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Elon Musk said on Wednesday that his social media platform X could soon receive approval for a money transmitter license in New York, putting the platform a step closer to offering payment features. While speaking at the Morgan Stanley technology, media and telecom conference, Musk also said X could receive its license in California in the next month or so, while getting the New York approval could be "a few months away".Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operational licences of 4,173 Bureaux De Change operators in the country. The bank said the affected institutions failed to pay for licence renewal, submit returns or comply with CBN directives on anti-money laundering, countering financing of terrorism, and counter proliferation financing regulations. READ ALSO: CBN resumes sale of dollars to BDCs The CBN said it is revising the regulatory guidelines of BDCs. The move is part of efforts to restore confidence…

This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes the prospect of electric bike licenses in California and e-bike insurance in New Jersey, Dutch police doing roadside compliance checks, new e-bike from Tern, new battery from JackRabbit, battery-swapping for electric motorcycles from Africa, and more. The Wheel-E podcast returns every two weeks on Electrek’s YouTube…

An important piece of gaming from the 2010’s is disappearing from digital shelves. 2K and Yager Studios’ Spec Ops: The Line has officially been delisted from all digital marketplaces. Why? Expiring partnership licenses, it seems. In a statement received by different media outlets like IGN and Inverse, 2K spoke on the matter, saying: “Spec Ops: The Line will no longer be available on online storefronts, as several partnership licenses related to the game are expiring. Players who have purchased the game can still download…

Lithium-ion batteries have come a long way, but in many ways they haven’t come far enough. They charge faster than ever before, but there’s still room for improvement. The materials they’re made of, particularly cobalt and nickel, are pricey and problematic. Researchers have been scrambling to find alternative materials, from manganese to sodium. Now they might have another: TAQ. Unlike nearly every other lithium-ion battery chemistry, TAQ is an organic compound — not the free-range hippie type,…

In October, Samsung announced that it will soon bring mobile driver’s licenses and state IDs to its Samsung Wallet app. The company said Arizona and Iowa will be the first US states to let residents carry a mobile version of their driver’s license. It appears the rollout has begun, at least in Arizona. The Korean firm recently sent emails to Wallet users notifying them about the new feature. Samsung Wallet users can now add their driver’s license to the app In its official announcement in October, Samsung said Wallet…

Quick answer first: No government will take a drastic step like license suspensions for all They are not even considering it. There are very good reasons why the government will not do it. It is well-known that India has a huge number of bad drivers. We can even say that most drivers are bad drivers, lacking in knowledge of traffic rules, driving skills, road manners and so on. In that situation, many have wondered – what if the government suspends all licenses, and then demand that everyone gets a new license after…

Denver has issued more than 7,800 residential rental property licenses, making it the top business license type in the city and county. The number of residential rental property licenses now surpasses the No. 2 license type, which is for security guards at around 7,700. The rest of the top five includes licenses for short-term rentals at 2,800, for retail food establishments at almost 2,500, and for combined – “addresses that have multiple licenses at one location,” like a hotel – at 1,800. “It demonstrates that we’re…

An internal policy memo drafted by OpenAI shows the company supports the idea of requiring government licenses from anyone who wants to develop advanced artificial intelligence systems. The document also suggests the company is willing to pull back the curtain on the data it uses to train image generators.The creator of ChatGPT and DALL-E laid out a series of AI policy commitments in the internal document following a May 4 meeting between White House officials and tech executives including OpenAI Chief Executive Officer…

The occurrence of people engaging in stunts on public roads has witnessed a troubling rise, particularly driven by the desire for social media attention. Despite repeated instances of law enforcement issuing fines to such offenders, their behavior continues unabated. A recent incident in Chandigarh serves as an example, wherein a group of individuals drove through the city streets while hanging out of their vehicle windows and recording themselves. As a consequence, their driving licenses were revoked. Creating a…