Chief Executive Officer of Binance US, Brian Shroder, has left the company amid an ongoing regulatory crackdown and more job cuts. Shroder’s departure comes two years after he joined the American subsidiary of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume.
Shroder Departs Binance US as Unit Eliminates Over 100 Positions
The CEO of Binance US, Brian Shroder, has quit his…
SMI Vantage Expands Crypto Reach With New Bitcoin Mining Facility in Sarawak – Mining Bitcoin News
September 15, 2023
The Singapore-based investment management and software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider, SMI Vantage, plans to launch a bitcoin mining facility in the state of Sarawak in Borneo, Malaysia. The company has signed a rental agreement and anticipates operations to begin by the end…
Coinbase CEO Urges Defi Protocols to Challenge Regulatory Crackdowns in Court – Regulation Bitcoin News
September 15, 2023
The CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has encouraged decentralized finance (defi) protocols to fight regulators in court if they face regulatory crackdowns. He stressed that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) “should not be creating enforcement…
UAW is now on strike - Jeep 4xe is the only EV currently affected
September 15, 2023
The United Auto Workers union has begun a strike against all three major American automakers, with about 12,700 workers currently on strike, and the potential for up to 146,000 total to go on strike in the future if automakers do not offer the union a satisfactory agreement.
While this strike is not specifically EV-focused, this story is nevertheless related to our coverage since it affects the…
The Port of Baltimore just bought an electric wheel loader
September 15, 2023
Maryland’s Port of Baltimore is buying an electric wheel loader from electric heavy equipment developer and maker HEVI.
The Port of Baltimore is one of the US’s busiest shipping ports, and it was the busiest US vehicle-handling port in 2022.
The East Windsor, New…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 14, 2023
September 15, 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…
NASA-Built Greenhouse Gas Detector Moves Closer to Launch
September 15, 2023
A state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer, which will measure the greenhouse gases methane and carbon dioxide from space, moved closer to launch this month after being delivered to a clean room at Planet Labs PBC (Planet) in San Francisco.
Designed and built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, this science instrument will be part of an effort led by the nonprofit Carbon…
Generative AI will grow from less than 5% of game development now to 50% or more in the next five to 10 years, according to a study by global consulting firm Bain & Company.
The research, titled “How will Generative AI Change the Video Game Industry,” surveyed 25…
Series AI raises $7.9M in funding for game-building tools
September 15, 2023
Series AI announced today that it has raised $7.9 million in its seed funding round, which it plans to put towards a “suite of AI-powered game authoring tools.” The company is working on these tools as a way to help decrease the amount of time spent on menial tasks in…
Anthropic and BCG form new alliance to deliver enterprise AI to clients
September 15, 2023
AI unicorn startup Anthropic, known for taking on OpenAI’s ChatGPT with its Claude 2 large language model (LLM) assistant, is moving to take its offerings to more enterprises.
Today, the Dario Amodei-led company announced it has partnered with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to provide its clients with “direct access” to Claude 2 and Anthropic’s AI tech.
The engagement will see BCG…
