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Nickel-63 nuclear battery claims 100-year ultra-low power life (interestingengineering.com)
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France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech (techcrunch.com)
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The Iran oil shock is about to hit (youtu.be)
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Every major economy is trying to ditch Visa & MasterCard (youtu.be)
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A warmer climate means bigger hail (www.preventionweb.net)
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Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence (www.reuters.com)
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In China, battery makers bet big on sodium in move away from critical minerals (www.reuters.com)
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The planet is overheating. Why is the news looking away? (grist.org)
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10–97% in nine minutes: BYD presents second generation of Blade Battery (www.electrive.com)
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Earth's heat to produce electricity for homes in UK clean energy first (www.bbc.com)
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China invents process that turns desert sand into fertile soil in just 10 months (www.earth.com)
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Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say (bbc.com)
Some European governments consider abandoning the use of Twitter/X, as its owner refuses to deal with their questions about Grok AI's use in creating and distributing child porn on the platform. in c/futurology@futurology.today
This solid-state EV battery maker is going public after a real-world test clears 745+ miles in c/futurology@futurology.today
[–] voidx@futurology.today 25 points 3 months ago

From the linked sources:

The 77Ah solid-state battery cells provided an energy density of 375 Wh/kg with over 600 cycles. According to Stellantis, the cells cut charging time from 10% to over 90% in just 18 minutes with discharge rates of up to 4C.

Earth’s climate is approaching irreversible tipping points in c/futurology@futurology.today
[–] voidx@futurology.today 3 points 7 months ago (12 children)

I don't think we're past all the climate tipping points; that'd start to cause runaway changes. Swift action right now would still provide a chance to lessen the impact.

The worst case scenarios would be truly disastrous though, and would cause secondary human conflicts due to unavailability of basic resources.

Netflix is already using generative AI in its original shows in c/futurology@futurology.today
[–] voidx@futurology.today 11 points 8 months ago

And now even plans to do AI-generated ads:

Netflix plans to use generative AI to create ads for its ad-support Netflix subscription

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