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Porsche is retiring the gas-powered Macan early in Europe as EV model takes the spotlight

December 22, 2023
Porsche is retiring its bestselling SUV in Europe earlier than expected. The gas-powered Porsche Macan will sail off into the sunset in the EU next spring. Porsche is set to launch the all-electric Macan next year as it shifts its lineup. The Macan is Porsche’s bestselling SUV globally, with over 68,300 units sold through September, topping the popular Cayenne (64,457). In Europe, Porsche…
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BYD launches sleek Song L electric SUV starting at $27K as Tesla Model Y rival

December 22, 2023
BYD officially launched its new entry-level electric SUV Friday. The BYD Song L, starting at around $26,700 (189,800 yuan), will rival Tesla’s Model Y in China. BYD introduced the Song L concept at the Shanghai auto show in April. After opening pre-orders on October 13, BYD said it had received over 11,000 hand-raisers in 17 days. Now, that number is nearly 30,000. As of Friday, the new…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Google’s new multimodal AI video generator VideoPoet looks incredible

December 22, 2023
Just yesterday, I asked if Google would ever get an AI product release right on the first try. Consider that asked and answered — at least, going by the looks of its latest research. This week, Google showed off VideoPoet, a new large language model (LLM) designed for a variety of video generation tasks from a team of 31 researchers at Google Research. The fact that the Google Research team…
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AI will make 2024 US elections a ‘hot mess’

December 22, 2023
Generative AI will make the 2024 US elections a ‘hot mess’ — whether it is from chatbots or deepfakes — while at the same time, politics will slow down AI regulation efforts, says Nathan Lambert, a machine learning researcher at the Allen Institute for AI, who also…
CryptoNews

Bitcoin Technical Analysis: Bears Take the Reins Clawing BTC's Price Back – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

December 22, 2023
On Monday, the valuation of bitcoin experienced a 3.3% decline within the past day, falling beneath the $42K threshold. Currently positioned at $42,224, bitcoin’s valuation is undergoing a marked shift in the cryptocurrency landscape on Dec. 11, 2023, just two days prior to the forthcoming meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Bitcoin The recent pricing trends of bitcoin (BTC), oscillating…
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