Stephen Katte / Cointelegraph:
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 — Crypto firm Bakkt’s share price plummeted over 27% on March 18 after the company revealed that two of its largest clients …
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, and Z Flip6, with a “simplified” 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.
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
A look at Waymo’s progress, from Alphabet’s “moonshot” project to achieving commercial deployment in three cities, and its plans for future expansion — Waymo is already notching 200,000 rides a week in cities across the U.S. No other self-driving car company comes close.
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Jensen Huang says Nvidia will use co-packaged optical tech in two of its upcoming networking chips for its servers, but wider use will have to wait — A promising new chip technology that aims to cut energy usage is not yet reliable enough for use in Nvidia’s flagship graphics processing units …
Jem Aswad / Variety:
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 — For the first time, paid streaming subscriptions hit the 100 million mark in the U.S. last year, while vinyl sales continued their nearly …
Makena Kelly / Wired:
Current and former employees say the FTC removed 300+ business guidance blogs from the Biden era, including info on AI consumer protection and Big Tech lawsuits — Business-guidance content published during the Biden administration has been removed from the Federal Trade Commission website.
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 …
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 — For Trump, it was a moment to savor on the 43rd day back in office. For Richard Lee, watching almost 8,000 miles away, it was a call to action.
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.
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 …
