/u/chrisdh79's posts in /r/Futurology
Tech companies are struggling to bring workers back to the office | Flexible working models have won, and CEOs are being forced to back off
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San Francisco bans "rent-fixing" software used by landlord cartels | Private data sets were exploited to fix rent prices, and that's definitely illegal
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Construction of US’ first fourth-gen nuclear reactor ‘Hermes’ begins | Hermes will use a TRISO fuel pebble bed design with a molten fluoride salt coolant to demonstrate affordable clean heat production.
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Cheap heat-storing 'firebricks' projected to save industries trillions | Researchers predict that firebricks could reduce global reliance on batteries by 14.5%, hydrogen by 31%, and underground heat storage by 27.3% — if the world switches to full renewable energy by 2050.
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Bombs to beams: US to turn nuclear plutonium site into 1 GW solar farm | Wind energy is not being considered since a nearby observatory searches for gravitational waves.
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US firm to trap ship engine CO2 emissions into sea salt for 100,000 years | The new reactor could help drastically reduce shipping CO2 emissions and help the industry meet its 2050 net-zero target.
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