Southwest Airlines’ new assigned seating policy will come into effect next month, and the changes look set to hit plus-size passengers financially. Under the new policy, plus-size passengers will have to purchase an extra seat in advance without the guarantee of a refund.Continue Reading
After roughly 6,000 Airbus A320 jetliners around the world received an urgent software update earlier this week, the European plane maker has also addressed a follow-on issue on some of its other A320 aircraft. An Airbus spokesperson told Fox News that only eliminated number of jets made at the USContinue Reading
Most new Linux distributions tend to follow a familiar formula: take a well-known base, add a desktop environment, sprinkle in some theming, and call it a day. Sometimes it works; sometimes the distro disappears in six months. What you don’t often see, however, is a distro trying to rethink howContinue Reading
Powered trailers offer a painless path to electrifying heavy-duty transport. Trucking firms are caught in a bit of a bind. They need to electrify before their competitors do, or risk being undercut on the all-important metric of cost per mile—however, electric trucks come with high upfront costs, and when itContinue Reading
This largish “compact” crossover SUV is luxurious, quiet, and offers substantial range along with premium features, making it a truly competitive luxury EV—and shoppers are noticing. The conversion of GM’s luxury brand Cadillac to an all-electric product line has been a quietly seismic event over the last decade. The brandContinue Reading
A new version of ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors, the free, open source productivity suite for Linux, macOS and Windows is out. ONLYOFFICE 9.2 brings its AI agent to all components within the suite, including Document Editor, Spreadsheet Editor, Presentation Editor, and the PDF Editor. This makes it possible to generate documentsContinue Reading
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An international team of scientists led by University of Rome Tor Vergata researchers has sequenced the genomes of 87 ancient and modern cats. The post Domestic Cats Were Introduced to Europe around 2,000 Years Ago, Probably from North Africa: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News…Read MoreContinue Reading
The genome of the vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis sp.) is one of the largest animal genomes, exceeding 10 billion base pairs. The post Scientists Sequence Genome of Vampire Squid appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News…Read MoreContinue Reading
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Getting cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) is no easy task, as the recent launch of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft illustrated. Due to a thruster issue on the way to the ISS, the craft arrived a day later than expected, but was still no less appreciated for the important payload it carried forContinue Reading
Space to read: the best science fiction novels of the year mikkelwilliam/Getty Images So: what were the best works of science fiction published this year? I will start with two new books that aren’t actually new, but have only just been published in English. First up is Ice by Jacek Dukaj, originally published to greatContinue Reading
Bitcoin and companies tied to cryptocurrencies extended a nearly two-month swoon Monday, tracking with a broader market sell-off in technology companies that many see as overvalued. Bitcoin slid 5.6% after being down nearly 12% earlier in the day, settling in just above $85,000. The most-traded cryptocurrency is down about 33%Continue Reading