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A new AI lab called Flapping Airplanes launched on Wednesday, with $180 million in seed funding from Google Ventures, Sequoia, and Index. The founding team is impressive, and the goal — finding a less ...

An airplane has, for the first time, automatically landed itself after an in-flight emergency, according to the system’s manufacturer. Two people emerged unscathed from the Beechcraft Super King Air ...

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While air travel remains the safest mode of transportation by a significant margin, there might be something happening on airplanes that could cause you a literal headache. Toxic fumes from jet ...

Even if you can ignore the sounds of crying babies and booming pilot announcements, airplanes can be loud. That’s usually due to another constant noise that you may not notice when settling into a ...

Boeing delivered 60 airplanes in June, the most since December 2023, weeks before a door plug blew out midair. The manufacturer handed over 150 planes to customers in the second quarter, the best for ...

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Given how your average commercial airliner contains over a million parts, it's no surprise that keeping them airworthy takes a small army. In fact, Boeing estimates that the commercial aviation ...

Your phone, when left to its own devices, is a needy little thing. It constantly pings cell towers, searching for a connection. On the ground, that's no biggie. In the air, those pings can interfere ...