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Delta Boeing 737 MAX•
2KOne Mile at a Time / 17h
Delta is the biggest US airline that doesn’t have the Boeing 737 MAX in its fleet (which I’d consider to be a positive, personally, since I prefer the A321neo to the 737 MAX). For a couple of years now, there have been reports of Delta being in negotiations with Boeing for the purchase of 737 MAXs. It looks like this is now as close to becoming a reality as ever, and we could see an order as earl
2KMashable / 20h
A fish biologist and her team spotted a see-through fish in Alaskan waters recently. It’s a rarely-seen blotched snailfish. "Been hoping to see one of these in person for a long time! Blotched snailfish (Crystallichthys cyclospilus)," tweeted Sarah Friedman, a fish biologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "We found four or five so far, in the couple of weeks we've
US Hypersonic Russia•
4KFuturism / 15h
Closing Time The United States continues to fall behind Russia and China when it comes to hypersonic missiles after a second test of the high tech weapon failed. The Department of Defense, per statements to Bloomberg , confirmed that US hypersonic weapons tests this week sent from Hawaii had failed, though it didn't provide many details beyond that. "An anomaly occurred following ignition of the
Mashable / 2h
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Wondershare PDFelement Professional is on sale for £98, saving you 25% on list price. If you’re sick of PDF restrictions and the headache that comes with them, consider this deal on Wondershare PDFelement Professional. It’s a beginner-friendly option that unlocks premium features for working with PDFs — and it’s on sale for 25% for a perpetual license. PDFelement
Today Wordle Answer July•
Mashable / 2h
New day, new Wordle , y'all. While it's always the most fun to nail it down yourself, sometimes you just get stuck — and that's where we come in. The answer to the July 3 Wordle #379 can be found at the end of this article, with the spoiler clearly signposted, or you can make your way down in a more leisurely fashion for a few tips, gentle hints, and strategies to help you every day. Who made Wor
comic-covers : (1950)
American Airlines July•
58View from the Wing / 7h
It's a mess, but a mess that can be fixed with money. As a result if American somehow doesn't fix it, it's a huge failure of management. So it's also a test of the new management team whose orders are normally to not spend a dollar more than they need to . Continue reading ...
pulpcovers : Claw Bait For The Slinking Killer https://pulpcovers.com/claw-bait-for-the-slinking-killer/
WhatsApp Hide Online•
100+Engadget / 7h
WhatsApp is developing a feature that would allow users to hide their online status, according to WABetaInfo . On Saturday, the outlet shared a screenshot of new privacy settings that allow someone to decide who can see them when they’re using the app. The feature would complement the recent tweaks WhatsApp introduced to the app’s Last Seen functionality . Following a beta rollout in April , the
everythingstarstuff : twinsmoon
42The Points Guy / 8h
The idyllic island of Mauritius is a lure for travelers seeking pristine beaches and upscale resorts. However, you’ll also find a stunning natural phenomenon – an “underwater waterfall.” You can only view this remarkable illusion from the air, so when I learned of the underwater waterfall seaplane tours, I had to sign up. I expected a scenic ride. Little did I know that I was in for the flight of
kkdas : Tiger rests on Buddha head. There is a story that the Buddha, in a previous life, gave his body to a tiger so she could feed her starving cubs. Photo: @nowthisnews Source: Nature Around Us
SlashGear / 8h
2022 Volvo XC60 T8 Polestar Engineered Extended Range brings together creative elements of two of the automotive world's most iconic brands.
Genshin Impact 2.8•
200+Engadget / 8h
Hoyoverse will release Genshin Impact’s next major content update on July 13th, the studio announced on Saturday . Dubbed “Summer Fantasia,” version 2.8 will reintroduce the Golden Apple Archipelago, a zone Hoyoverse has redesigned to add new plotlines and challenges for players to complete. By finishing the included quests, you’ll have the chance to recruit Fischl, a four-star playable character
jareckiworld : Benjamin Spiers — Woman Holding Cat (oil on linen, 2021)
Elon Musk Twitter Francis•
500+Futurism / 9h
Papal Pose Never has a photo looked as awkward as the one Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his children just took with the Pope. The billionaire tweeted the group pic yesterday — breaking a prolonged absence from the site — which shows four of his kids standing next to Pope Francis while the would-be Twitter head stood off to the left. There were almost certainly rules about distancing and not touching th
200+Futurism / 9h
Wrong Way Tesla's rollout of its controversial "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) beta has challenged, to say the least. Countless videos have shown Tesla vehicles breaking traffic laws , veering into the wrong lane, getting dangerously close to pedestrians, and making the wrong turns. In the latest video , which dates back to May but only started making the rounds this week , Galileo Russell from the You
View from the Wing / 9h
One hundred people at a time can see personalized flight information - addressed to them - on the same flight information board. That's Delta's first 'parallel reality' monitor in Detroit in partnership with Misapplied Sciences, first teased at the Computer Electronics Show in 2020 but with rollout delayed to this past week by the pandemic. Continue reading ...
