Amar Diwakar / Rest of World:
How Dubai and the Middle East embraced drone shows, with the average show using 400+ drones and costing $112K+; the market was worth an estimated $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.

Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis:
A close look at Nvidia’s GTC 2025 announcements, which focused on addressing pre- and post- training scaling, inference-time scaling working in tandem, and more  —  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.

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.