In U.S. law, you can be charged with criminal conspiracy even if the planned crime never actually happens. Conspiracy is considered an “inchoate” offense, meaning it is a crime before the target crime is completed.

But in this case they did commit the crime.

"they're simply not investing in emergent technologies"

That's simply not true:

https://ford.simemotors.my/abo... "$22 billion in electrification through 2025 "
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/f... "Ford is investing $5 billion to change the way it makes electric vehicles"
https://www.fromtheroad.ford.c...
By 2030, Ford expects approximately 50% of its global volume will be hybrids, extended-range EVs and fully electric vehicles, up from 17% in 2025.

What is true is Ford's products are not good enough. Globalism is a cold mistress and Ford may be its next victim.

No, no its a new platform for OnlyFansOffice suite of productivity uhh... enhancers?

Can Taco Bell put out their floating target again so we can get free tacos in the event of a bullseye! Please Taco Bell!!!

https://spacenews.com/free-tac...

I was just going to mention this. Vacuum seal the art in glass/lexan cases or fill with inert gasses. Would not be hard to have vaults filled with inert gas for long term preservation.

What are they going to do with palm print data? Sell it to taro card readers?

Competition is the best motivator of innovation!

Oh ya! Well I got 6 folds! Hexagon Fold Infinity (TM)

Way too $$$. I rather carry an iPad mini if I need that much screen real estate.

All your Wallstreetbets are belong to us!

Duke Nukem was ESG compliant!

Or "widgets." So now we get to add an AI Widget that slows our startup times. LOL.

The invisible hand of the market in action. No reason cable companies could not have upgraded to fiber networks and/or had IPTV plus screaming fast internet. If cable has reasonable prices, decent equipment and invented in their future. It might have been a different outcome. Oh well, c'est la vie... ...

Well is was NOAA that issued the statement, so I figured mid-day somewhere between EST and Guam, So only about a 17hr difference. LOL .

They still sell mainframes to large banks and other dinosaur financial institutions that haven't figured out how to migrate their operations to modern metal. Google IBM Z series mainframes. And they monetized open source software by buying redhat. IBM would probably be out of business decades ago if its wasn't for mainframes and redhat.