Brussels Airlines Operates 3,000 Empty Flights To Keep Airport Slots
Brussels Airlines has operated 3,000 flights without passengers this winter to avoid losing take-off and landing slots. From a report: The airline's parent company, Lufthansa Group, confirmed that 18,000 flights had been flown empty, including 3,000.....»»
Typhoon Muifa lashes eastern China, forcing 1.6 million from their homes
High winds and heavy rain lashed China's densely populated east coast on Thursday, after Typhoon Muifa forced around 1.6 million people to leave their homes and grounded most flights at Shanghai's main airports......»»
Typhoon Muifa makes second landfall on China"s coast
Typhoon Muifa on Thursday made landfall for a second time on China's densely populated east coast, after causing the cancelation of all passenger flights at Shanghai's two international airports as it hit land......»»
All Shanghai passenger flights cancelled as typhoon hits
All passenger flights at Shanghai's two international airports were cancelled Wednesday, the airport operator said, as Typhoon Muifa made landfall on China's densely populated east coast......»»
Divorce is more common in albatross couples with shy males, study finds
The wandering albatross is the poster bird for avian monogamy. The graceful glider is known to mate for life, partnering up with the same bird to breed, season after season, between long flights at sea......»»
Hitachi Zosen Inova selects IFS Cloud to support its ERP processes
IFS has unveiled that global cleantech company Hitachi Zosen Inova has selected IFS Cloud to support its mission-critical enterprise resource planning (ERP) processes. Hitachi Zosen Inova operates in energy from waste and renewable gas. The company h.....»»
Apple reportedly expanding App Store ad slots by the end of this year
Earlier this year Apple announced that it would expand its ad business by adding new ad slots to the App Store. Although details of when the new ad slots would become available to developers were uncertain at the time, a new CNBC report claims that.....»»
App Store to gain new ad slots in time for holiday season
Apple has begun contacting developers to encourage them to purchase ad space in the App Store, because of an imminent expansion of slots.Credit: AppleApple will soon expand its ad placements in the App Store after the company began testing the placem.....»»
Apple"s China iCloud data center hit by "dire" COVID lockdown
The data center Apple uses for iCloud in China has barred employees from leaving for a week, because of a COVID lockdown.Apple usually operates its own data centers worldwide, but a 2017 controversial law change in China required it to use a local co.....»»
Classic FPS "Quake" ported to Apple Watch
A programmer managed to get the original "Quake" game running at 60fps on Apple Watch with gyro controls and sound.'Quake' on Apple WatchTomas Vyzmazal used a "Quake" rendering engine mapped to a WatchKit surface to get the port running. It operates.....»»
We peek inside Porsche’s private Le Mans race car test
Ars attended a test for the new hybrid endurance prototype car, the 963. Enlarge / Porsche knows the road to a Le Mans win involves tens of thousands of miles of testing. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Porsche provided flights from.....»»
How airlines give you internet access at 35,000 feet — and why it still needs a lot of work
Flights used to be a chance to sit back (albeit a bit cramped) and watch a recently released movie or catch up on some reading. Now they're just another place to log on......»»
There"s a new robot vacuum in town - and it"s set to raise standards
The Dreame L10 Ultra will vacuum, mop, empty its own bin and clean its own mop heads, all for a competitive price......»»
Why Australia"s "1 million empty homes" are vacant
The recent release of 2021 Census data revealed a shocking "1 million homes were unoccupied.".....»»
EU demanding improvements on cell phone parts, battery endurance
A new draft proposal by the European Commission in Brussels includes a mandate that spare parts for the iPhone and other smartphones be readily available for users.As part of a continuing examination into e-waste and other concerns, the EC has now pr.....»»
AirDropped nudes nearly cancel Cabo flight
A Southwest Airlines pilot threatened to remove all passengers from a plane scheduled for Cabo after a passenger used the iPhone AirDrop feature to send naked pictures to others.A viral video posted to TikTok by user @teighmars shows a Southwest Airl.....»»
Dead fish and depression on the banks of the Oder
Appearing tired and stressed, Piotr Wloch looks out dejectedly at his empty tourist boats on the Oder river after an environmental disaster that has killed thousands of fish......»»
Pilots from a bankrupt airline were just offered jobs by a competitor without a single interview
Pilots are in high demand lately -- such high demand, in fact, that pilots from the recently defunct ExpressJet Airlines are finding themselves with new job offers, without so much as an interview, days after their employer declared bankruptcy......»»
Warren Buffett bullish on driverless trucks after purchasing stake in Kodiak Robotics
Pilot Co., which operates Pilot and Flying J travel centers and is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, agreed on Tuesday to take a stake in Kodiak Robotics Inc., a driverless truck startup......»»
A company that operates thousands of crypto ATMs plans to go public
Fintech Bitcoin Depot plans to list in the United States by merging with blank check company GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corp in a deal valued at $885 million, the companies said on Thursday......»»
DJI unveils compact Avata drone with built-in prop guards & Goggles 2
On Thursday, DJI announced its latest drone, the DJI Avata, which includes integrated prop guards and obstacle avoidance for indoor or outdoor flights.The all-new DJI AvataThe new DJI Avata is an ultra-compact done that is easy to carry around and ma.....»»