Tech Meme

Dominic Preston / The Verge: Google rolls out the first public beta of Android 16 for Pixel devices, introducing Live Updates, a limited version of Apple’s Live Activities, and more  —  Android 16’s first public beta will start rolling out later today, bringing with it dynamic lockscreen notifications for ride-sharing and food delivery … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Perplexity launches Perplexity Assistant in its Android app, which can take “multi-app actions” like hailing a ride, initially free for users in 15 languages  —  AI-powered search engine Perplexity has launched an “agent,” of sorts, called Perplexity Assistant … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: OpenAI says Operator is powered by Computer-Using Agent, or CUA, which combines GPT-4o’s vision capabilities with “reasoning” abilities of more advanced models  —  After weeks of buzz, OpenAI has released Operator, its first AI agent.  Operator is a web app that can carry … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: OpenAI releases a “research preview” of its Operator AI agent that can automate web-based tasks, launching in the US to subscribers of the $200/month Pro tier  —  OpenAI is releasing a “research preview” of an AI agent called Operator that can “go to the web to perform tasks for you,” according to a blog post. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: At Davos, Trump blasts EU for targeting Apple, Google, and Meta, describing regulatory cases as “a form of taxation”, and references Apple’s €13B Irish tax bill  —  – Comments mark start of clash between Trump, EU over tech  — Apple lost case last year over $14.4 billion Irish tax bill Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: OpenAI partners with DoorDash, Instacart, Priceline, StubHub, and Uber to ensure that Operator respects these businesses’ terms of service agreements  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman kicked off this year by saying in a blog post that 2025 would be big for AI agents, tools that can automate tasks and take actions on your behalf. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 review: fastest Blender benchmark score ever, DLSS4 frame generation works well, and good cooling but very expensive and power hungry  —  It’s the fastest video card I’ve ever seen, but it’s not meant for mere mortals.  —  A $2,000 video card for consumers shouldn’t exist. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI fixes issues that caused a major ChatGPT outage and downtime for its API on January 23, after disruptions in December 2024  —  OpenAI’s AI chatbot platform, ChatGPT, suffered a major outage Thursday.  —  Early this morning, ChatGPT users started reporting issues accessing ChatGPT on the web and other platforms. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: ByteDance has earmarked over $20.6B in capital expenditure for 2025, with about half of the amount on AI-related infrastructure outside China  —  ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has earmarked over 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) in capital expenditure for this year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Brave Search rolls out Rerank to let users boost or downgrade domains from their search results through thumbs up or thumbs down buttons  —  Brave Search has introduced a new feature called Rerank, which allows users to define search results ordering preferences and set specific sites rank higher. Lees verder op Tech Meme