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Meta will run AI in WhatsApp through NVIDIA’s ‘confidential computing’

Meta just announced a deal to buy “millions” of NVIDIA Blackwell and Rubin GPUs in a new long-term partnership. As part of that, the social media giant will deploy NVIDIA’s Confidential Computing for WhatsApp, “enabling AI-powered capabilities across the messaging…

Meta’s new deal with Nvidia buys up millions of AI chips

Meta has struck a multiyear deal to expand its data centers with millions of Nvidia’s Grace and Vera CPUs and Blackwell and Rubin GPUs. While Meta has long been using Nvidia’s hardware for its AI products, this deal “represents the…

U.S. court bars OpenAI from using ‘Cameo’

A federal district court in Northern California ruled in favor of Cameo, a platform that allows users to get personalized video messages from celebrities, and ordered OpenAI to stop using “Cameo” in its products and features. OpenAI was using the…

Lovehoney Discount Codes and Deals: Up to 70% Off

For far too long, purchasing sex toys was done in seedy stores on random roads off highways. Lovehoney wanted to change all that. With more and more people getting online, the founders of Lovehoney saw the opportunity to create a…

Did a cloud-seeding start-up really increase snowfall in part of Utah?

The weather-modifying equipment used by Rain Enhancement Technologies in Utah Rain Enhancement Technologies States like Utah in the western US have been suffering from a record snow drought, raising fears of wildfires and low flow in the crucial Colorado river….

Hobbyist builds retro Apple Macintosh inside toy clock

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The Apple Macintosh personal computer is an iconic piece of tech history—with an emphasis on the word history. Compared to the 32-bit PCs of…

Ancient DNA solves 12,000-year-old mystery of rare genetic growth disorder

An international team led by the University of Vienna and Liège University Hospital Centre has uncovered genetic changes linked to a rare inherited growth disorder in two people who lived more than 12,000 years ago. By combining ancient DNA testing…

Samsung teases mobile AI photography tools ahead of Unpacked

Anyone who’s been paying even a little bit of attention to tech news lately could have made a reasonable guess that AI will be a big topic at Samsung’s Unpacked next week. Ahead of the event, Samsung teased some of…

Piggyback’s fantastic Metroid Prime art book is nearly 20 percent off

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond launched on the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 in December, but if you’re itching for some more lore, Metroid Prime 1–3: A Visual Retrospective is a nice way to dig in, especially now that it’s on…

Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use

An internal research study at Meta dubbed “Project MYST” created in partnership with the University of Chicago, found that parental supervision and controls — such as time limits and restricted access — had little impact on kids’ compulsive use of…