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 (Amar Diwakar/Rest of World)

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.

Didi reports Q4 revenue up 7.1% YoY to ~$7.32B and a ~$180M net loss, down from a ~$6.2M profit in Q4 2023, as it recovers from China's $1.2B fine in July 2022 (Reuters)

Reuters:
Didi reports Q4 revenue up 7.1% YoY to ~$7.32B and a ~$180M net loss, down from a ~$6.2M profit in Q4 2023, as it recovers from China's $1.2B fine in July 2022  —  Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global reported on Tuesday a 7.1% rise in fourth-quarter revenue to 52.9 billion yuan …

Ahead of its rumored March 19 release, a YouTuber posts a video of an alleged Pixel 9a, showing a flat rear panel, minimal camera bump, and large bezels (Rajesh Pandey/Android Police)

Rajesh Pandey / Android Police:
Ahead of its rumored March 19 release, a YouTuber posts a video of an alleged Pixel 9a, showing a flat rear panel, minimal camera bump, and large bezels  —  - Detailed Pixel 9a unboxing and hands-on videos have been published on YouTube.  — One YouTuber has put the phone through its paces …

An interview with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Snap's fifth-generation smart glasses, unveiled in September 2024, competing with Apple and Meta, Snap OS, and more (Austin Carr/Bloomberg)

Austin Carr / Bloomberg:
An interview with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Snap's fifth-generation smart glasses, unveiled in September 2024, competing with Apple and Meta, Snap OS, and more  —  The new Spectacles can project augmented-reality imagery onto the lenses.  —  Evan Spiegel sees something others don't …

Crypto exchange OKX says it has "temporarily" suspended its DEX aggregator services, used to launder the $1.5B Bybit hack, after reported EU scrutiny under MiCA (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg:
Crypto exchange OKX says it has “temporarily” suspended its DEX aggregator services, used to launder the $1.5B Bybit hack, after reported EU scrutiny under MiCA  —  Digital-asset exchange OKX has suspended a service used by hackers to launder proceeds from a $1.5 billion heist …

A closer look at the iPhone 17 "Air", which lays the foundation for major design changes in future devices, including possible portless and foldable iPhones (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A closer look at the iPhone 17 “Air”, which lays the foundation for major design changes in future devices, including possible portless and foldable iPhones  —  Apple's upcoming iPhone 17 “Air” will foreshadow a move to slimmer models without charging ports.

Spotify slashed nearly €500M in marketing, R&D spending, and general administrative expenses in 2024, which helped the company swing to a net income of €1.1B (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Spotify slashed nearly €500M in marketing, R&D spending, and general administrative expenses in 2024, which helped the company swing to a net income of €1.1B  —  The Swedish music streaming service's size now gives it a durable advantage over rivals  —  Spotify has found its groove.

Jio and Airtel, which initially opposed Starlink, partnered with the company following Modi's meeting with Musk and Trump's decision to impose tariffs on India (Scroll.in)

Scroll.in:
Jio and Airtel, which initially opposed Starlink, partnered with the company following Modi's meeting with Musk and Trump's decision to impose tariffs on India  —  The announcements about Starlink's tie-ups with the Indian telecommunication giants follow Trump's decision to impose reciprocal tariffs on India from April 2.

Etsy and eBay are starting to embrace tactics popularized by social media platforms, such as algorithm-based personalization, as a way to stay relevant (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)

Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal:
Etsy and eBay are starting to embrace tactics popularized by social media platforms, such as algorithm-based personalization, as a way to stay relevant  —  Companies are starting to emulate some of the tactics popularized by Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest to help boost sales

Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill that would transform the state's corporate law to keep it attractive to both investors and CEOs, following Musk's exit (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill that would transform the state's corporate law to keep it attractive to both investors and CEOs, following Musk's exit  —  Tesla CEO Elon Musk turned Delaware's corporate law into a hot-button topic last year after a judge there ruled …

A lack of consensus on what defines an AI "agent" is leading to customer frustration, as Microsoft, OpenAI, Salesforce, and others market it differently (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch:
A lack of consensus on what defines an AI “agent” is leading to customer frustration, as Microsoft, OpenAI, Salesforce, and others market it differently  —  Silicon Valley is bullish on AI agents.  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said agents will “join the workforce” this year.

A look at the adoption of DeepSeek across China, as Chinese automakers, smartphone sellers, and others rush to build services on top of the homegrown AI model (Kinling Lo/Rest of World)

Kinling Lo / Rest of World:
A look at the adoption of DeepSeek across China, as Chinese automakers, smartphone sellers, and others rush to build services on top of the homegrown AI model  —  Chinese companies, as a signal of patriotism, are racing to build services on top of the homegrown AI model that has taken the world by storm since January.

China's National People's Congress saw an uncharacteristic surge in tech optimism, driven by DeepSeek, which has fired up investors, politicians, and regulators (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
China's National People's Congress saw an uncharacteristic surge in tech optimism, driven by DeepSeek, which has fired up investors, politicians, and regulators  —  - Push for high-tech development follows DeepSeek's breakthrough  — Chinese shares poised to post best NPC performance since 2018

Foxconn reports Q4 profit down 13% YoY to ~$1.41B, missing the ~$1.65B estimate, its first quarterly drop since Q2 2023, but forecasts strong Q1 2025 growth (Reuters)

Reuters:
Foxconn reports Q4 profit down 13% YoY to ~$1.41B, missing the ~$1.65B estimate, its first quarterly drop since Q2 2023, but forecasts strong Q1 2025 growth  —  Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW),the world's largest contract electronics maker, said on Friday that solid demand from its tech clients …

A look at Paris-based incubator Station F, which includes Hugging Face as alumni and whose startups raised €1B+ for three straight years, up from €250M in 2017 (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
A look at Paris-based incubator Station F, which includes Hugging Face as alumni and whose startups raised €1B+ for three straight years, up from €250M in 2017  —  Of the Paris-based incubator's 40 best-performing start-ups, 34 have artificial intelligence at the core of their business