As it scrambles to turn things around, Nissan is scrapping plans to build a new LFP battery plant in Japan. The facility was expected to be key to reducing EV battery costs to keep up with leaders like BYD.
Nissan abandons plans for new EV battery plant in Japan
Nissan is scrambling to turn the company around. The Japanese automaker announced on Friday that it will “abandon plans to build a new…
Mazda EV has announced that it will use the North American Charging Standard (NACS), also known as Tesla’s charge connector, on its upcoming electric vehicles in Japan. The Japanese automaker had already announced that it would adopt NACS for its electric vehicles in…
XPeng AeroHT's 'Land Aircraft Carrier' hits latest certification milestone en route to mass production
May 13, 2025
AeroHT, the eVTOL and “flying car” business arm of XPeng, announced it is one step closer to bringing its “Land Aircraft Carrier” to customers in China. The powers that be accepted the unique NEV/eVTOL combo vehicle’s production certificate application, moving…
What your tools miss at 2:13 AM: How gen AI attack chains exploit telemetry lag – Part 1
May 12, 2025
It’s 2:13 a.m. on a Sunday and the SOC teams’ worst nightmares are about to come true.
Attackers on the other side of the planet are launching a full-scale attack on the company’s infrastructure. Thanks to multiple unpatched endpoints that haven’t seen an update since 2022, they blew through its perimeter in less than a minute.
Attackers with the skills of a nation-state team are after…
Bigger models aren’t driving the next wave of AI innovation. The real disruption is quieter: Standardization.
Launched by Anthropic in November 2024, the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardizes how AI applications interact with the world beyond their training data. Much…
From silicon to sentience: The legacy guiding AI’s next frontier and human cognitive migration
May 12, 2025
Humans have always migrated, not only across physical landscapes, but through ways of working and thinking. Every major technological revolution has demanded some kind of migration: From field to factory, from muscle to machine, from analog habits to digital reflexes. These…
Latam Insights: Bolivia Announces Digital Currency, Solana and Ether Futures Approved in Brazil
May 12, 2025
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, Bolivia completes a crypto comeback story by announcing its digital currency, the Brazilian stock exchange launches SOL and ETH futures, and Belo Horizonte aims to become a bitcoin capital.
De-Dollarization Watch: Bolivia to Launch Digital Currency…
Metaplanet Acquires 1,241 Bitcoin, Holdings Reach 6,796 BTC Amid Strong Yield Performance
May 12, 2025
Metaplanet Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 3350 / OTCQX: MTPLF), a publicly listed bitcoin treasury company in Japan, has announced the acquisition of an additional 1,241 bitcoin as part of its ongoing Bitcoin Treasury Operations, bringing its total holdings to 6,796 bitcoin.
The crypto market is buzzing with renewed energy, and all eyes are on May 2025 as Ethereum and cryptocurrency recovery signals a brighter turn for blockchain enthusiasts. But there’s a particular spotlight on Lightchain AI, the new revolutionary project making waves with…
Xiaomi becomes long-term partner of Nürburgring and will have its own curve on the Grand Prix Circuit
May 12, 2025
Xiaomi Automobile, the young EV business spun out of the Chinese smartphone giant, has earned the respect of Nürburgring, one of the world’s longest and most renowned permanent race tracks. After catching the public’s attention during a lap at Nürburgring last year, Xiaomi has signed on as a long-term premium partner to the track, which includes naming rights on the Grand Prix Circuit and…