56The Points Guy / 9h
Over the last few years, Turkish Airlines — soon to rebrand as Türkiye Hava Yolları — has consolidated its position as one of the world’s major international airlines. It’s a global super-connector that flies to more international destinations than any other airline in the world from its hub at Istanbul Airport (IST). In addition to making Istanbul’s brand new airport one of the main intersection
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One Mile at a Time / 9h
I hope everyone is having a great weekend! I’m just wrapping up a month-long trip to Europe. It has been a lot of fun, but frankly I’m ready to get back home and not fly more than I have to for quite some time, since airports are wild. On the points & travel front, this week Lufthansa announced it would reactivate some A380s, Air New Zealand revealed its new business class and economy bunk beds,
Music, Arts & Literature / 10h
vintagegeekculture : Josef Szekeres, “Queen of Sheba”
35The Points Guy / 10h
Cut and bleeding, with a dead cell phone and no map, my friend and I began to wonder if adventuring on our own in the cruise port of Trapani, Italy, was still a good plan, and if we would actually make it back to our Windstar Cruises ship before it sailed. Half an hour later, my bare feet firmly planted in the sandy shallows of the Mediterranean and sea breezes cooling our overheated bodies, we w
Music, Arts & Literature / 10h
ashleyrguillory : Some pride cats designed for a patreon pattern. They’re napping.
Meta Novi Crypto September•
200+Engadget / 10h
Meta is shutting down Novi, its short-lived cryptocurrency digital wallet. In a notice spotted by Bloomberg , the company announced it would sunset the platform on September 1st, with July 20th being the final day to add funds. Meta advised users to withdraw their balance “as soon as possible,” noting it would “attempt to transfer” any remaining money to customer bank accounts and debit cards aft
100+Mashable / 10h
On Thursday, four Arizona Republicans duked it out in a gubernatorial debate that can only be described as clowns trying to out-clown each other on live TV. Candidates Karrin Taylor Robson, Scott Neely, Paola Tulliani Zen, and Kari Lake gathered to make their pitch to voters, who will cast ballots to replace Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who is term-limited and cannot run again, in the Aug. 2 prima
SlashGear / 11h
This is the Toyota FT-HS Concept, AKA the grandfather of the GR86 and GR Supra, a combination of high form and function that you should get to know better.
Music, Arts & Literature / 11h
bewarethebibliophilia : By the great cat artist Louis Wain (1860–1939); this is Naughty Tim-Cat wielding a mask carved out of a turnip, from Big Story Book , ca. 1890.
500+Gizmodo / 11h
Ever since Fox got themselves snatched up Disney and Kevin Feige made it clear that Wolverine is the one that everyone’s got some… Read more...
100+The Points Guy / 11h
American Airlines is retiring its 500-mile upgrades , and if you have any unused 500-mile upgrades in your AAdvantage account, each unused upgrade will automatically post 250 Loyalty Points to your account by taking no action. Personally, I’m thrilled that American is offering Loyalty Points for my unused 500-mile upgrades, which I can’t use since I’m not currently an AAdvantage elite member. My
500+Futurism / 11h
On the Run The second-most wanted person in the US right now is a Ponzi scheme legend known as the Cryptoqueen. The FBI added Ruja Ignatova's name to its ten most-wanted list on Thursday and said she's probably traveling with armed guards and may have even gotten plastic surgery as a disguise. They're offering up to $100,000 in cold hard cash for information leading to her arrest. Yesterday, the
200+Futurism / 11h
Special Delivery What happens in VR in Vegas, amirite? Forget strap ons — a porn outfit called VR Bangers is helping customers strap into a brand new porn experience in Sin City. For the curious and/or terminally lonely, the adult entertainment outfit says it's delivering smut-enabled VR headsets via delivery robots. Although the city's notorious getaways often offer adult movies for customers to
Meta Novi Crypto Wallet•
67Mashable / 11h
One of the biggest tech companies in the world is apparently feeling the effects of the crypto crash , too. Novi, a digital wallet for cryptocurrency that Meta debuted in 2021, is on its last legs. Per the Novi website , users have until Sept. 1 to get their info and their remaining crypto balance off the site. As CNBC pointed out, this snuffs out the final, tiny flickering flame from Meta’s cryp
200+Mashable / 11h
Reader, I have never seen a Minions movie. But that has never stopped me from delighting in the myriad joys of its babbling Twinkie-shaped underlings or Vector's orange tracksuit. One of the franchise's charms is its ability to transcend language and culture, to unite us as one Gru-tiful family. And this weekend, thanks to us, it's doing it to the tune of $129M. That's right, Minions: The Rise of
How-To Geek / 11h
Have a cool video that you’d like to share with your friends on Discord? If so, the platform makes it easy to share your video content in both channels and direct messages. We’ll show you how to do that on Discord on both desktop and mobile. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
500+One Mile at a Time / 11h
