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Pepsi Reveals Everything About The Tesla Semi Trucks | NextBigFuture.com

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Pepsi has described its experience of using 21 Tesla Semi trucks for ten months and how...
Pepsi has described its experience of using 21 Tesla Semi trucks for ten months and how they operated during the Run on Less trucking event. In December 2022, PepsiCo took the first delivery of the all-electric Tesla Semi trucks and as of September 1, nearly 680,000 Zero Emissions (ZE) miles have been traveled. Pepsi Confirms ... Read more

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US Navy F/A-XX Sixth Gen Stealth Fighter for the 2030s | NextBigFuture.com

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Youtuber Pilot Photog has renderings of the likely look of the US Navy’s planned F/A-XX 6th...
Youtuber Pilot Photog has renderings of the likely look of the US Navy’s planned F/A-XX 6th generation stealth fighter. The reason Pilot Photog can be quite confident that the F/A-XX will look like this is that a blended wing body (BWB) design. The BWB is what will be used for the Air Force NGAD (Next ... Read more

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Lockheed Martin Nuclear Rocket Will Fly in Space in 2027 | NextBigFuture.com

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Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has won a contract from DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to...
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has won a contract from DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to develop and demonstrate a nuclear-powered spacecraft. The in-space flight demonstration of a nuclear thermal rocket engine vehicle will take place no later than 2027. The project is called Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO). DARPA partnered with NASA’s ... Read more

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Microsoft's Future Nuclear Powered AI Data Centers | NextBigFuture.com

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Microsoft will integrate small modular nuclear reactors and microreactors to power Microsoft Cloud and AI datacenters....
Microsoft will integrate small modular nuclear reactors and microreactors to power Microsoft Cloud and AI datacenters. Artificial intelligence takes a lot of compute power, and Microsoft is putting together a road map for powering that computation with small nuclear reactors. Data Centers already use 20% of the electricity in the United States. 10% for regular ... Read more

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David Sacks Explains How Sam Altman Will Own Most of OpenAI | NextBigFuture.com

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Billionaire David Sacks of the All in Podcast explains how CEO Sam Altman will won most...
Billionaire David Sacks of the All in Podcast explains how CEO Sam Altman will won most of OpenAI. Sacks says that the funding for OpenAI has been a capped return model. Capped return means that investors get returns up to some multiple say 10X or 100X. When they get their return then there shares revert ... Read more

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96.6% Correct Predictions in 2023 | NextBigFuture.com

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Nextbigfuture is a top 1% predictor at the public prediction site Metaculus. My overall rank is...
Nextbigfuture is a top 1% predictor at the public prediction site Metaculus. My overall rank is 45 out of over 5000 forecasters and ranked 31st based on predictions resolved in the past 12 months. Only 8 predictions out of 238 were wrong for predictions resolved in 2023. 230 correct out of 238 predictions resolved in ... Read more

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Megawatt Microreactors at US Military Bases by 2025 | NextBigFuture.com

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The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a $17.5 million contract option to X-energy develop...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a $17.5 million contract option to X-energy develop an enhanced engineering design (second mobile reactor) for a transportable microreactor suitable for both commercial and defense use under the Project Pele initiative. X-energy has developed the Xe-Mobile – a power generation system that can be delivered to the ... Read more

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New Hexagonal Wall Method Will Triple Boring Company Construction Speed | NextBigFuture.com

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The Boring Company (TBC) has been building tunnels at about 40 meters per day. This is...
The Boring Company (TBC) has been building tunnels at about 40 meters per day. This is for the digging and for the concrete reinforcement of the tunnel. Will at the Boring Revolution Youtube channel has spotted hundreds of hexagonal concrete segments at the Boring Company. This means that Boring Company has changed its tunnel walls ... Read more

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UK Funded $4 Million for Micro Nuclear Reactor to Send to Moon by 2029 | NextBigFuture.com

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Rolls Royce has made nuclear reactors for submarines and is in the second year of a...
Rolls Royce has made nuclear reactors for submarines and is in the second year of a micro nuclear fission reactor design effort. They will use encapsulated uranium fuel aka a pebble bed nuclear reactor. It will have heat pipes to move the heat from the core. The full sized reactor model and design will be ... Read more

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Helion Energy Partners With Nucor Steel for 500MW Nuclear Fusion Power Plant in 2030 | NextBigFuture.com

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Helion Energy, a nuclear fusion power company, and Nucor Corporation, the largest steel producer and recycler...
Helion Energy, a nuclear fusion power company, and Nucor Corporation, the largest steel producer and recycler in North America, announced an agreement to develop a 500 MWe fusion power plant at a Nucor steel manufacturing facility in the United States. This collaboration is aimed at accelerating the future of clean energy in the industrial manufacturing ... Read more

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Photos Reveal Secrets of the B-21 Stealth Bomber | NextBigFuture.com

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2024 The Year of Mass Produced Humanoid Robots | NextBigFuture.com

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The Tesla Teslabot and the Agility Robotics Digit will both be mass produced in the thousands...
The Tesla Teslabot and the Agility Robotics Digit will both be mass produced in the thousands in 2024. Agility Robotics announced a factory they had started last year would be completed and in production late in 2023. Mass production takes a few months to ramp up. The Agility Robotics factory will have a capacity of ... Read more

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Pepsi Tesla Semi Truck Drives 1076 Mile in One Day to Show Off | NextBigFuture.com

