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March 18, 2025, 5:55 PM

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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.
CNBC:
GM partners with Nvidia to use Nvidia Drive AGX, Omniverse with Cosmos, and more across driver assistance systems and factory planning and robotics  —  General Motors and Nvidia have agreed to a strategic collaboration that includes the automaker using several products and artificial intelligence services …
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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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:
Sources: Sequoia's ~10% stake in Wiz would net the firm ~$3B from Wiz's sale to Alphabet, a 25-fold return; Greenoaks would secure ~$2B on its ~$300M investment  —  Wiz backer Sequoia Capital is poised to deliver a return of about 25 times its invested capital from the cybersecurity startup's pending sale …
Andrew Martin / Bloomberg:
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.
David Pierce / The Verge:
Eric Migicovsky unveils two Pebble smartwatches running its open-source OS, the $149 Core 2 Duo shipping July 2025 and $225 Core Time 2 shipping December 2025  —  Pebble's creator now runs a company called Core Devices, and it's getting ready to sell two new watches soon.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google debuts new Search and Android health care features, including medical records APIs, and plans to release open AI models for drug discovery called TxGemma  —  Google on Tuesday announced new products and features aimed at healthcare use cases, including improved overviews in Google Search …
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.
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 …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Oracle is weighing a TikTok proposal that would have it provide security assurances and take a small stake while leaving the algorithm in Chinese hands  —  - Plan emerges as deadline nears for deal to save TikTok in US  — Oracle would offer security guarantee if China keeps algorithm
Carly Page / TechCrunch:
CISA scrambles to contact 130+ fired employees after court rules the layoffs unlawful but says re-hired staff will immediately be placed on administrative leave  —  The U.S. government's cybersecurity agency is scrambling to contact more than 130 former employees after a federal court ruled …
More: CSOForums: r/cybersecurity
Bloomberg:
Crusoe: Stargate's first data center complex, in Abilene, TX, will finish in mid-2026 and have eight buildings, each designed for up to 50K Nvidia GB200 chips  —  - Developer Crusoe says construction will be done in mid 2026  — OpenAI, Oracle, Softbank partnering on AI infrastructure
New York Times:
Starlink is now accessible across the White House campus, which already has fiber internet, after SpaceX “donated” the service, as some cite security concerns  —  Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted …

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