Lease deals get all the hype, but some people still want to own the car they’ve made all those payments on. If that’s you, and you’ve been waiting for interest rates to drop, you’re in luck: there’s a bunch of great EVs you can buy with 0% financing this month!
Update 12SEP: two hot new EVs make the list!
As I was putting this list together, I realized there were plenty of ways for me to…
Tesla is testing a goofy camouflaged Robotaxi prototype ahead of reveal
September 16, 2024
Tesla is gearing up for its October 10 Robotaxi unveiling, which will take place at Warner Bros. Studio, and it’s currently running a fleet of (normal) cars around the lot to map the area.
But one of the cars, photographed late yesterday by a lot employee, stands out…
Salesforce unveiled Agentforce on Thursday, a suite of AI-powered autonomous agents designed to augment human workers across various business functions.
The company positions this as the “third wave” of AI, moving beyond predictive models and generative AI to what it…
How to prompt on OpenAI’s new o1 models
September 16, 2024
OpenAI’s latest model family, o1, promises to be more powerful and better at reasoning than previous models.
Using GPT-o1 will be slightly different than prompting GPT-4 or even GPT-4o. Since this model has more reasoning capabilities, some regular prompt engineering methods won’t work as well. Earlier models needed more guidance, and people took advantage of longer context windows to…
What does it cost to build a conversational AI?
September 16, 2024
More than 40% of marketing, sales and customer service organizations have adopted generative AI — making it second only to IT and cybersecurity. Of all gen AI technologies, conversational AI will spread rapidly within these sectors, because of its ability to bridge current…
8BitDo’s new Bluetooth mod kit puts GameCube controllers back into play
September 16, 2024
8BitDo announced it’s taking preorders for a new mod kit that lets you retrofit a wired GameCube controller with Hall effects joysticks and Bluetooth connectivity. The company is charging $25.98 for the kit, which it says is a simple, solderless mod.taking preorders for a…
Apple will charge more to swap your iPhone 16 Pro battery
September 16, 2024
Apple has hiked the price of its battery repair service for the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max. Now, it will cost $119 to get your battery replaced in either phone — a $20 jump over its older fee. The price remains the same for the standard and “Plus” models, as do those for last year’s phones, as MacRumors notes.battery repair service
The company doesn’t seem to have started charging more…
SEC Regrets Confusion Over 'Crypto Asset Securities' — Ripple and Coinbase Weigh In
September 16, 2024
Coinbase and Ripple legal chiefs, Paul Grewal and Stuart Alderoty, have criticized the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its inconsistent approach to classifying tokens as securities. Grewal referenced Footnote 6 in the SEC’s amended complaint against…
FBI Seizes Websites Linked to Crypto Recovery Fraud
September 16, 2024
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s San Diego office has seized websites linked to three fraudulent cryptocurrency recovery services. The scam preys on victims of crypto fraud by promising recovery of lost funds, often charging significant fees without delivering…
Brazil Police Bust $9.7B Crypto Rings, Use AI to Spot Tax Fraud
September 16, 2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, Brazilian police dismantle $9.7 billion crypto laundering rings, Brazil uses an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to detect tax fraud linked to cryptocurrency, and Latam’s neobank Nubank halts trading of its coin.
Operation Niflheim: Brazilian Authorities Crack…