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One of the Pepsi Tesla Semi Trucks was driven for 1076 Miles in one day. This...
One of the Pepsi Tesla Semi Trucks was driven for 1076 Miles in one day. This was on the 17th day when the three trucks had over 2600 miles of combined driving in one day. This shows that Tesla Semis can have multiple fast chargings in one day to give 240% of the trucks range ... Read more

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X Advertisers Are Back So X Will Be Profitable in 4-6 Months | NextBigFuture.com

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino said 90% of the top 100 advertisers have returned to the platform....
X CEO Linda Yaccarino said 90% of the top 100 advertisers have returned to the platform. In the past 12 weeks alone, about 1,500 have returned. X should profitable 4-6 months. NEWS: X CEO @lindayaX says “90% of the top 100 advertisers have returned to the platform; In the past 12 weeks alone, about 1,500 ... Read more

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SpaceX Starlink Has Added Double Speed Priority Plans | NextBigFuture.com

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SpaceX Starlink has introduced double speed priority internet service plans for residential, business and mobile customers....
SpaceX Starlink has introduced double speed priority internet service plans for residential, business and mobile customers. The priority speed will be double the standard service plan speed. The Standard service gets unlimited standard internet download speed. The Priority will have data caps for the higher speed priority service and then unlimited Standard speed. Priority will ... Read more

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Boring Company Could Pass $1 Billion Per Year in Revenue Around 2025-2026 | NextBigFuture.com

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Boring Company current and highly likely potential projects are mainly in Las Vegas, Texas, California and...
Boring Company current and highly likely potential projects are mainly in Las Vegas, Texas, California and Florida. Boring Company will make over $600 million to build the Las Vegas system. There are about $1-2 billion of other projects under consideration for Boring Company. IF Boring Company goes slowing it will take 2-3 years to complete ... Read more

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US Aircraft Carriers and Assault Ships Still Overpower China's Carriers by 8 Times | NextBigFuture.com

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China launched its 3rd aircraft carrier in July 2022. It is the first without a skijump...
China launched its 3rd aircraft carrier in July 2022. It is the first without a skijump ramp for launching planes. The Type 003 uses steam turbines and electromagnetic catapults. It is far larger than the first two aircraft carriers which are more like the size of the US Amphibious Assault ships. China’s Type 001 carrier ... Read more

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US Electric and Diesel Medium and Heavy Truck Markets | NextBigFuture.com

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CALSTART has a May 2023 report on the zero emission U.S. medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) truck...
CALSTART has a May 2023 report on the zero emission U.S. medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) truck market (Class 2b–8). It presents deployment statistics for on-road zero-emission trucks (ZETs). Deployments or deployed sales are defined as trucks that have been sold, delivered, and placed into service on U.S. roads. The cumulative number of U.S. MHD ZET ... Read more

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SpaceX Starlink Has Satellite Internet License for India | NextBigFuture.com

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SpaceX Starlink has a satellite internet license for India. SpaceX Starlink can soon start competing for...
SpaceX Starlink has a satellite internet license for India. SpaceX Starlink can soon start competing for millions of potential customers in India. After getting the license, Starlink will become eligible for spectrum allocation, after which it can start providing satellite broadband services. https://t.co/GzbIzeD4cL — Dima Zeniuk (@DimaZeniuk) September 28, 2023 Starlink has fulfilled all regulatory ... Read more

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SpaceX Starshield Gets First US Space Force Contract | NextBigFuture.com

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SpaceX Starshield has won a $70 million US Space Force contract. Starshield will offer secure communications...
SpaceX Starshield has won a $70 million US Space Force contract. Starshield will offer secure communications to the US Space Force like SpaceX is providing via Starlink for Ukraine. Each secure SpaceX Starshield terminal will likely charge $1000 to $5000 per month. SpaceX has proven secure communications in Ukraine that Russia could not hack. SpaceX ... Read more

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Scaling NIF Laser Fusion to 2030 | NextBigFuture.com

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This is a summary of the information from the Inertial Fusion Science and Applications 2023 conference...
This is a summary of the information from the Inertial Fusion Science and Applications 2023 conference and the presentations and announcements from Lawrence Livermore National Labs and the National Ignition facility. There is already an article with more details on the scaling plans. The July 30, 2023 result already improved already got 23% more power ... Read more

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SpaceX Starlink Providing Remote and Mobile Coverage in Australia | NextBigFuture.com

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Western Australia Police will spend $8.5 million in Starlink equipment and internet services to provide reliable...
Western Australia Police will spend $8.5 million in Starlink equipment and internet services to provide reliable connectivity for 550 police vehicles and 129 regional police stations across the state. WA Police have been running a 12-week trial using Starlink’s low orbit satellite technology in some of the most remote parts of the state — Balgo, ... Read more

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LLNL NIF Plans for Higher Laser Power and a Roadmap to Over 10X Fusion Gain | NextBigFuture.com

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The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) made worldwide news when they...
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) made worldwide news when they reached nuclear fusion ignition in December 2022 but they went beyond that result on July 30, 2023. I am attending the 2023 International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications where there have been numerous presentations by leaders of ... Read more

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Future of Maximum Stealth Tailless Fighters and Bombers | NextBigFuture.com

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All of the next generation US fighters and bombers will go for maximum stealth with tailless...
All of the next generation US fighters and bombers will go for maximum stealth with tailless designs. The B-21 Raider is first as planes have already been built and will be flying later this year. The Air Force plans to have 24-30 of them operational by 2030. The B-21 Raider is a flying wing like ... Read more

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