Tech Meme

Kevin Roose / New York Times: OpenAI’s Operator is currently more an intriguing demo than a product most people need to spend $200/month on, but it points to a future of powerful AI agents  —  In the past week, OpenAI’s Operator has done the following things for me:  — Ordered me a new ice cream scoop on Amazon. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Donald Trump’s EO for levies on China says the “de minimis” exemption for items under $800 no longer applies, affecting Alibaba, JD.com, Shein, Temu, and others  —  – President could block tariff exemption for packages under $800  — Change could affect retailers such as Alibaba, Shein, Temu Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthew Keys / The Desk: The US NTSB says it will stop emailing updates about two recent plane crashes to news outlets and reporters, opting to exclusively post updates on its X account  —  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Saturday said it will stop e-mailing news organizations and reporters … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vittoria Elliott / Wired: Six engineers, apparently between 19 and 24 years old and linked to Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, are helping Musk gain control of federal infrastructure with DOGE  —  Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Intel received €515.55M in default interest from the EU after it was reimbursed a €1.06B fine levied in 2009; EU’s top court sided with Intel in October 2024  —  U.S. chipmaker Intel (INTC.O) has received 515.55 million euros ($536 million) in default interest from EU antitrust regulators related … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Heidi Mitchell / Wall Street Journal: A look at Future You, an AI-based research tool that lets users interact with a virtual older self and is currently being used by 60K people from 190 countries  —  A new artificial-intelligence tool allowed me to talk to my 80-year-old self.  It’s going to be quite a life.  —  It turns out I’m going to write a book! Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Google’s X spins out Heritable Agriculture, which aims to use AI to improve crop yield, as the incubator aggressively spins off companies under CEO Astro Teller  —  Google’s X “moonshot factory” this week announced its latest graduate.  Heritable Agriculture is a data- and machine learning … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Intel received €515.55M in default interest from the EU after it was reimbursed a €1.06B fine levied in 2009; EU’s top court sided with Intel in October 2024  —  U.S. chipmaker Intel (INTC.O) has received 515.55 million euros ($536 million) in default interest from EU antitrust regulators related … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vittoria Elliott / Wired: Six engineers, all apparently between 19 and 24 years and linked to Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, are helping Musk gain control of federal infrastructure with DOGE  —  Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Intel received €515.55M in default interest from the EU after it was reimbursed a €1.06B fine levied in 2009; EU’s top court sided with Intel in October 2024  —  U.S. chipmaker Intel (INTC.O) has received 515.55 million euros ($536 million) in default interest from EU antitrust regulators related … Lees verder op Tech Meme