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Introduction The aircraft will be co-branded with Joby and Virgin Atlantic logos. | Image: Joby Virgin Atlantic announced a partnership with California-based Joby Aviation to launch an air taxi service in the UK, becoming the latest airline to bet on a new class of electric aircraft vying to become taxis in the sky. Joby’s all-electric […]

Introduction Court documents filed Friday in an ongoing lawsuit against the US Treasury Department reveal that a 25-year-old staffer for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) violated Treasury policy by sending a spreadsheet that had personal information to two other members of the Trump administration, reports Bloomberg.  The staffer, a former employee at Elon Musk’s […]

Introduction In May 2024, Sonos released a completely rebuilt and overhauled mobile app for Android and iOS. The new software was meant to improve performance, make the app feel more customizable, and allow for new features in the future. But customers immediately complained about countless bugs, degraded Sonos speaker system performance, and features that had […]

Introduction Sonos chief innovation officer Nick Millington says in an update published yesterday that he and his team are “100% focused” on understanding and addressing issues with the Sonos app. It’s the latest in a series of Millington’s posts sharing his team’s progress as it tries to restore features that were left out of the […]

Introduction Promotional art for the 1997 movie Starship Troopers. Columbia Pictures has tapped District 9 director Neill Blomkamp to write and direct a new Starship Troopers film, according to The Hollywood Reporter, giving the franchise its first live-action entry since 2008’s Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. The movie will be based on Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 […]

Introduction Metallica puts on a great show in the Vision Pro. There’s a moment in Metallica, the new three-song concert video Apple released for the Vision Pro yesterday, where Metallica lead singer James Hetfield is kneeling on the edge of the stage, engaged with a single fist-pumping audience member. Hetfield leans in to within inches […]

Introduction If you haven’t cleared your weekend already, now might be the time. Spring has (almost) sprung, but if you’re looking to get a headstart on the array of seasonal sales that are surely on the horizon, Valve has you covered. That’s because now until 1PM ET on March 20th, PC gamers can save on […]

Introduction As we inch closer to the end of Severance’s second season, there are still a lot of open questions. But it’s also become clear that the show isn’t in a rush to answer them. Whereas many mystery box shows race to their conclusions, speeding through plot points so quickly that it can be hard […]

Introduction Bluetooth trackers come in all shapes and sizes. | Photo: Victoria Song / The Verge Some people rarely lose things. Wallets are always exactly where they’re supposed to be, keys never go missing, and remotes never slip between the couch cushions. And then there’s the rest of us — the folks who can’t ever […]

Introduction A screenshot from Star of Providence. Star of Providence is like a retro game I would have loved as a kid. But the roguelike bullet hell shooter is also a modern twin-stick shooter, and the melding of the two eras results in a fun, fast, and challenging experience. In Star, you control a ship […]