You may have heard of the Japanese phenomenon of “kei cars”, which are pint-sized vehicles designed to fit into a local regulatory window that allows for much smaller, lighter cars and trucks to operate legally on roads. For decades, the result of those regulations has helped spawn some of the most interesting and often cutest miniature vehicles in the world. Now, one Japanese automaker plans…
AI community fractured over Israel-Hamas war
November 20, 2023
Nearly 200 AI leaders, researchers and data scientists have signed an open letter published last Tuesday by the ‘Responsible AI Community,’ which, in addition to condemning Israel’s “latest violence against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank,” says…
Latam Insights: Argentina's Massa Proposes Blockchain Oversight, Drex Will 'Kill' Lesser Cryptos in Brazil – Bitcoin News
November 20, 2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Argentine presidential candidate Sergio Massa has proposed to use blockchain for state oversight, the Brazilian securities regulator…
Cruise CEO and cofounder Kyle Vogt calls it quits
November 20, 2023
Amid the fallout from the accident involving a pedestrian in San Francisco, robotaxi company Cruise cofounder Kyle Vogt has stepped down from his role as CEO.
While Vogt didn’t specify his reasons for leaving (but we can guess why), he reportedly put in his resignation with the board on Sunday after sending an apologetic email to staff on Saturday. Then he took to early this morning.
“As…
The light electric motorcycle market has expanded far beyond that of the larger and flashier flagship electric sportbikes. While companies like Harley-Davidson, Zero, and Energica battle for market share of the electric equivalent of liter bikes, a dizzying array of…
Who needs a truck? Man tows boat with a tiny electric scooter!
November 20, 2023
Earlier this month, a teenager taking his boat down to the water went viral after a driver caught his interesting tow job on camera. Without a car or truck to tow the boat, the clever owner was able to use a much more efficient vehicle: an electric scooter.
The Australian…
CZ Reveals Client Execs Kidnapped, Hive Increases Mining Power, Blackrock on ETH ETFs — Week in Review – The Weekly Bitcoin News
November 20, 2023
Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of leading crypto exchange Binance, recently revealed that executives of a Binance client were kidnapped and shaken down for their crypto holdings. In other news, Vancouver-Based Hive Digital has increased its mining power and Blackrock has weighed in on the topic of ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This and more just below, in the latest Bitcoin.com News Week in…
Down From the Peaks: A Look at Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Others Two Years After the 2021 Surge – Market Updates Bitcoin News
November 20, 2023
It’s been slightly more than two years since the 2021 cryptocurrency boom, a time when the crypto economy reached its zenith with a valuation of $2.90 trillion on November 10, 2021. Although it has been an extended and harsh crypto winter marked by numerous upheavals, a…
If you've wanted an e-bike, now is basically the best time ever with all the current sales
November 19, 2023
November has always been a good time to snag a big discount on e-bikes in the US, as electric bike makers long ago gave up on shorter Black Friday sales in favor of simply giving out those huge discounts all month long. But this year is seeing especially massive price cuts…
Fading Interest for Privacy Cryptos Leads to $440M Market Dip in 2023 – Bitcoin News
November 19, 2023
Throughout 2023, numerous sectors within the cryptocurrency market have experienced gains. However, leading privacy-centric crypto tokens have lagged behind in performance compared to their counterparts. Since January, the market value of the privacy cryptocurrency sector has diminished by $440 million, marking a notable downturn over the last ten months.
While Privacy Assets Gained $1.35B in 12…
