Vietnamese EV maker VinFast has announced a new CEO at the helm, and an aggressive new strategy to expand globally while gaining a foothold in the US. In addition to announcing plans for a $2 billion in factory in India, it just announced a fresh crop of dealership openings in the US, with plans to expand the network to 125 points of sale across the country.
After opening up its first dealership…
Nabla, a French startup building an AI copilot to accelerate how doctors work with patients, today announced it has raised $24 million in a series B round of funding.
The investment comes from Cathay Innovation and Zebox and will be used to build out Nabla’s offering and…
Takashi Kiryu, president of Square Enix, dropped a letter about his plans to ring in the new year. In it, he didn’t announce any dramatic changes, but he explained his interest in both investing in the Japanese company’s core business and expanding into new areas like…
The industry shift towards deploying smaller, more specialized — and therefore more efficient — AI models mirrors a transformation we’ve previously witnessed in the hardware world. Namely, the adoption of graphics processing units (GPUs), tensor processing units (TPUs) and other hardware accelerators as means to more efficient computing.
There’s a simple explanation for both cases, and…
McAfee has introduced Project Mockingbird as a way to detect AI-generated deepfakes that use audio to scam consumers with fake news and other schemes.
In a bid to combat the escalating threat posed by AI-generated scams, McAfee created its AI-powered Deepfake Audio Detection…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 6, 2024
January 8, 2024
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 police in Taiwan recently arrested two individuals who are accused of deceiving 100 investors into buying fake virtual currencies. The police also apprehended 14 other participants in the fraud scheme and recovered more than $7 million in both cash and virtual currencies.
Worthless Virtual Currencies
Taiwanese police recently arrested two executives of what has been described as one of the…
The U.S. introduces stringent tax reporting laws for transactions over $10,000, while the SEC grapples with a backlog of paperwork for pending spot Bitcoin ETFs. Meanwhile, Michael Saylor sells Microstrategy shares to increase his bitcoin holdings, and CNBC’s Jim Cramer…
Former Bitmex Chief Predicts 30% BTC Correction — Warns Spot Bitcoin ETFs Could Make It Worse
January 8, 2024
Former Bitmex CEO Arthur Hayes is cautioning about a potential 30% correction in the bitcoin market. “The washout could be even more severe if the slate of U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs has already commenced trading,” he warned. “I could easily see a 30% to 40%…
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