Amazon extends its holiday shopping window with one-day shipping and new stores – CNET
At an Amazon bookstore in Manhattan.
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Amazon on Wednesday unveiled its shipping cutoff times for this year’s holiday season, with the company using …
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Scandinavians are revolting.
They’re looking at their fellow Scandinavians and expressing disgust that they still get on planes.
There’s even a word for the guilt of fl…
New Zealand volcano erupts, killing tourists on the island
Enlarge / A member of the last tour group to leave the island, Michael Schade, took this photo and posted it on Twitter.
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Monday was a tragic day at New Zealand’s White Island, as the volcano that forms the popular tourist destination eru…
The McLaren 620R is its most hardcore road-going Sports Series car yet – Roadshow
Painfully rad paint scheme aside, the McLaren 620R is the meanest Sports Series Macca yet.
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So when we found out that McLaren is offering up yet …
3D printing can keep aging Air Force aircraft flying
Enlarge / USAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress taking-off with undercarriage retracting and trailing-edge wing flaps lowered at the 1998 Fairford Royal International Air Tattoo RIAT.
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Glenn House and his colleagues spent more than…
Cockpit calamity: Pilot error sparks hijack security alert on passenger plane
Cockpits in large airplanes feature a dizzying array of buttons, levers, dials, and displays that would leave the head of most folks spinning if they were asked to identify each and every one of them (or indeed, just one of them).
But as an incident …
Gogo inks satellite partnership to increase connectivity services over Europe and Middle East
In-flight WiFi provider Gogo announced Tuesday a new satellite capacity agreement aimed at bolstering its high-speed in-flight connectivity services over Europe and the Middle East. As part of a multi-year agreement with French satellite operator Eutel…
Beats Solo Pro launch with noise cancellation
Beats has announced its latest headphones, the Beats Solo Pro. They are the successor to the Solo 3 Wireless but have updated branding to bring the Apple-owned company’s range in line with the Powerbeats Pro and iPhone 11 Pro.The headphones have active…
Planes, gates, and bags: How hackers can hijack your local airport
In an increasingly technology-focused world, aviation security is becoming a critical problem.
This is not necessarily in reference to protesters disrupting flights or drones that are able to bring prominent airports to a grinding halt for day…
NASA’s experimental all-electric X-57 aircraft is a step closer to flight
NASANASA has taken delivery of its all-electric X-57 “Maxwell” aircraft, taking the agency a step closer to comprehensive testing of its first all-electric experimental aircraft.Several years in development, the X-57 was delivered by Empirical Systems …
