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Yamaha announces new battery swapping for electric bikes

January 3, 2024
Japanese e-bike manufacturers are making a run towards battery-swapping as a convenient alternative to stopping and charging batteries. Yamaha is the latest company to spin-out a new battery-swapping venture, today announcing its new ENYRING. Launching first in Europe, ENYRING is focusing on “collaborations between Yamaha Motor and strategic partner companies, and there are plans to launch…
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CryptoNews

Coinbase 'Extensively Prepared' for Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval

January 2, 2024
Crypto exchange Coinbase says that it has “extensively prepared” for spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) approvals by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Most spot bitcoin ETF applicants have named the Nasdaq-listed crypto platform as the custodian for their bitcoin. Coinbase Gets Ready for Spot Bitcoin ETF Launches As the deadline approaches for the U.S. Securities and…
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Crypto Crossroads — Contrasting 2024 Predictions Signal a Year of Defining Shifts

January 2, 2024
Throughout the past year, enthusiasm and speculation around bitcoin and other crypto assets have surged, particularly as the year drew to a conclusion. The Motley Fool’s forecasts for 2024 strike a pessimistic tone, anticipating a “buy the rumor, sell the news” scenario related to the spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) and further projecting that the crypto market will not decouple from…
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Cryptocurrency Miner Kidnapped for Ransom in Russia

January 2, 2024
In Izhevsk, Russia, a 23-year-old bitcoin miner was forcefully abducted from his residence as kidnappers demanded a ransom of 15 million rubles ($166,000). 23-Year-Old Russian Bitcoin Miner Kidnapped for Ransom On Dec. 25, in a rapid sequence of events, it was reported that…
AI & RoboticsNews

Google Gemini is not even as good as GPT-3.5 Turbo, researchers find

January 2, 2024
Oh, Google. Will you ever get an AI product release right on the first try? Less than a month after Google unveiled its long-rumored ChatGPT competitor Gemini to the world in a glossy demo video — only for the company to face criticism for what appeared and was ultimately confirmed to be staged interactions between the presenter and the AI — new research finds that the most powerful version of…
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