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Gabe Nikias

Gabe Nikias

Gabe is a writer originally from San Francisco, California, currently based in Berlin, Germany. He covers topics related to emerging technologies, futurism, and culture. He has a passion for photography and being excessively caffeinated. Disclosure: No significant crypto holdings.

Stories by Gabe Nikias

  • Nvidia has become one of the biggest winners amid the latest AI hype. Image: Shutterstock.

    Nvidia Overtakes Meta, Tesla by Market Cap as Firm Captures AI Hype

    Nvidia’s rise appears to know no end. Known for its graphics processing hardware and CUDA tech crucial for modern AI advancements, the firm’s stock soared following the firm’s latest earnings report which outlined how much Nvidia has bagged amid the latest artificial intelligence hype. At today’s prices, Nvidia’s market capitalization is $963.18 billion, officially outpacing Berkshire Hathaway ($700.59 billion), Meta ($671.53 billion), and Tesla ($612.25 billion). At this year’s Computex 2023, t...

  • NVIDIA is one of the world's leading graphic chip producers. Image: Shutterstock

    Nvidia Stock Soars Double-Digits Following Revenue Uptick Amid AI Frenzy

    Nvidia shares soared 27.6% in extended trading yesterday, catapulting the company towards a $1 trillion market cap. The shares rose dramatically following Nvidia’s first-quarter report, which highlighted a 19% quarter-on-quarter increase in revenue, significantly surpassing expectations Nvidia is a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge chips essential for the training of AI services, a sector that’s seen a tsunami of investment fueled by the buzz around OpenAI's ChatGPT and similar AI-powered too...

  • Elon Musk is one of the richest men on the planet. Image: YouTube

    Elon Musk Warns AI Could ‘Disarm Humanity’ to Achieve World Peace

    AI's not all bad, right? Besides total annihilation, Musk offered another vision: the potential for AI to take a self-appointed role as a global peacekeeper or, as he phrased it, become our "uber nanny." This hypothetical AI would prioritize human safety by assuming control of all computing and weapon systems on Earth. "One way to achieve world peace is to take all the weapons away from the humans so they can no longer use them," Musk said during an interview with the Wall Street Journal. "I don...

  • Tom Hanks recently commented on the inclusion of AI in the entertainment industry. Image: Shutterstock.

    Tom Hanks Says AI Could Keep Him Alive in Hollywood Until 'Kingdom Comes'

    Tom Hanks believes his career as an actor could endure even if he were to be "hit by a bus." This is thanks in part to recent developments in AI and his digital appearance in The Polar Express. “I could be hit by a bus tomorrow and that's it, but my performances can go on and on and on and on and on,” said Hanks on the Adam Buxton podcast. The Academy Award-winning actor and director was an early adopter of motion-capture technology, appearing as a digital character in the 2004 animated film The...

  • The bots are coming for entertainment jobs, with writing hinted as the first. Image: Shutterstock.

    ​​AI Invasion: Hollywood Writers Strike to Save Your Netflix From Robot Takeover

    At the heart of the latest writers' strike is a small clause revolving around the use of artificial intelligence. Specifically, preventing the machines from writing any “literary material.” And as of Monday, studios have rejected the proposal, per the Writers Guild of America West (WGA). The WGA is one of the largest unions in the world of entertainment, acting on behalf of writers across the United States. The 2007 writers strike ruined Heroes, Prison Break, and Desperate Housewives. We lost a...

  • MoonPay is a crypto payments firm. Image: Shutterstock.

    Moonpay CEO: 'We Really Want to Pass the Mom Test' for Mass NFT Adoption

    MoonPay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright is turning to a unique metric to measure mass adoption for NFTs. “We really want to pass the mom test,” he said in a recent interview with Decrypt at this year's NFT Paris. "We want to make it really easy, for anyone, anywhere in the world, to be able to use their debit and credit card, payment methods, we want to localize that experience to make it easy for them to purchase their first crypto or their first NFT.” The ultimate goal is the company’s mantra of “onboar...

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    2 min read
    Gabe Nikias
  • Heterosis is an NFT collection of flowers that can be hybridized with one another. Image: Heterosis.

    Heterosis NFT Art Project Not ‘Possible in Any Other Medium': Mat Collishaw

    Mat Collishaw is turning his attention to a new kind of tulip mania. Called Heterosis, the project is a pioneering NFT-based flower collection and immersive metaverse experience created in partnership with artist Danil Krivoruchko, snark.art, and metaverse architects EL-GABAL. Snark.art is the firm behind the og.art protocol, upon which Heterosis and several other NFT projects have been built. The project consists of two main elements: a collection of breedable NFT flora and a virtual greenhous...

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    3 min read
    Gabe Nikias
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    Big Brands Must Be 'as Crypto-Native as Possible' Entering NFT Space: Gmoney

    Gmoney's experience working with big brands has been a mixed bag. While the iconic NFT collector certainly sees opportunities for collaboration and innovation, he acknowledged that larger organizations can struggle to pivot quickly in the fast-moving NFT space. "There are certain things a legacy brand can't do that a crypto-native brand can," he told Decrypt at this year’s NFT Paris. "I can do stuff that a major brand can't do because they're too big." The key to successful brand partnerships i...

    NewsNFTs
    3 min read
    Gabe Nikias