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How Henry Ford Envisaged Bitcoin 100 Years Ago — A Unique ‘Energy Currency’ That Could ‘Stop Wars’
11.10.2021
55 days from now will be the hundred-year anniversary of when the American industrialist and business magnate Henry Ford talked about a unique “energy currency” that could “stop wars.” The well known founder of the Ford Motor Company suggested that a currency could...
MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin treasury exceeds cash held by 80% of S&P 500 non-financial companies
15.9.2021
The Nasdaq-listed company recently announced it added another 5,050 Bitcoin to its coffers for about $242.9 million
Japan Gets Its Chance At Star Wars With Anime Anthology
5.7.2021
This weekend, Disney announced Star Wars: Visions, an anime anthology of original shorts. Seven anime studios are putting their unique spin on the world of Star Wars, a first for the franchise. Yet, it feels like Star Wars has finally come full circle.Read more
Super Cub Anime Is A Love Letter To Adolescent Freedom
31.5.2021
Teenagers in many countries look forward to the day they get the freedom of their driver’s license, letting them explore their increasingly widening world. In rural and suburban Japan, where trains and busses may not be reliable or common, this freedom is given form in a moped, scooter,...
The Game.com cometh: The rise and fall of the Game Boy’s weirdest rivals
22.3.2021
There was a time—from roughly April of 1989 until the mobile revolution of the last 10 years—when “mobile gaming” meant something very different to the vast majority of people. Specifically, it meant Nintendo. Even as the Console Wars raged at home, the Japanese giant’s iron-fingered...
Compare Which Presidents Had the Tackiest Office Decor
8.3.2021
The Oval Office is the closest thing the U.S. has to a throne room. It is the inner-sanctum of the presidency. Most of us know it through news broadcasts, photos published by the news media, and its many depictions in pop-culture, and we know there’s a desk, some flags, a couple couches, and...
Chaos Walking Has Too Much Walking, Too Little Chaos
3.3.2021
Actually, let me take that back slightly—there is quite a lot of chaos in Chaos Walking, but only in the sense that attempting to navigate a coherent arc through its jumbled, disjointed scenes is a frustratingly messy ask of its audience. Despite its big names, Chaos Walking’s languid energy...
Ford's Incredible And Barely Remembered 1982 Concept Car Had Pre-GPS SatNav And The First Integrated Video Game Console
2.2.2021
Intellectually, we all know that the advancements and technological marvels that we all take for granted in modern cars — big center-stack color touchscreen displays, integrated computers, global navigation via a network of satellites, and even video game systems built right into the car — didn’t...
BMW, Ford Advance Standard for ‘Tamper-Proof’ Blockchain Identities for Vehicles
20.1.2021
A new standard developed in a MOBI working group is aimed to tackle used car fraud with verified car histories
The Brightness Slider Is The Dimmest Idea In Video Games
2.12.2020
“Retinas are fried after cranking up brightness to see enemies.” That is the headline of a Reddit post submitted one month ago to the Call of Duty: Cold War subreddit. His plight is achingly familiar. “It’s literally so difficult to see enemies in this game,” they write. So they delved under...
IBM Ethical Mineral Sourcing Blockchain to Debut in Spring
6.11.2019
Ford, Volkswagon, LG and Volvo plan to take a cobalt-tracking blockchain platform live next year
Crypto News From the Spanish-Speaking World: Oct. 13–19 in Review
20.10.2019
This week’s selected cryptocurrency and blockchain news from Spain and Latin America, courtesy of Cointelegraph en Español
Ford Uses Blockchain Technology to Track Its Green Miles Project
16.10.2019
In yet another innovative application of blockchain, American automaker Ford has decided to use open ledger technology along with geofencing techniques to track the distance covered by its energy-efficient vehicles. The company has given the name “Green Miles” to this project. Ford has announced...
Ford Test Driving Blockchain for Energy-Efficient Vehicles
15.10.2019
Ten vehicles have been outfitted with geofencing and blockchain capabilities to monitor their fuel efficiency in low-emission zones
5 Top Car Makers Enter Field Trials for Automatic Blockchain Payments
14.10.2019
Renault, BMW, General Motors, Honda and Ford are set to begin real-world testing of blockchain IDs for cars next month
Michael Ford Will Be The New Bitcoin Core Code Maintainer, Will Join The Four Other Existing Ones
11.6.2019
Michael Ford, the Bitcoin core contributor, has been named as the new maintainer of the open source software project. Ford, who is famous by his handle name ‘fanquake,’ will the fifth maintainer, who will join the existing four, namely, Wladimir van Der Laan, Jonas Schnelli, Marco...
10% White Collar Jobs to be Cut by Ford Motors in a Major Revamp
21.5.2019
As far as car manufacturing giants are concerned, Ford Motors is in a league of its own, and over the past decades, the iconic company has expanded aggressively in a range of markets. However, it has generally had mixed results with regards to its global adventure, and after years of reversals...
Ford Motor To Invest $11 Billion In EV
11.5.2019
Ford which was among the leading automakers in the world has of late faced many challenges due to which it had to make the biggest transformation since its inception about a century ago. The focus of the company right now has shifted from passenger vehicles to electric vehicles and self-driving...