Ghe oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change partisan by PaulHoule

After four years of U.S. progress on efforts to deal with climate change under Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s return to the White House is swiftly swinging the pendulum in the opposite direction. On his first day back, Trump declared a national energy emergency, directing agencies to use any emergency powers available to boost oil and

ByHackTechFebruary 9, 20250Comments

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The Heroic Industry of the Brothers Grimm by prismatic

by David Mason Then all anxiety was at an end, and they lived together in perfect happiness. My tale is done, there runs a mouse, whosoever catches it, may make himself a big fur cap out of it. —“Hänsel and Grethel” In an 1846 letter to the Athenaeum, English writer William Thoms coined a term, “folklore.”

ByHackTechJanuary 8, 20250Comments

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Heavy industry turns to carbon capture to clean up its act by PaulHoule

A lime plant in Rety, near Dunkirk, northern France. For decades heavy industry around Dunkirk in northern France has belched out millions of metric tons of climate-heating gases. Now the area close to the Belgium border—one of Europe’s industrial powerhouses—wants to catch its pollution before it escapes. With factories turning out steel, cement and fertilizers

ByHackTechNovember 3, 20230Comments

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Industry united in push to extend ban on human spaceflight regulations by LinuxBender

Enlarge / The four private astronauts who flew into orbit with SpaceX on the Inspiration4 mission in 2021, the first fully commercial human spaceflight mission to low-Earth orbit. There are three US companies now capable of flying people into space—SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic—and representatives from those three companies told lawmakers on Wednesday that

ByHackTechOctober 19, 20230Comments

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I quit the tech industry (2015) by Michelangelo11

This Friday, June 12, will be my last day at Yelp. I don’t intend to look for another tech job. Or another job at all. Ever. I’m just thoroughly exhausted. I have so much I want to do, yet I’m selling half of my waking hours every weekday to someone else, for the sake of cleaning up their

ByHackTechSeptember 30, 20230Comments

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The food industry pays ‘influencer’ dietitians to shape your eating habits by dopylitty

Registered dietitians are being paid to post videos that promote diet soda, sugar and supplements on Instagram and TikTokSeptember 13, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EDTThe Washington Post and The Examination found that the food industry pays dozens of “influencer” dietitians to promote its products on TikTok and Instagram. (Video: The Washington Post/The Examination)As the World

ByHackTechSeptember 13, 20230Comments

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The tech industry hates people that work in it by mooreds

Almost everyone I know in tech does not think of tech the way that I do.And most people I know in tech would do something else, if the money was better.Most people seem to hate their job in some way. Not the people, but the job, the pressure, the stress, and the constant nature of

ByHackTechAugust 4, 20230Comments

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Can a viable industry emerge from the hydrogen shakeout by mdp2021

Jul 3rd 2023 | PUERTOLLANOHYDROGEN IS THE most abundant element in the universe and a vast source of clean fuel. For investors, it is an equally rich source of hype. As parts of the world get a bit more serious about tackling climate change, hydrogen has emerged as an important part of global decarbonisation efforts.

ByHackTechJuly 5, 20230Comments

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Empowering the Industry with Open System Firmware – AMD OpenSIL by nixcraft

THE IMPETUSPlatform & Silicon Firmware Development has historically been a niche field in the compute industry, requiring specific, hard-to-find engineering skill sets. As time progressed, firmware capabilities expanded, offering a large range of enhanced capabilities and platform intelligence ranging from rich feature sets to in-situ upgradability. Firmware became pervasive in the industry. However, the industry

ByHackTechMay 7, 20230Comments

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Health care industry rethinks obesity by elsewhen

Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/AxiosDoctors and medical experts are leading a rapid cultural shift around obesity, viewing it as a disease rather than a lifestyle choice.Why it matters: That shift is opening new treatments and better care — but also new controversies over who can access those treatments and how best to use them.What they’re saying: “Obesity

ByHackTechFebruary 19, 20230Comments

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