Bloomberg: Some parents say they are eschewing 529 college savings plans and other traditional investments to invest in cryptocurrency to build wealth for their children — Despite the risks and volatility, some families are investing in cryptocurrency to build wealth for their children. 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
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
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Reliance Retail launches the Shein app in India, with control over operations and data and Shein acting as a technology partner, years after the app’s ban — Chinese fast-fashion platform Shein has relaunched in India through a partnership with local conglomerate Reliance’s retail chain … 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 60,000 people from 190 nations — A new artificial-intelligence tool allowed me to talk to my 80-year-old self. It’s going to be quite a life. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Katie McQue / The Guardian: A US man pleads guilty to a cyberstalking campaign against a professor, including by creating chatbots on Crushon.ai and JanitorAI using her personal info — James Florence, 36, agreed to plead guilty after using victim’s information to guide chatbots in impersonation Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kevin Roose / New York Times: In its current form, OpenAI’s Operator is more of an intriguing demo than a product useful for most people, 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 imposing levies on China says the “de minimis” exemption for items under $800 no longer applies, which could affect Alibaba, Shein, 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
Sima Kotecha / BBC: The UK announces four new laws that make it illegal to possess, create, or distribute AI tools designed to produce CSAM, becoming the first country to do so — Four new laws will tackle the threat of child sexual abuse images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), the government has announced. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Emily Rose / Reuters: How Israeli startups like Xtend are helping the country’s war effort, with ~50% of anti-drone tech used since the October 7 attacks coming from startups — The drone that tracked Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and filmed him as he lay dying in footage beamed around the world last October … Lees verder op Tech Meme