Tea is the world’s most popular beverage. Well, after water. Whether you like to brew from a bag or only sip rare yellow tea smuggled out of China by yak, there’s something for everyone. However, if you’re new to drinking tea, the different gadgets and styles can be overwhelming at times. To get you started,… Continue reading Best Tea Accessories (2023): Kettles, Infusers, and More
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The FAA NOTAM Outage Lays Bare an Essential System Everyone Hates
The United States Federal Aviation Administration today halted flights taking off across the country beginning early this morning and continuing until 9 am ET. The pause—the first of its kind in the US since the September 11, 2001 attacks—delayed thousands of flights and created a cascade of further delays and cancellations throughout the day. Those… Continue reading The FAA NOTAM Outage Lays Bare an Essential System Everyone Hates
21 Best Deals: WFH Gear, Weighted Blankets, and Phones
the post-holiday blues can make it tough to get back to your daily routine. But upgrading your gear can make jumping back into things slightly easier. Whether it’s a comfy desk chair for your work-from-home setup, a nimble robot vacuum to keep your house clean, or a pair of sleep earbuds for a restful night—we’ve… Continue reading 21 Best Deals: WFH Gear, Weighted Blankets, and Phones
LCI SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH ELROY AIR FOR A COMMITTED ORDER OF UP TO 40 CHAPARRAL VTOL AIRCRAFT
DUBLIN, Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — LCI, a leading aviation company and a subsidiary of Libra Group, has signed an agreement with Elroy Air, developer of advanced autonomous cargo aircraft systems, to acquire up to 40 of the company’s Chaparral vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Continue Reading LCI SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH ELROY AIR FOR… Continue reading LCI SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH ELROY AIR FOR A COMMITTED ORDER OF UP TO 40 CHAPARRAL VTOL AIRCRAFT
Astronomers May Have Just Spotted the Universe’s First Galaxies
Scientists just announced that they’ve detected what might be some of the earliest galaxies to form in the universe, a tantalizing discovery made thanks to NASA’s new flagship James Webb Space Telescope. “This is the first large sample of candidate galaxies beyond the reach of the Hubble Space Telescope,” astronomer Haojing Yan said yesterday at a… Continue reading Astronomers May Have Just Spotted the Universe’s First Galaxies
A Siemens S7-1500 Logic Controller Flaw Raises the Specter of Stuxnet
“This separate crypto core is a very rudimentary chip. It’s not like a big processor, so it doesn’t really know who it’s talking to or what’s going on in the broader context,” Red Balloon’s Skipper says. “So if you can tell it the right things that you observed the processor telling it, it will talk… Continue reading A Siemens S7-1500 Logic Controller Flaw Raises the Specter of Stuxnet
Is the Usage-Based Insurance Market Growing, And Why?
The automobile insurance industry in the US alone made $327 billion in 2022. Worldwide, the market is worth around $780 billion according to Mobility Foresights. This industry involves various kinds of vehicle cover, and one sector is known as usage-based insurance. While it seems that usage-based insurance is new, it has been in existence for… Continue reading Is the Usage-Based Insurance Market Growing, And Why?
10 Browser Add-Ons to Make Downloading Videos Easy
Maybe you want to save an image or a video clip from the web through your browser because it’ll make a great wallpaper or you want to include it in a video you’re making. In most cases (especially when it comes to pictures) you can simply right-click on the file and choose “save image as,”… Continue reading 10 Browser Add-Ons to Make Downloading Videos Easy
Flying cars are here and available to preorder
Bree Fowler/CNET When cars fly seems to be the tech-transportation adage equivalent to “when pigs fly.” While pigs have yet to grow wings, engineering startup Aska just gave its car some. As expected CES 2023 has given us a peak into what the future of smart vehicles looks like, but Aska’s prototype of its A5 electric… Continue reading Flying cars are here and available to preorder
NYC court blocks pay raise for Uber and Lyft drivers
Uber sued the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission over the rate hike last month. A court has blocked a rate hike that would have increased pay for New York City Uber and Lyft drivers. Uber sued the city’s Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) in December, claiming it used a flawed methodology to determine the per-minute… Continue reading NYC court blocks pay raise for Uber and Lyft drivers