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Luke James / Tom's Hardware : California's legislature passes a bill exempting open-source OSes like Linux from a 2025 age-verification law; Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android remain in scope   —  AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/qc3HGZL via IFTTT

Sheena Meng / Bloomberg : Data center development is driving demand for acoustic consultants, as developers and neighboring communities hire acousticians to assess noise emissions   —  The sprawling facilities get a lot of attention for their water and energy usage, but it's the threat of constant noise emission that has nearby residents up in arms. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/7nlHXum via IFTTT

Ann Davis Vaughan / The Information : Job listings and other indicators: SpaceX is working on a Bastrop, TX foundry to build blades for large gas turbines, which could ease its AI power crunch   —  Clues are emerging that Elon Musk intends to bypass the power supply chain for AI data centers in a way others assumed was impossible … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/J04Yj6w via IFTTT

Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg : Meta intensifies its pressure campaign on TikTok and YouTube, running full-page ads in US newspapers demanding they adopt comparable teen safety protections   —  Meta Platforms Inc. is intensifying its public pressure campaign on TikTok and YouTube, running full-page advertisements … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/zwVkOG2 via IFTTT

VideoCardz.com : Modders get an experimental version of Nvidia's DLSS 5 Neural Rendering library running in over a dozen games after it leaked in NBA 2K27's early access build   —  DLSS 5 mod spreads to Cyberpunk 2077, RDR2, TLOU2, Wukong and more  —  It took modders only hours to get the leaked NVIDIA DLSS … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/i6WegQK via IFTTT

Emily Graffeo / Bloomberg : Sources: AI cloud computing provider Lambda raised ~$1B of private short-dated debt to finance the purchase of Nvidia GPUs, which will be leased by Microsoft   —  Lambda Inc., an AI cloud-computing provider backed by Nvidia Corp., has raised about $1 billion of private short-dated debt … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/TqnSH6h via IFTTT

I knew I’d officially become a ‘longevity influencer’ this month when a company called Generation Lab reached out to offer me the chance to write about—and even receive—their new rejuvenation treatment, an injectable combination of two existing drugs which they call 1-Generation. This wasn’t just any antiaging treatment, either. A company fact sheet says that it “blocks the systemic spread of aging in the bloodstream, reawakens the body’s own repair mechanism and restores health and youth to multiple tissues.” The exclusive offer to join a “private cohort” receiving access to the treatment was being “extended to a limited number of people whose judgment on the science we trust, under close physician supervision.” “There’s a long wait list including a lot of celebrities, well-known people, people who you have heard of,” Generation Lab’s CEO Alina Su told me in a conference call. “So we’re super excited to, like, create this drug and [are] letting you know that this fi...