Share this page!

Olaudah Equiano® Profile picture
Twitter logo
6 Jan, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Japan's Sony Group Corp plans to launch a company this spring to examine entering the electric vehicle market, looking to harness its strengths in entertainment and sensors to play a bigger role in next-generation mobility.
The new company, Sony Mobility Inc, comes as the Japanese tech giant is "exploring a commercial launch" of electric vehicles, Sony chairman and president Kenichiro Yoshida told on the CES.
"With our imaging and sensing, cloud, 5G and entertainment technologies combined with our contents mastery, we believe Sony is well positioned as a creative entertainment company to redefine mobility," he said.
Shares in Sony jumped 4.2% in Tokyo after the electric vehicle plans were announced.
Yoshida unveiled a prototype sport utility vehicle, the VISION-S 02, which uses the same electric vehicle platform as the previously announced VISION-S 01 coupe that began...
testing on public roads in Europe from December 2020, Reuters.

titan.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Olaudah Equiano®

Olaudah Equiano® Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @RealOlaudah

Olaudah Equiano® Profile picture
8 Jan
Crypto-criminals earned a record $14 billion in 2021

Chainalysis has published an excerpt of a new report on crypto-crimes, among the main theses are:
—Total cryptocurrency transactions increased fivefold to $15.8 trillion
— Direct thefts of cryptocurrencies rose 516% to $3.2 billion
— 72% of the thefts were done through DeFi protocols
— $2.8 bln was stolen via rug pull scheme – when fraudsters create an imitation...
crypto-project to deliberately deceive investors. For instance, that's what happened with the Squid project.
Read 4 tweets
Olaudah Equiano® Profile picture
8 Jan
In nearly five secretive years in power, Nigeria's Gen. Sani Abacha built a reputation for authoritarian, sometimes brutal rule. He was less known -- but in terms of his legacy to Nigeria, perhaps more important -- for overseeing a web of corruption that Nigerians and oil...
industry sources say plundered billions of dollars from the country.
Abacha died today at age 54. While he ruled Nigeria from a fortified presidential villa in Nigeria's capital, the sources said, he and a circle of aides and business partners tapped virtually every stage of...
the oil business, Nigeria's most important industry and the source of 80 percent of its government revenue. They took kickbacks from foreign companies for licenses to search for oil in the basin and delta of the Niger River and offshore.
Read 49 tweets
Olaudah Equiano® Profile picture
7 Jan
Historians have been able to piece together a startlingly clear picture of what daily life in ancient Rome was like.
Romans woke up before dawn, finished work by noon, and spent the afternoons pursuing leisurely activities like swimming and exercising.
'At sundown, Romans would get together for elaborate dinner parties that often went on until late in the evening.
There are, roughly speaking, two types of historians: those that look at the past from afar, recording its wars, epidemics, and recessions; and those that look at
the past from up close, studying the lives and livelihoods of ordinary people. Macro-historians help us understand the events that led up to the present moment, while micro-historians try to show us what living during these bygone times actually looked like.
Read 39 tweets
Olaudah Equiano® Profile picture
7 Jan
Gen. Sani Abacha's war against opponents of his military government has left an eerie silence over Nigeria.
After seizing power in late 1993, he dissolved state legislatures, banned political parties and prohibited government decrees from being challenged in Nigeria's courts.
He has crushed labor unions and shut down nearly 20 newspapers and magazines. His security forces have arrested dozens of activists, killed scores of Nigerians in demonstrations and are accused of systematically oppressing the Ogoni ethnic group, which has criticized the govt.
"What you hear is the silence of the graveyard," said Abdul Oroh, executive director of Nigeria's Civil Liberties Organization. "It is quiet here because people are angry and feel helpless."
Read 38 tweets
Olaudah Equiano® Profile picture
27 Nov 21
Bashar, the 20th Emir of Gwandu who was known in military circles as Major-General Muhammadu Dan Ma’aji Jega, (MD Jega) revealed that “Buhari claimed that he had evidences that Aliyu Gusau generated money to the tune of one million naira, which was equivalent to one and half...
million dollars at that time. But unknown to Buhari, the money generated by Aliyu Gusau through the selling of import license was the same money used in financing Shagari’s coup. For that reason, many people were disturbed with the stance taken by Buhari against Aliyu Gusau.
Details are contained in the book “Major General Muhammadu Ilyasu Bashar, CFR (MD Jega), the 20th Emir of Gwandu” written by Usman Dalhatu, Executive Director, Woodpecker Communications based in Zaria, Kaduna State.
Read 62 tweets
Olaudah Equiano® Profile picture
26 Nov 21
"I love children, they are delicious"

Born May 19th 1870 Albert Fish was a cannibal and child rapist who boasted to have consumed children in every state. He was also known as The Brooklyn Vampire, the Werewolf of Wysteria and the Moon Maniac.
His family had an intense history of mental illness and religious mania and Fish was no exception to the family tradition. From an early age, his pastimes included the consumption of urine and feces, frequenting public baths to watch young boys undress, and writing obscene...
letters to women he found in the classified ads.
He was caught by Detective William King, who had been hunting a cannibal for six years.
While in prison he enjoyed forcing needles into his groin and urinary tract.
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @RealOlaudah has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @RealOlaudah!

Read all threads by @RealOlaudah

:(