The landmark EV merger, which would create the world’s third-largest automaker, may not happen after all. Honda and Nissan’s EV partnership plans are reportedly already being called off. The partnership was expected to help the Japanese automakers survive after falling behind BYD, Tesla, and others as the industry shifts to electric.
Why are Honda and Nissan’s EV merger plans on hold?
After…
Vammo, a battery-swapping service for electric motorcycles in Latin America, has just announced that the company has surpassed an impressive 1 million battery swaps in a little over a year.
The company has built its service around a combination of VMoto electric motorcycles…
Ripple USD (RLUSD) is expanding to more platforms, including Zero Hash and Revolut, strengthening its presence in trading, payments, and financial applications across multiple blockchains.
RLUSD Lands on More Platforms
Ripple is strengthening the presence of its stablecoin…
Coinbase is demanding federal regulators tear down banking barriers to crypto, arguing that clear, enforceable rules will unlock financial innovation, stability, and mass adoption.
Coinbase Battles Banking Barriers—Will the Feds Finally Open the Floodgates?
Crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) is pressing federal banking regulators to create standardized regulations for cryptocurrency-related…
The global custody market is booming, projected to exceed $100 billion by 2033, with crypto driving demand for secure, compliant, and scalable custody solutions, Ripple says.
Crypto Custody Is Booming: Ripple Unveils the Blueprint for Custodian Success
Ripple published…
French AI startup Mistral launches Le Chat mobile app for iPhone, Android — can it take enterprise eyes off DeepSeek?
February 7, 2025
While the AI market has in recent days seemed to collapse around DeepSeek and OpenAI, there are of course many other teams of brilliant engineers fielding large language models (LLMs) that are worth a look as users and enterprises seek to use the latest and greatest. Take…
GitHub Copilot previews agent mode as market for agentic AI coding tools accelerates
February 7, 2025
Agentic AI is all the rage today across multiple sectors, including application development and coding. Today at long last, GitHub has joined the agentic AI party with the launch of GitHub Copilot agent mode. The promise of agentic AI in development is about enabling developers to build more code with just a simple prompt. The new agent mode will enable Copilot to iterate on its own code and fix…
Hugging Face brings ‘Pi-Zero’ to LeRobot, making AI-powered robots easier to build and deploy
February 7, 2025
Hugging Face and Physical Intelligence have quietly launched Pi0 (Pi-Zero) this week, the first foundational model for robots that translates natural language commands directly into physical actions.
“Pi0 is the most advanced vision language action model,” Remi Cadene, a…
Last month, Tesla unveiled the new Model Y in the United States, featuring an all-new light bar design, a redesigned rear-end, and a refreshed interior. It’s currently available as a “launch series” model, starting at $59,990 – with deliveries beginning in March.
The…
I went back to China to tour more e-bike factories and visit companies. Here's what I saw
February 6, 2025
Last month I was fortunate enough to take a trip to China and visit seven different micromobility companies, each of which invited me to tour their factory, test out their new products, or attend their major events. The trip is something of a sequel to the first Chinese factory tour trip I took last year (with the documentary of that trip racking up millions of views on YouTube).
In the coming…
