Apple veteran DJ Novotney is departing the company for a new role at Rivian, according to a report from Bloomberg. Novotney, a vice president of hardware engineering, has spent almost 25 years at Apple and worked across multiple generations of the iPod, the iPhone, the Apple Watch, and more.
Novotney is the second Apple executive to leave for Rivian this month. Earlier this month, it was revealed…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 27, 2024
January 29, 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…
Morgan Stanley on Decline of US Dollar, JPMorgan Warns of a BTC Selloff, BTC Mining Improved, and More
January 29, 2024
Morgan Stanley has raised concerns about the potential decline of the U.S. dollar’s dominance due to the increasing interest in digital currencies. Meanwhile, JPMorgan has warned of a potential bitcoin selloff, anticipating a $3 billion outflow from Grayscale’s Bitcoin…
Sleeping Bitcoin Wallets Awake: Over $14 Million in BTC Moved From Long-Inactive Addresses
January 29, 2024
Based on the latest onchain data, on Jan. 27, 2024, a wallet established on Aug. 28, 2013, transferred 115.50 bitcoin valued at $4.84 million, marking its first activity in more than a decade. Furthermore, two dormant accounts from 2017 also executed transactions on Saturday, moving a total of 218.49 bitcoin, equivalent to $9.16 million.
Inactive Bitcoin Holdings Stir — $14 Million Transacted…
Bitcoin Stabilizes Over $42,000 as Crypto Fear and Greed Index Shifts to Neutral Market
January 29, 2024
Recently fluctuating within the realms of “greed” and “extreme greed,” the Crypto Fear and Greed Index transitioned into a “neutral” phase on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. This shift coincides with bitcoin’s value jumping slightly over $42,000. In the preceding week…
2024 Sees Steepest Weekly Plunge in NFT Sales, 5 Major Blockchains Register Double-Digit Losses
January 29, 2024
In the span between Jan. 20 to Jan. 27, 2024, there was a notable decline in the sales volume stemming from non-fungible tokens (NFTs), plunging 21.25% from the week before. The leading blockchains in seven-day sales, Ethereum and Bitcoin, experienced substantial decreases…
Coinbase Nears Historic 1 Million Bitcoin Milestone Amid Rise in Reserves and ETF Activity
January 29, 2024
Recent data reveals Coinbase Global is on the brink of holding 1 million bitcoins, requiring just an additional 5,019 bitcoins to cross this significant milestone. In the preceding fortnight, Coinbase has witnessed its bitcoin reserves grow by 16,404 bitcoins, inching closer to this noteworthy threshold.
Coinbase on Cusp of 1 Million Bitcoin
Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) is edging nearer to the 1…
Vanguard Says No to Bitcoin ETFs — Views Crypto as 'Immature Asset Class' With 'No Inherent Economic Value'
January 29, 2024
Financial giant Vanguard has explained why the firm does not make spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) available on its trading platform. A Vanguard executive stressed that cryptocurrency is “an immature asset class that has little history, no inherent economic value…
Exclusive: Voltron Data acquires Claypot to unlock real-time AI with modular data systems
January 25, 2024
In a Nutshell
San Francisco-based data analytics startup Voltron Data has confirmed its acquisition of real-time AI platform Claypot. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. With this acquisition, Voltron Data will expand its offering to include real-time analytics, giving…
As more and more enterprises continue to double down on the power of generative AI, organizations are racing to build more competent offerings for them. Case in point: Lumiere, a space-time diffusion model proposed by researchers from Google, Weizmann Institute of Science and Tel Aviv University to help with realistic video generation.
The paper detailing the technology has just been published…
