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Swiss Central Bank to Explore Use of Digital Franc in Settling Trades
9.10.2019
Switzerland’s central bank and the SIX stock exchange will study using a central bank digital currency to settle trades of tokenized assets
Walmart Uses Blockchain Tech to Track Shrimp Supply Chains
5.10.2019
Walmart is tracking Indian shrimp supplies with IBM’s Food Trust platform
China Merchants Bank Subsidiary Uses Blockchain for DeFi Applications
4.10.2019
China Merchants Bank International is partnering with Nervos to apply blockchain technology to its financial services
How North Korea Uses Cryptocurrencies to Get Around U.S. Sanctions
29.9.2019
North Korea has always been under suspicion for either being involved with some notorious projects or for directly or indirectly funding weapons of mass destruction using digital currencies. Recently, the country was accused of stealing cryptos worth $2 billion to support the development of deadly...
GrainChain Uses Blockchain Technology to Accelerate Honduras Coffee Industry
26.9.2019
Keiretsu agricultural startup GrainChain, supported by Medici Ventures, has signed agreements with stakeholders of the coffee supply chain of Honduras to accelerate the coffee business on its blockchain-powered platform. The platform will furnish a platform to facilitate the coffee traders with...
An Explanation of How the Intersection Observer Watches
24.9.2019
There have been several excellent articles exploring how to use this API, including choices from authors such as Phil Hawksworth, Preethi, and Mateusz Rybczonek, just to name a few. But I’m aiming to do something a bit different here. I had an opportunity earlier in the year to present the VueJS...
Git Pathspecs and How to Use Them
19.9.2019
When I was looking through the documentation of git commands, I noticed that many of them had an option for <pathspec>. I initially thought that this was just a technical way to say “path,” and assumed that it could only accept directories and filenames. After diving into the rabbit hole...
An Updated List of Our Favorite Jetpack Features for WordPress
17.9.2019
It's hard to articulate every reason to use Jetpack for your WordPress site. It's taken us a series of posts to unpack it because it's capable of doing so gosh darn much — a lof of which we put to use right here on CSS-Tricks.
The thing is that Jetpack is very much an active project and keeps...
Weekly Platform News: Apple Deploys Web Components, Progressive HTML Rendering, Self-Hosting Critical Resources
13.9.2019
In this week's roundup, Apple gets into web components, how Instagram is insta-loading scripts, and some food for thought for self-hosting critical resources.
Apple deploys web components built using Stencil
The new Apple Music web app (beta) uses a JavaScript framework (Ember.js) but also...
US Politician Uses Crypto to Buy Cannabis for Tax Remittance Demo
12.9.2019
First steps towards cannabis tax remittances via stablecoin in California as local politician buys cannabis using cryptocurrency
California City Official Uses Bitcoin Cash to Purchase Cannabis
11.9.2019
In California, cryptocurrency payments are making headway in the cannabis industry as Berkeley City Councilmember Ben Bartlett became the first elected official to purchase cannabis using a digital asset. On Tuesday, Bartlett utilized bitcoin cash (BCH) and Cred’s LBA token to facilitate...
Foundation Uses Blockchain and Crypto to Help Save the Brazilian Amazon
5.9.2019
New York-based Rainforest Foundation US now accepts crypto donations to fight deforestation in the Amazon
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4.9.2019
Now that we've got cross-browser support for the line-clamp property, I expect we'll see a lot more of that around the web. And as we start to see it more in use, it’s worth the reminder that: Truncation is not a content strategy.
We should at least offer a way to read that that truncated content...
Jaguar Uses Iota in Proof-of-Concept Demo for Tracing Car Energy
31.8.2019
Jaguar’s I-Pace will use Iota tech as part of a DLT-backed energy tracing demo
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Publishes on Blockchain Uses in Telecoms
29.8.2019
The EEA has released a document on how to use blockchain in the telecoms industry
ERC20 Tether Transactions Flip Their Omni Equivalent
29.8.2019
Crypto enthusiasts have noticed that the Ethereum blockchain has come awfully close to reaching capacity due to the added transactions stemming from the Tether (USDT) network. The transaction count since mid-August shows the ERC20 version of tether has surpassed the original version that uses BTC....
Other Ways to SPAs
21.8.2019
That rhymed lolz.
I mentioned on a podcast the other day that I sorta think WordPress should ship with Turbolinks. It's a rather simple premise:
Build a server-rendered site.
Turbolinks intercepts clicks on same-origin links.
It uses AJAX for the HTML of the new page and replaces the current page...
Central Banks Worldwide Testing Their Own Digital Currencies
15.8.2019
Central banks worldwide are examining the possibility of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), with some already testing theirs for different uses. Countries that have advanced their digital currency projects include China, Singapore, Canada, the Bahamas, Thailand, Uruguay, and Sweden....
Congressional Research Service Finds Potential Blockchain Uses for Energy Sector
12.8.2019
Congressional researchers detailed the current state of energy consumption related to cryptocurrency mining and potential regulations for the energy-intensive process
South Korean Holding Company Uses Ripple Fork to Develop Donations Platform
10.8.2019
A South Korean holding company has developed a charitable donations blockchain platform with token rewards