Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: ChatGPT users are figuring out the location of photos using o3’s image-analyzing capabilities paired with its web search functionality, raising privacy concerns  —  There’s a somewhat concerning new trend going viral: people are using ChatGPT to figure out the location shown in pictures. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Memo: CEO Lip-Bu Tan flattens Intel’s leadership team, with important semiconductor groups reporting directly to him, and names Sachin Katti as CTO and AI chief  —  Intel’s (INTC.O) new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, is flattening the semiconductor giant’s leadership team, with important chip groups reporting directly … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: US consumers are flocking to Chinese shopping apps DHgate and Taobao, which let them buy direct from manufacturers, as Shein and Temu prices rise amid tariffs  —  The Chinese e-commerce marketplace app DHgate, which is now the No. 2 free iPhone app in the U.S., isn’t the only one that’s oddly benefiting … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple Intelligence features, such as Writing Tools, are no longer available in Meta’s iOS apps including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Threads  —  Apple Intelligence was announced with iOS 18 and has been available since last October, when Apple released iOS 18.1 to the public. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: Meta asked Microsoft, Amazon, and others over the past year to fund Llama training costs in exchange for incentives, as part of a “Llama Consortium”  —  Meta Platforms over the past year asked Microsoft, Amazon and others to help pay the costs of training Meta’s flagship … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Makena Kelly / Wired: Sources: the CFPB terminated more than 1,400 workers, leaving about 200 employees and effectively gutting the agency that Elon Musk previously said to “delete”  —  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,400 of the agency’s 1,700 employees … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram launches Blend, an invite-only, personalized Reels feed for users and their friends in a group chat with new content every day  —  Instagram on Thursday announced that it’s rolling out Blend, a new feature that lets you create a custom, personalized reels feed for you and your friends. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI launches Flex processing in beta, an API option halving o3 and o4-mini prices in exchange for slower responses and “occasional resource unavailability”  —  In a bid to more aggressively compete with rival AI companies like Google, OpenAI is launching Flex processing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dade Hayes / Deadline: Netflix says co-founder Reed Hastings has left his post as executive chairman to become chairman and non-executive director of the company  —  Reed Hastings, co-founder and longtime former CEO of Netflix, is shifting from executive chairman to chairman of the board. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica: Google rolls out Gemini 2.5 Flash in preview, with support for Canvas for working on text or code; developers can disable thinking or set a token limit for it  —  Google’s Gemini AI may have had a slow start, but it has been anything but in 2025.  Barely a week goes by that another model … Lees verder op Tech Meme