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Dutch firm Meatable can turn pig stem cells into sausages 60 times faster than farmers can rear pigs. (tech.eu)

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Toyota says its 2026 EV batteries will have a range of 800 km (500 miles) and charge to 80% in 20 minutes. (www.autocar.co.nz)

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“Corolla killer:” BYD launches $US15,000 sedan EV with 420 km range in direct attack on legacy makers (thedriven.io)

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New German research shows EVs break down at less than half the rate of combustion engine cars. (www.adac.de)

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Evidence is growing that LLMs will never be the route to AGI. They are consuming exponentially increasing energy, to deliver only linear improvements in performance. (arxiv.org)

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Although not peer reviewed or replicated, a NASA veteran claims their Propellantless Propulsion Drive, that physics says shouldn’t work, just produced enough thrust to overcome Earth’s gravity (thedebrief.org)

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Toyota’s $10,000 Future Pickup Truck Is Basic Transportation Perfection (www.roadandtrack.com)

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How much is that remote job worth to you? Americans will part with pay to work from home (eu.usatoday.com)

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Toyota claims it is 'almost there' with the ability to manufacture solid state electric batteries that will give EVs a 1,200 km (745 miles) range and that can charge in 10 minutes (archive.ph)

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AI Companies Running Out of Training Data After Burning Through Entire Internet (futurism.com)

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Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found. (www.businessinsider.com)

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Iceland will tunnel into a volcano to tap into virtually unlimited geothermal power (www.zmescience.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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Amazon's humanoid warehouse robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate. That won't calm workers' fears of being replaced. - Digit is a humanoid bipedal robot from Agility Robotics. (www.businessinsider.com)

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Police Are Tagging Fleeing Cars With GPS Darts to Avoid Dangerous Pursuits (www.thedrive.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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$750 a month was given to homeless people in California. What they spent it on is more evidence that universal basic income works. (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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Young Europeans more likely to quit driving and have fewer children to save planet (www.theguardian.com)

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Unitree's new G1 humanoid robot is priced at only $16,000, and looks like the type of humanoid robot that could sell in the tens of millions. (newatlas.com)

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‘Cheap and simple’ Bill Gates-backed fusion concept surpasses heat of the Sun in milestone moment (www.rechargenews.com)

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China's hyperloop maglev train has achieved the fastest speed ever for a train at 623 km/h, as it prepares to test at up to 1,000 km/h in a 60km long hyperloop test tunnel. (robbreport.com)

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Research shows people rate AI-generated content as better than human content, until they find out it's AI-generated. (www.cambridge.org)

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The World’s Population May Peak in Your Lifetime. What Happens Next? (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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Chinese scientists develop an implantable battery that runs off the oxygen in your blood (www.eurekalert.org)

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NASA is scaling back its Moon plans, and saying a 2026 human landing on the Moon is unfeasible. (arstechnica.com)

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A Chinese EV squeezed over 1,000 km of range from its 150 kWh battery - Mass production of the new battery will begin in April 2024. (www.engadget.com)

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A new NASA study seems to pull the plug on space solar power, by saying its vastly more expensive than Earth based solar. (www.thespacereview.com)

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