Kia confirmed plans to launch new AWD and GT variants for its electric EV3 SUV. The EV3 is the first of Kia’s new low-cost EV lineup as it looks to challenge industry leaders.
It’s been almost a year since Kia first took the sheets off the EV3 during its first annual EV Day last October.
After opening orders this summer in Korea with prices starting at just $30,700 (KRW 42.08 million), Kia’s…
Pixtral 12B is here: Mistral releases its first-ever multimodal AI model
September 13, 2024
Mistral AI is finally venturing into the multimodal arena. Today, the French AI startup taking on the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic released Pixtral 12B, its first ever multimodal model with both language and vision processing capabilities baked in.
While the model is not…
Landbase unveils AI platform to transform go-to-market strategies, secures $12.5M in funding
September 13, 2024
Landbase, a startup aiming to transform sales and marketing automation, emerged from stealth mode today with a $12.5 million seed funding round. The company introduced what it calls the world’s first “agentic AI” platform for go-to-market strategies, potentially…
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an AI model that could change how we interact with digital assistants. The new system, dubbed LLaMA-Omni, enables real-time speech interaction with large language models (LLMs), promising to transform industries from customer service to healthcare.
LLaMA-Omni, built on Meta’s open-source Llama 3.1 8B Instruct model, can process spoken…
Coinbase Launches Wrapped Bitcoin for Ethereum and Base Networks
September 13, 2024
Coinbase has unveiled Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin (cbBTC), giving users a gateway to decentralized finance (defi) apps on Ethereum and Base, using bitcoin (BTC). The cbBTC token is essentially a wrapped version of bitcoin, fully backed by BTC held in Coinbase’s…
Donald Trump Announces World Liberty Financial Launch — 'We're Embracing the Future With Crypto
September 13, 2024
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the launch of his family’s cryptocurrency platform, World Liberty Financial, positioning it as an alternative to traditional banks. He encouraged users to join a live event on X next Monday. “We’re embracing the future…
Grayscale Launches XRP Trust — Cites Potential to Transform Legacy Financial Systems
September 13, 2024
Grayscale Investments has created a new trust for XRP, allowing accredited investors to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency known for facilitating cross-border transactions. The Grayscale XRP Trust functions like other single-asset crypto investment vehicles, holding only XRP. Grayscale’s head of product highlighted the potential of XRP to transform financial infrastructure.
Grayscale Launches…
Huawei has revealed the cost of replacement parts for the world’s first dual-hinged, triple-screen folding phone, and it’s another round of sticker shock. The Mate XT Ultimate Design starts at around $2,809, but should you damage its folding screen enough to need…
Here’s everything you need to know about preordering the new iPhone 16
September 13, 2024
The dust is still settling from Apple’s latest iPhone event, which introduced us to the Apple Watch Series 10, a new set of AirPods, and a suite of smartphones that are due to arrive later this month. And while we’ve only had some initial hands-on time with the new…
Google tests desktop windowing for Android tablets
September 13, 2024
Google is testing a new feature for Android tablets that will let you resize apps freely and arrange them on your screen at will, making it easier to juggle multiple tasks. The “desktop windowing” feature is now available as a developer preview, and for apps that support it, you could even have more than one instance open.a new feature for Android tablets
Currently, apps on Android tablets…
