Last year, Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in a 12-month period. They claimed they’d be doing “comprehensive restructuring” in an attempt to turn a profit. Spirit had a prior failed merger with JetBlue in 2024 that a Reagan-appointed judge blocked for violating antitrust laws. Sadly, Spirit Airlines has finally…
A dashcam inside a delivery lorry shows the moment a United Airlines flight clipped the vehicle as it approached Newark Liberty International Airport outside of New York City. The flight from Venice, Italy landed safely with no reported injuries among the 231 passengers and crew onboard. The lorry driver sustained minor injuries. The National Transportation…
Dark matter makes up more of our universe than ordinary matter ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by M. Schirmer (MPIA, Heidelberg) A centuries-old experiment could help accelerate the search for new and exotic particles, including those that make up dark matter. In 1773, British scientist Henry Cavendish set up a simple experiment aimed at uncovering the…
Bret Taylor’s AI startup Sierra is raising a $950 million funding round led by Tiger Global and GV, the company announced Monday, pushing its post-money valuation above $15 billion. The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with — capital the company says it will use to become the “global standard” for AI-powered…
The second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs is here, and I have a lot of questions. The first round had the best kind of chaos, with a small side of predictable. To honor the pandemonium in hopes that it continues (and we all remain highly entertained), I present to you my biggest question…
GRAMMY Award-winning artist Olivia Rodrigo has announced The Unraveled Tour – a 65-date run across North America, Europe, and the UK. Kicking off in Hartford, CT on September 25, the ‘bad idea, right’ singer will be touring across North America for the remainder of the year, spanning into 2027 with multiple dates in Los Angeles…
The party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi took control of West Bengal for the first time and made gains around the country. Its defeated opponents accused it of cheating.
The first page of a thick manuscript that helped slow a bullet and save the life of Theodore Roosevelt during a 1912 assassination attempt has been uncovered by a presidential historian in Pennsylvania. Signed by the 26th president, who at the time was seeking another term in the White House after leaving office almost four…
Google’s next round of Pixel phones could be a downgrade compared to the Pixel 10 lineup due to the ongoing RAM shortage. Leaked specs for the Pixel 11 lineup shared by MysticLeaks include a possible starting configuration with only 8GB of RAM, rather than the current 12GB, as Android Headlines reports. According to MysticLeaks, Google…
