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December Sparks NFT Sales Surge — Bitcoin Dominates as Market Recovers, Iconic Collections Realign

December 10, 2023
In the wake of a strong rise in non-fungible token (NFT) sales last November, the initial week of December continued this trend, with sales escalating by 57% compared to the previous week. Bitcoin Outshines as NFT Sales Skyrocket in Early December This past week’s NFT sales amounted to approximately $316 million. Despite this surge, the volume of buyers and sellers decreased considerably…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: December 9, 2023

December 9, 2023
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Check out this bicycle-powered backyard rollercoaster that you can actually buy

December 9, 2023
When it comes to searching for odd vehicles on China’s largest online shopping site, I try not to limit myself too much. Sure it’s fun to find various things that zip around on wheels, treads, wings, or fins. But sometimes, you have to expand your horizon beyond just air, land, and sea. That’s the case with this week’s find for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week. Meet…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Civitai founder champions open source, downplays AI deepfake porn

December 9, 2023
Justin Maier, the Mormon-raised, Boise, Idaho-based founder of open-source AI platform Civitai, has had a wild year — and a rough few months.  His company was founded a year ago to support a community discovering, creating and sharing models and image-generated content based on the popular text-to-image generator Stable Diffusion. Since then, it has exploded from a four-person startup and less…
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MobileNews

ChatGPT rival Pi launches on Android

December 9, 2023
Are you ready to bring more awareness to your brand? Consider becoming a sponsor for The AI Impact Tour. Learn more about the opportunities here. Inflection AI, the Palo Alto-based startup founded by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and LinkedIn co-founder Reid…
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The Bulk of Crypto Trading Volumes in Africa Are Generated by Institutional Traders

December 9, 2023
Farzam Ehsani, the founder and CEO of the South African crypto exchange Valr, has stated that institutional traders account for the bulk of the African continent’s crypto trading volumes. To support this point, Ehsani referred to Valr’s largest volumes which he said “are executed via our API by institutional traders deploying a host of programmatic trading strategies.” African Regulators…
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