American Airlines Now Allowing Former Top-Tier Spirit Fliers To Become Gold Members
American Airlines is making an aggressive play for stranded frequent flyers following Spirit Airlines’operational collapse, unveiling a new status match opportunity aimed directly at former Free Spirit elite members. LoyaltyLobby reported that the move allows eligible Spirit Silver and Gold members to fast-track into the AAdvantage program with temporary GoldContinue Reading
As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers
About 400 years ago, beavers were hunted to extinction across Britain. Now they’re being reintroduced as little climate warriors, as communities harness their dam-building skills to mitigate flooding. (Image credit: Dan Kitwood)Continue Reading
RootsAction Blasts Official DNC Autopsy; ‘Disgrace’ Would Be ‘Understatement’
RootsAction is releasing the following statement:After months of intense pressure, Chair Ken Martin and the DNC finally caved and released their 2024 autopsy report. To call the report a disgrace would be an understatement. The report focuses extensively on ad spending and fundraising, without discussing the Democratic platform, policy positionsContinue Reading
Toilets and changing rooms must be used on basis of biological sex, guidance confirms
1 hour ago Alison Holt, Social affairs editor and Nick Triggle, Health correspondent Getty Images Single-sex spaces – such as changing rooms and toilets – must be used on the basis of biological sex, new guidance from the equalities watchdog has confirmed. This means, for instance, that a trans womanContinue Reading
Freudenberg’s new DIAvent maxFlow vents over 190 liters per second in EV battery thermal runaway events
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has released full specifications for the DIAvent maxFlow, a thermal runaway degassing element for lithium-ion vehicle batteries that delivers more than 190 liters per second at 300 mbar differential pressure—2.5 times the flow rate of the previous DIAvent HighFlow. The design replaces the rubber umbrella used inContinue Reading
Bosch wins Mercedes-Benz order for electric motors across multiple performance classes, extending into the 2030s
Bosch has secured a major electric motor supply agreement with Mercedes-Benz, covering motors for multiple performance classes in the premium manufacturer’s next generation of electric drives. Financial terms and volume weren’t disclosed. The partnership runs into the 2030s. The motors achieve up to 98% efficiency, enabled by what Bosch describesContinue Reading
COVID-19 crippled fire truck manufacturing, and it’s getting deadly
Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, so many parts of the world are still feeling the impacts. Fighting fires, while not one of the first to come to mind, isn’t excluded. Firefighting is a pillar of public safety, but the pandemic has made it tough forContinue Reading
Google’s shift to AI-powered search results may be the ‘final knife in the back of digital media’
Who won the football game last night? When did California become a state? Will it rain this weekend? Since 1998, people’s questions about the world around them have been met with a simple response: “Just Google it.” As of this week, how people Google — and how Google answers their questionsContinue Reading
SpaceX IPO filling could make Elon Musk a trillionaire
Elon Musk announced plans for one of the biggest stock sales ever by taking public a space company that is currently losing billions of dollars a year. The stock sale could also make Musk, who founded SpaceX in 2002, the world’s first trillionaire. (AP Video: Marissa Duhaney) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress ReadContinue Reading
China’s Shark Finning Could Lead to US Seafood Sanctions
A formal petition to the U.S. government calls for sanctions on Chinese seafood imports as it highlights China’s loophole-ridden illegal shark fin trade. By Johnny Sturgeon For migrant workers trapped onboard Chinese distant water fishing fleets, cutting the fins off sharks as they writhe violently on rusted decks in theContinue Reading
Turkish court annuls leadership of main opposition CHP party, sparking turmoil
The case concerns allegations of vote buying at the CHP congress in November 2023, with prosecutors alleging that Özgür Özel secured his election as party leader with promises of jobs and other kickbacks., Read MoreContinue Reading
Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted law meant to halt the spread of deepfake pornography. Cornelius Shannon, 51, and Arturo Hernandez, 20, were both arrested Tuesday for generating sexuallyContinue Reading
HHS warns of children’s screen time use, citing impact on sleep, mental health
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned about children’s screen time in an advisory released Wednesday, citing impacts on sleep and mental health., The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned about children’s screen time in an advisory released Wednesday, citing impacts on sleep and mental health.,Continue Reading