Amazon and Nvidia just got a lot closer. The two companies announced Wednesday an expanded partnership that includes a deal to add another 2 million Nvidia GPU chips to Amazon’s data centers. These GPUs, which are designed to handle the heavy compute demands of training and running AI models, include Nvidia Blackwell Ultra, Rubin, and…
WhatsApp is adding three new security features designed to make account takeovers and scam calls harder to pull off. The new protections cover authentication, account access, and social engineering. WhatsApp is upgrading two-step verification, allowing more than one passkey per account, and adding caller context for numbers that aren’t saved in a user’s contacts. The…
Whoop just debuted its new Meridian band, offering a more stylish titanium band to fit your personal style. Made of waterproof stainless steel mesh, the Meridian band is designed to be worn with all your jewelry. The new Whoop Meridian band is designed to be worn alongside your jewelry. Credit: Whoop The biggest issue with…
As data center developers compete for a cut of the hundreds of billions of dollars flowing into the artificial intelligence industry, the queue to join the UK’s power grid has become jammed with projects that will likely never get built. The snarl is exacerbating already years-long wait times for viable projects, and it’s messing with…
Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, The Information reported Wednesday night, citing a source familiar with the matter. Business Insider, which first reported over the weekend that Hugging Face was fielding takeover interest, reported Wednesday night that the talks — which would value the company at more than $13 billion —…
Checking whether an aging parent is okay could soon take fewer phone calls, thanks to a new wearable from Fitbit’s founders James Park and Eric Friedman. Luffu Link is designed to let family members keep tabs on health, location, and safety via a screen-free band that stays connected even when the wearer’s phone isn’t nearby….
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If you missed the spectacular solar eclipse earlier this month, you have a chance to catch another stunning astronomical phenomenon: a partial lunar eclipse and “blood moon” that will occur on Thursday night into Friday early morning. Earth’s shadow will cover nearly all of the bright lunar disk and will cast a reddish or orange…
Instinct, a startup founded only last year and helmed by a 23-year-old, has managed to ride the wave of AI enthusiasm toward a gargantuan valuation over the course of the summer. The company, which offers an AI assistant that has inspired enthusiasm among its early users, told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that it…
Apple’s latest Mac Studio brings up to 512GB of unified memory to the compact desktop, giving developers and creative professionals more capacity to run demanding AI workloads locally. The company on Tuesday announced the new Mac Studio, offering the desktop with its M5 Max and new M5 Ultra processors. The M5 Max configuration features an…
