3 ways to avoid flying on a Boeing 787 this summer

There’s a phrase that’s been showing up on social media in recent months: “If it’s Boeing, I’m not going.” The phrase relates to travelers’ growing anxieties about flying on certain Boeing planes.

Those anxieties began early this year after a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, lost a door shortly after takeoff. The incident reminded travelers of the twin Boeing 737 Ma

The EV revolution is stalling out. Blame prices and infrastructure

When it comes to cars, the science is clear: We are going to have to start swapping out our gas-guzzling automobiles for their electric counterparts. Yet those cleaner alternatives are more expensive, less reliable, and still cause stressful

Notion’s CTO explains what’s next for the productivity behemoth

Fuzzy Khosrowshahi is Notion’s new chief technology officer, helping the once-tiny startup scale its engineering team now that it’s a $10 billion behemoth. He joined in December after three years at Slack and 15 at Google, where he helped launch Google Sheets. With the launch of Notion Calendar, Sites, and AI connectors, Notion’s engineering team has been quickly

A homemade sunscreen is going viral on TikTok. Should you use it?

User Nara Smith has gone viral once again, this time for showing people how to make a homemade sunscreen. But dermatologists say you’re better off—and will be a lot safer—buying some from the store instead.

The video shows Smith’s husband, Lucky Blue Smith, concocting a mixture of coconut oil, she

One year of Threads: How is Meta’s X rival really doing?

When Meta launched Threads last July, it saw an immediate tidal wave of interest: 100 million people signed up for the social network within days, prompting many to wonder if CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s new gadget would unseat Elon and Twitter once and for all.

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What would a Labour victory mean for tech in the U.K.?

On Thursday, while Americans are heading to backyard barbecues, residents in the U.K. will be heading to the polls to vote on who will be their ruling government for the last five years.

The Labour party, which has been in opposition for 14 years, appears locked on to win with a massive majority. But a Labour victory might not lead to much change in the country’s approach to its tech sector.

In some ways, the left-leaning Labour’s governance would likely continue po

Why Bill Gates believes AI superintelligence will require some self-awareness

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Uber is expanding its boat offerings across Europe

Uber is bringing a handful of new water-transport offerings to Europe, including a yacht tour in Ibiza and on-demand boat booking in Venice. 

The launches are part of an effort to keep up with high demand from tourists in the continent, the company said in a blog post this week. Demand from international customers for Uber’s mobility services increased last year by up to 55% in places like Greece and Spain, according to U

As AI learns from Stack Overflow, Reddit, and more platforms, companies are adapting while users protest

Post a comment on Reddit, answer coding questions on Stack Overflow, edit a Wikipedia entry or share a baby photo on your public

Google’s self-driving cars might finally change my life

Not to humblebrag—okay, maybe just a little—but I first rode in a Google self-driving car in 2013, back when hardly anyone had. The opportunity came as I was researching a Time magazine cover story about Larry Page, Google’s then-CEO. During our interview, he sounded typically impatient as he told me that autonomous driving could have been a thing even a decade before if anyone had put their mind to it.

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