered in a Dublin office bathroom, accused by his employer of being a corporate spy.” What the HELL, Rippling? Time and place for these conversations, and th...
Bakkt's stock fell 27%+ on March 18 after the crypto company said that two of its largest clients, Bank of America and Webull, would not renew their agreements
Stephen Katte / Cointelegraph :
Samsung's annual meeting: co-CEO Han Jong-hee says the company will pursue “meaningful” chip M&A deals in 2025 and apologizes to investors for its weak stock
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
inait is proud to announce a strategic collaboration with Microsoft …
SEC filing: Shopify is transitioning its US stock listing to the Nasdaq, nearly 10 years after filing to go public on the NYSE and Toronto Stock Exchange
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch :
Community Notes, on X and rolling out on Meta's services, falls short of stopping misinformation; eliminating rewards for posting misinformation would help more
Musk's own posts have been successfully noted 167 times — but only 88 are currently still visible. — Almost a third of notes submitted in February were related to crypto scams or other ToS violations...
Sources: activist investor Starboard Value plans to nominate a minority slate of director candidates at Autodesk ahead of the company's coming annual meeting
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal :
Chinese firms like Alibaba, Baidu and DeepSeek are open sourcing AI models to bypass US curbs, decentralize development, and tap global talent for refinement
but BoFA sees a correction coming Wency Chen / South China Morning Post : AMD CEO Lisa Su visits China, touting AI chip compatibility with DeepSeek, Alibaba models Callum Keown / Barron's Online : Bai...
Sources: Indian edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah confidentially filed draft papers for a ~$530M IPO; the startup was valued at $2.8B in September 2024
Moneycontrol :
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
Michael Scott Moore / Bloomberg :
US sanctions, export controls, and tariff threats are driving TSMC's Taiwan peers, including Foxconn, server maker Wiwynn, and Quanta, to expand US production
Bloomberg :
Sequoia is laying off its Washington, DC-based policy team and shuttering its office there this month, as other VC firms beef up their presence in the city
Jessica Mathews / Fortune :
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Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.