Thursday, January 31, 2019

Travel video of the week: Supersonic air travel is finally coming back

Supersonic air travel is back. 15 years after the Concorde was grounded, everyone from aerospace companies to NASA to small startups is working to bring back ultrafast civilian aircraft. The Verge takes a look at the engineering challenges that make supersonic flight so difficult, and try to figure out what’s different about this new generation […]

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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Releasing Earnings, Microsoft Stays in Stride, With Cloud Powering the Way


By KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2sYuQOC

Firm That Sold Social Media Bots Settles With New York Attorney General


By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2UshOVd

Maybe Only Tim Cook Can Fix Facebook’s Privacy Problem


By KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2RYkahS

Should Be Against The Terms Of Wrong – DTNS 3458

Facebook is again in the spotlight this time for a “research” program that paid teens to install VPN software that gave the company root access to decrypted network traffic.

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Facebook Gains More Users as Revenue and Profits Climb


By MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2UnO3om

Amazon Users in India to Get Less Choice and Pay More Under New Selling Rules


By VINDU GOEL from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2UvhJA5

Help! I Spent a Fortune for a Credit-Card Companion Pass But the Virus Wouldn’t Quit

By BY SETH KUGEL from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/Dxdz0y4