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Oil behemoths join Shell and friends on energy trading blockchain

Jan16
by on January 16, 2019 at 4:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The centuries-old, paper-based trading process of the oil and gas industry was overhauled last year, courtesy of the blockchain and an industry consortium originally including Shell, BP, ABN Amro, ING, and Societe Generale. The industry platform, called VAKT, announced yesterday that a host of new petrochemical and oil giants – including Chevron, Total, and Reliance – are joining the likes of Shell and jumping aboard the energy trading platform, Reuters reports. Traditionally, the buying and selling of energy commodities is paper-based, meaning that credit notes and invoices have to be completed manually, and then emailed, faxed, or even posted to the…

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Ford drives cobalt supply chain transparency with IBM blockchain

Jan16
by on January 16, 2019 at 3:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, Hard Fork


Ford has become the latest company to jump on the blockchain pilot bandwagon. The American car manufacturing giant is conducting a blockchain trial in a bid to trace cobalt, found in the lithium-ion batteries used by electric cars, from a Chinese-owned mine in the Congo. Ford is using decentralized ledger technology to ensure that none of the cobalt mined is linked to human rights abuses. South Korean cathode maker LG Chem and China’s Huayou Cobalt are also participating in the pilot. The project will leverage IBM’s Blockchain Platform, which is powered by the Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Fabric. The pilot, due…

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Hands-on: The Doogee S90 modular phone is weird as hell

Jan16
by on January 16, 2019 at 3:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Doogee — and I think they’ll forgive me for saying this — has a propensity for releasing strange phones. Remember the Doogee Mix 2 phone? Y’know, the one which had to be flipped 180 degrees in order to take a selfie? Well, the Doogee S90 is weirder. Unequivocally. At its core, this is a ruggedized handset, similar to the ones touted by Caterpillar , as well as other Chinese phone manufacturers, like BlackView. But Doogee manages to go far beyond that, and the S90 is extensible in a way that’s hardly ever been seen since… well… the Motorola Atrix, maybe?…

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Hands-on: The Doogee S90 modular phone is weird as hell

Jan16
by on January 16, 2019 at 3:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Doogee — and I think they’ll forgive me for saying this — has a propensity for releasing strange phones. Remember the Doogee Mix 2 phone? Y’know, the one which had to be flipped 180 degrees in order to take a selfie? Well, the Doogee S90 is weirder. Unequivocally. At its core, this is a ruggedized handset, similar to the ones touted by Caterpillar , as well as other Chinese phone manufacturers, like BlackView. But Doogee manages to go far beyond that, and the S90 is extensible in a way that’s hardly ever been seen since… well… the Motorola Atrix, maybe?…

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