American Airlines loyalists may already be familiar with Bette Nash, and most of us assumed that she was the longest serving flight attendant out there. This has now been confirmed by the Guinness World Records. Flight attendant celebrates 65th work anniversary Bette Nash is an American Airlines flight attendant based in Boston, and she has just been recognized by Guinness World Records for being
TechCrunch / 11h
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Tech innovation is a cycle, especially in the main character-driven world of early-stage venture capital and copycat nature of startups. The latest proof? Y Combinator this week announced Launch YC, a platform where people can sort accelerator startups by industr
TechCrunch / 11h
Hello and welcome back to Week in Review, where we recap the biggest stories from the week. If you want this in your inbox every Saturday, sign up here . Greg Kumparak is still on vacation, but not to worry! He’ll be back at the helm next week to bring you our biggest stories. Until then, I’ve got you covered. First for some quick business. TechCrunch+ is having an Independence Day sale, which ge
TechCrunch / 11h
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the latest year-end reports . Global spending across iOS, Google Play and thir
Tesla Quarterly China•
27Engadget / 11h
Tesla produced 258,580 vehicles in the second quarter of 2022, the automaker announced on Saturday. While that’s a 25 percent year-on-year increase from the number of cars it made during Q2 2021, it’s also fewer vehicles than the company produced at the start of the year amid an “ exceptionally difficult quarter .” In the first three months of 2022, the company manufactured 305,407 cars, meaning
Music, Arts & Literature / 11h
stamp-it-to-me : a 1973 Cinderella Danish stamp (”Cinderella” meaning “not official issue”) released for Christmas [id: a single postage stamp with an illustration of a black cat sat at a table or a counter. on the table or counter is a seemingly empty bowl. end id]
American Airlines AA July•
View from the Wing / 11h
Summer travel is peak travel. American Airlines knew it had a problem without very much margin in pilots this month so they turned off the ability for some of their pilots to trade trips even when they had someone ready to take their place . At least that's what they meant to do. They updated the trip trade system making it possible for pilots to drop all of their trips . Continue reading ...
66The Points Guy / 11h
Editor’s note: TPG writer Ashley Kosciolek sailed on Disney Wish on a free trip provided by Disney Cruise Line. The opinions expressed below are entirely hers and weren’t subject to review by the line. Gourmet French dinners, $5,000 cocktail experiences , serene infinity pools and penthouse suites that cost thousands of dollars a night might not be the first thing you think of when someone mentio
WhatsApp Hide Online•
100+Mashable / 12h
Tired of everyone bothering you on WhatsApp? Soon, you’ll be able to use the app without anyone even knowing about it. As spotted by the WhatsApp news site WABetaInfo , the incredibly popular messaging app’s developers are working on a new feature that would enable users to hide their online status. In other words, the little in-app indicator that you’re online could be switched off, enabling a m
Music, Arts & Literature / 12h
gameraboy2 : FLCL (2000), “Brittle Bullet”
Gizmodo / 12h
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North Korea South•
100+Futurism / 12h
North Korea has finally decided to give its residents the true story behind COVID-19 — or at least a fairy tale version that dictator Kim Jong Un decided would most advantageous for his brutal regime . State run newspaper Pyongyang Times made the bizarre claim earlier today that tainted balloons, sent from neighboring South Korea, landed on North Korean territory and infected children who then sp
How-To Geek / 12h
Have you customized too many setting options on your iPhone and now want to start from scratch? If so, your iPhone makes it easy to bring all your settings to their factory values. We’ll show you how to do just that. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Sony InZone Gaming•
How-To Geek / 12h
If you want a bunch of PS5-themed hardware, prepare to get in the zone. Sony is about to launch a new gaming brand called InZone with a focus on monitors and headsets. Interestingly, these products work with both PlayStation and PC. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
67The Points Guy / 12h
To celebrate summer, all-business-class airline La Compagnie currently has a deal offering a limited number of business-class flights from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Paris or Milan starting at $2,300. This deal is only available to the first 500 people that book and flights have to be taken in August 2022, so be sure to book ASAP if interested. While not the absolute cheapest b
Music, Arts & Literature / 12h
nobrashfestivity : Jean Cocteau, 1959
Tesla Second-Quarter•
37NYT > Technology / 12h
The decline in deliveries by the electric carmaker in the second quarter was the first drop since the beginning of 2020. The main culprit was factory shutdowns in China.
SlashGear / 12h
If you lose power or experience a blackout, your Ring doorbell may experience some issues restarting or resetting.
Tesla Deliveries China•
36TechCrunch / 12h
Tesla delivered 254,695 electric vehicles globally in the second quarter, a nearly 18% drop from the previous period as supply chain constraints, China’s extended COVID-19 lockdown and challenges around opening factories in Berlin and Austin took their toll on the company. This