The AYRO Vanish, an electric mini-truck designed and built in Texas, has just completed homologation to receive its street-legal status in the US and Canada.
Homologation is the process that new vehicles undergo to test and verify that they meet or exceed vehicle regulations.
In the US, that means the AYRO Vanish had to be homologated to LSV (low-speed vehicle) standards set out in the Federal…
Meet SeamlessM4T, the Meta AI model that can translate 100 languages into speech or text
August 23, 2023
As part of its broader effort to remove language barriers and keep people connected, Meta has developed a multilingual foundational model that can understand nearly 100 languages from speech or text and generate translations into either or both in real time.
Officially…
Looking to gain the speed, scale and time-to-market advantages that multicloud tech stacks provide their new digital-first business initiatives, making micro-segmentation table stakes is essential for protecting future growth.
Gartner predicts that through 2023, at least…
Nigerian Crypto Trading Platform Unilaterally Converts User Funds to New Stablecoin — Move Sparks Exit Scam Fears – Africa Bitcoin News
August 23, 2023
A Nigerian crypto trading platform, Patricia, announced on Aug. 18 that it had converted users’ outstanding funds to its U.S.-backed stablecoin known as “Patricia Token.” Some social media users have slammed the crypto trading platform’s unilateral decision to convert customer funds. Some critics have characterized the conversion of user funds as the Patrica team’s attempt to exit scam…
SEC Charges Crypto Investment Adviser for Publishing Misleading 'Hypothetical Performance Projections' – Regulation Bitcoin News
August 23, 2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Titan Global Capital Management for publishing misleading “hypothetical performance projections” regarding its crypto investment product. Titan Global is also accused of violating the marketing rule when it…
XRP Value Plunges 39% Post-SEC Verdict: XRP Army Remains Optimistic Amid Market Turbulence – Market Updates Bitcoin News
August 23, 2023
It’s been 40 days since the U.S. court issued a partial verdict in the SEC’s case against Ripple. In that timeframe, the digital currency XRP’s value has slumped by a significant 39.43%.
Despite SEC’s Interlocutory Appeal and 39% Downturn, XRP Enthusiasts Hold out…
US Court Hands 3-Year Jail Sentence to Man Accused of Conspiring to Defraud Crypto Holders – Regulation Bitcoin News
August 23, 2023
A U.S. court has sentenced a man accused of conspiring to defraud cryptocurrency owners to three years in prison. The court also ordered the man to pay $2,816,433 in restitution to 11 victims of his Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) swap fraud scheme.
SIM Swap Fraud Scheme
A United States district court has sentenced to 36 months in prison a man accused of being part of a conspiracy to defraud…
TikTok search results are about to get infested with ads
August 23, 2023
If there’s one thing we can count on as a species is that people will figure out ways to squeeze ads into every single thing we look at. Case in point? TikTok is integrating ads into search results, so you’ll get branded content every time you look for a hashtag, a…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 22, 2023
August 23, 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…
The all-electric Mercedes-Benz EQC will finally arrive in the United States, but not in its current form. The next-generation EQC was spotted testing ahead of its imminent reveal later next year or in 2025.
The EQC is the three-pointed star’s first all-electric vehicle designed from the ground up to be an EV. It was expected to be the first mass-volume Mercedes-Benz EV to roll out in the US, but…
