People are shooting down Walmart delivery drones
Shooting at any aircraft is charged as a felony with up to 20 years in prison as the recommended penalty.
DC high school immerses students in rigorous, hands-on career education
What's been more rewarding, he and a handful of other rising seniors said, is how their lessons and projects have expanded their awareness of how their modern career and technical education studies relate to family members' well-honed and more traditional professions.
Space junk is falling to Earth — and it’s only getting worse
As government agencies such as NASA and private companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin race to send more and more tech into orbit, a new report from Ars Technica warns that more must be done to understand space junk.
Boeing’s 737 Max mess is also a mess for these 10 companies — and they’re not airlines
Reuters reported this week that the Italian company, which manufactures fuselages for the 787 Dreamliner, will close one of its factories for four months this year as it “aligns” its production levels with lower demand from its key customer.
The 10 most turbulent plane routes in the world
The site ranked the flight paths based on their average eddy dissipation rates (EDR), a measure of how quickly air disturbances work themselves out of the atmosphere.
10 major restaurant chains that have closed locations in 2024
Gunther Plosch, chief financial officer at Wendy’s, told investors during the company’s earnings call in early May that the fast casual chain plans to close “a little bit more” than 100 restaurants in 2024.
Tesla stock pops because Elon Musk’s EV maker sold more cars than expected
“In a nutshell, the worst is in the rear view mirror for Tesla as we believe the EV demand story is starting to return to the disruptive tech stalwart ahead of a historical Robotaxi Day on August 8th,” Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives said in a Tuesday note.
How did Supreme Court’s race-conscious admissions decision impact college applications?
The percentage of Asian, Black, Latinx and White students referencing at least one race or ethnicity-related phrase in their Common Application essays decreased in 2023-24, the first full college application cycle since the Supreme Court decision last year barring race-conscious admissions, according to a study released in June by Common App.
First Apple and Microsoft. Now Meta is in Europe’s antitrust hot seat
“Our investigation aims to ensure contestability in markets where gatekeepers like Meta have been accumulating personal data of millions of EU citizens over many years,” Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President in charge of competition policy, said in a statement.
Oklahoma schools required to teach Bible starting in 2024-25
Louisiana public school families and other plaintiffs represented by civil rights groups filed a lawsuit this week against the new law.
Disney World will let guests reserve ride spots a week in advance
Guests will also be able to purchase up to two daily Lightning Lane Single Passes for the parks’ “most in-demand attractions,” including Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind.
Amazon is launching a Shein and Temu competitor
Amazon’s strategy has been focused on fast deliveries and variety, but its foray into low-priced goods is its most blatant effort to compete with Shein and Temu, two Chinese-origin e-retailers that have upset competitors thanks to their rock-bottom prices.