Airbus is (kinda) going through the same thing with certification of the A321XLR long-range single-seat airliner. That's why both the FAA and EASA are very carefully scrutinizing the the A321XLR, especially with its wingbox integral fuel tank, out of fear of what happens if the plane has to make belly-up landing on a runway due to landing gear issues.

This is why I think the cable companies have already begun the pivot to becoming mostly an _Internet_ provider.

After all, Comcast rolled out DOCSIS 3.0 and 3.1 technology in the last decade, and just started rolling out DOCSIS 4.0 symmetric gigabit Internet recently. I expect Comcast's revenue to be mostly through being a gigabit-speed ISP by 2030, and Comcast will be essentially streaming most of their content. Yes, there is competition from fiber providers, but fiber is not yet available even in many metro areas, while cable TV lines are.

I think Apple held off on releasing new iPads because of the resources being tied up with developing the Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset.

But that the Vision Pro is pretty much done, I expect Apple to do the following:

1. Release new iPad Pro models with OLED displays on both the 11-inch and 13-inch models.
2. Release a new iPad mini and iPad Air models, with the iPad Air getting a 12.9" display as an option.
3. Upgrade the SoC on the iPad Pros to M3 and the other other iPad models to M2.

The iPad mini and iPad Air update arrives in March 2024; the iPad Pro update arrives in June.

I think it was earlier than that. Remember Saudia Flight 163 from 1980, where an L-1011 had a fire in the cargo hold start after takeoff from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, made an emergency landing back at the airport, and the flight crew then did a lot of erroneous things that made the situation worse? With the result that 301 people on the plane died when it could have been less than half that had the plane made an immediate stop after landing and the cabin crew immediately start emergency egress procedures? That unfortunate tragedy was the major reason why they instituted the 90 second or less procedure to get everyone out of the plane, a procedure I believe the ICAO also required. That ICAO rule definitely saved the lives of everyone aboard Japan Airlines Flight 516.

I know I will get downvoted for this, but I think her tacit support for the sometimes virulent pro-Hamas protests by Harvard students turned off a lot of alumni, particularly the RICH alumni. I wouldn't be surprised that the Harvard Club of New York City (arguably the most powerful college alumni club in the USA) read her the riot act "behind closed doors" and she ended up taking a "golden parachute" payment from a rich group of alumni to essentially go away.

I think that may change by 2026. By then, better battery chemistry will allow much lighter battery packs, and the switch to 800 V electrical systems could mean initial charging rates in well over 300 kW, which means we may see EV's go from 0 to 85 percent charge in under 10 minutes.

True. But they do need to circa every 2 to 4 years remove all the dead and fallen trees to reduce all the dry fuel that can cause massive forest fires that can wipe otu an entire forest, with attendant issues of landslides and accelerated land erosion for up to a decade until new growth replaces all the dead trees.

This is why we need to have all dead trees still standing and all fallen trees removed once every two to four years to keep the rest of the old growth forest in good health. Otherwise, we end up with a huge amount of dry fuel that makes forest fires extremely dangerous and _all_ the trees are burnt down, creating an potential disaster of landslides and accelerated land erosion afterwards until new growth returns.

But I'd like to see highly controlled "thinning" of these old forests to reduce the extreme danger from forest fires. That means only certified dead trees and fallen trees need to be removed once every few years to reduce the "fuel" that can cause some huge wildfires.

Especially with Apple announcing iOS Messages app support for the GSMA-compliant version of Rich Communications Services (RCS) in 2024. I wouldn't be surprised if after the iOS 17.3 release, iOS 17.4 will be the first to support RCS. Once RCS is supported in iOS, Beeper's attempt to break into iMessages is pretty much over.

Reason: give time to get the infrastructure for large-scale public EV charging in place. By 2030, EV charging on a vehicle going 500 km (310 miles) could be done in under 8 minutes even if the battery charge level is only 5-8%.

Food riots is how you get a revolution.

You mean replacing Jet-A with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)? Large ships for transport and for cruise ships are already phasing out the use of bunker fuel in favor of burning compressed natural gas, which is much easier to deal with the exhaust emissions.

I think burning coal for power generation and using internal combustion engines fueled by gasoline (petrol) and diesel fuel could be gone by 2040, replaced improved forms of solar power and possibly Generation IV nuclear power and by 400 and 800 volt batteries with advanced battery chemistry that can be charged to full power in under 8 minutes (or even less by 2040) for motor vehicles. Getting rid of the immediate effects of exhaust emissions from coal-fired power plants and exhaust emissions from ICE cars will go a long way towards cleaning the air, especially in urban areas.

I still see a use for natural gas for power generation, since natural gas has vastly lower emissions and emission controls for burning natural gas is pretty cheap to do. And there is still a lot of natural gas available worldwide, especially now that even the OPEC states are phasing out burning off petroleum gas but processing them into clean burning natural gas for export.

Jet engines fueled by kerosene will still be around, but they will now switch to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) derived from oil-laden algae and other fast-growing plants like hemp.

I think what will happen is those tech firms that moved to Texas will move to other metro regions like Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Houston. In short, it won't be concentrated around Austin anymore.