Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: LinkedIn announces AI-powered writing suggestions, initially for writing profiles, using OpenAI’s GTP-4, and for recruiters writing job ads, using GPT-3.5  —  Earlier this month, when LinkedIn started seeding “AI-powered conversation starters” in people’s news feeds to boost engagement on its platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Umar Shakir / The Verge: Zipline unveils Platform 2 Zip, a drone that can do a 10-mile delivery in 10 minutes to small landing zones via a tethered “delivery droid” from up to 300 feet  —  Zipline is revealing its new drone delivery platform today that the company says is capable of making a 10-mile delivery … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: Inside the iPhone refurbishment process at New Jersey-based US Mobile Phones, from trade-in to refurbish to resale; Apple devices dominate consumer trade-ins  —  When you trade in a smartphone, here’s how it gets refurbished and makes companies money Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sara Fischer / Axios: Snap plans to begin publishing its guidelines for serving personalized Snapchat content after previously sharing them with publishing partners and some creators  —  Snapchat on Wednesday said it will begin publishing guidelines that detail what types of content gets algorithmically distributed in its app to users. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Fabiano Maisonnave / Associated Press: An investigation finds that illegal miners in Brazil use SpaceX’s Starlink for coordinating logistics, making payments, and warning of law enforcement raids  —  Brazilian federal agents aboard three helicopters descended on an illegal mining site on Tuesday in the Amazon rainforest. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: Inside the iPhone refurbishment process at New Jersey-based US Mobile Phones, from the trade-in to refurbish to resale; iPhones dominate consumer trade-ins  —  When you trade in a smartphone, here’s how it gets refurbished and makes companies money Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Rep. Ken Buck says the GOP does not seem to plan tougher antitrust rules on Google, Amazon, and Apple in 2023; Jim Jordan does not want to give Biden more power  —  – The new Republican leadership in the U.S. House doesn’t appear to have the appetite to impose tougher antitrust rules on the tech giants. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Umar Shakir / The Verge: Zipline announces the Platform 2 Zip drone, which can deliver packages to small landing zones using a tethered “delivery droid” from up to 300 feet high  —  Zipline is revealing its new drone delivery platform today that the company says is capable of making a 10-mile delivery in 10 minutes … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: OpenAI partners with Stripe to take payments and subscriptions for ChatGPT and Dall-E; Stripe also plans to integrate OpenAI’s AI tools into its products  —  OpenAI will use Stripe Inc. to take payments and subscriptions for its artificial intelligence tools ChatGPT and Dall-E … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: The US charges exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with a conspiracy to defraud his online followers out of over $1B and arrests him; the DOJ seizes $634M  —  The U.S. government on Wednesday charged exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with fraud, accusing him of orchestrating a conspiracy … Lees verder op Tech Meme