GM and Honda announced a plan to “codevelop a series of affordable electric vehicles” to come to market by 2027, while Honda has been a laggard in all-electric vehicles with little to show for this year. While GM is also not delivering many all-Electric vehicles right now, it has made a lot of moves in electrification that should enable it to deliver EVs in large volumes in the near future.
Starbucks is reportedly getting into non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. The technology allows people to secure unique ownership of artwork, videos, photos, and other digital content. Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz reportedly said the coffee giant will be in the NFT business by the end of the year.
The last BYD passenger car without a plug rolled off the line in China at the end of February, every one built has been either a plug-in hybrid or a battery-electric car, although the appetite for such cars among Chinese consumers is low, particularly since government incentives for them are disappearing.
IoT applications are built from devices that sense real-world conditions and then trigger actions to respond in some way. The messages that represent triggers and actions/commands in IoT flow through what's commonly called a control loop. Decisions made in the control loop must meet application latency requirements.
Intel has launched its second-generation bitcoin mining chip. The move could help mining firms get on the winning side of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) debate that has long roiled the Bitcoin community. In February, Intel revealed details of the first generation of its mining chip at a semiconductor conference.
Treasury has asked the Royal Mint to create a non-fungible token, or NFT. NFTs are a type of unique digital asset stored on the same decentralised ledger of transactions used to buy and sell cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. Treasury said the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, had asked the 1,136-year-old institution to create the NFT so it could be issued this summer.
Epic Games has raised over $144 million for humanitarian relief in Ukraine. The company announced last month that it would donate all proceeds from Fortnite sales from March 20 to April 3. Microsoft also added net proceeds from the game to the total. Epic is one of many game companies to have expressed support for Ukraine.
The world's richest man disclosed Monday that he's acquired a 9.2% stake in Twitter. The SEC mandates that anyone who acquires more than 5% of a company’s common shares disclose their holdings within 10 calendar days. Musk signed his filing 21 days after March 14. The stake is passive, according to the financial disclosure.
Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform how brands market across social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. It enables social media marketers to get to know their audience and understand their preferences. It also enables them to target their ads in a better way as well as create trending, creative content.