Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Chief Steve Dickson, sitting inside the flight deck of a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, conducts a pre-flight check ahead of an evaluation flight from Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, September 30, 2020. Mike Siegel | Pool | via Reuters The head of the Federal Aviation Administration was upbeat about Boeing‘s 737
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September 30, 2020, 2:33pm Let’s start with the good news—incredible news, really. Poet Kevin Young and publisher Jamia Wilson, two influential African-American gatekeepers in the book and media sectors, are about to take on illustrious new jobs. Young, currently the poetry editor for the New Yorker and director of the Schomburg Center for Research and Black
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Beast: Idris Elba to Star in Universal’s Survival Thriller Helmed by Baltasar Kormákur Golden Globe winner Idris Elba (Luther, Beasts of No Nation, Thor: Ragnarok) is set to star in Beast, an upcoming survival thriller from Universal Pictures with Baltasar Kormákur (2 Guns, The Deep, Jar City) attached to direct, according to Deadline. RELATED: Universal
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CS Unboxed: McFarlane Toys’ New Batman Figure Line! McFarlane Toys has provided ComingSoon.net with a chance to unbox their new Dark Metals Earth figures featuring various alternate iterations of Batman as well as a limited bronze Joker figure. Check out our unboxing in the gallery below! RELATED: DC Multiverse Batman Figure by Todd McFarlane Revealed! McFarlane
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A report in the German press claims that the government is going to impose new restrictions on Huawei’s involvement in the 5G network that amount to a ban in all but name. The leak comes from Handelsblatt, so we are indebted to Google Translate for its help once more. It claims to have been chatting
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Grammy award-winning DJ/producer David Guetta is teaming up with social VR platform Sensorium Galaxy to create new virtual concert experiences. The VR technology, backed by both Forbes-listed billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov and Jay-Z’s music streaming service TIDAL, is showcasing a series of exclusive performances within Sensorium’s alternate universe. During which, Guetta will connect with fans around across the
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With elementary and high school around the world attending school virtually this fall, hotels are selling an unlikely travel opportunity — the “schoolcation.” Families are being enticed from their homes by hotels promising a change of scenery alongside tutoring, round-the-clock tech help and after-school activities that are more fun than what’s available back home.   Relieving
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TODAY: In 1207, Rumi is born. “Merwin asked why they were the only naked people, and then ‘every fucking person in the place took their clothes off.’” Didn’t think we could love W.S. Merwin more than we already did. | Lit Hub We cannot stress this enough: without the mighty beaver we are all well and truly
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Having won online retail, Amazon is increasingly looking to dominate the bricks and mortar world too, as the launch of a palm-reading device illustrates. Amazon One is described as ‘a new innovation to make everyday activities effortless’. Leaving aside the toe-curling tautology, it does seems to have considerable potential. Palm readers are a similar concept
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