The future of flight — The new system will help enable large-scale commercial use of drones. Timothy B. Lee - Dec 27, 2019 12:55 am UTC Enlarge / Wing Aviation, a "moonshot" project of Google's Alphabet, delivers a package to a customer in October 2019. Wing was the first drone operator sanctioned by the FAA…
FILE PHOTO: A China-made Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle is seen ahead of the Guangzhou auto show in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Yilei Sun/File Photo(Reuters) - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) entered into agreements with lenders in China for a secured term loan facility of up to 9 billion yuan ($1.29 billion), according to…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Justice Minister Masako Mori: "It is an extremely cruel and brutal case" Japan has hanged a Chinese man for the high-profile and brutal murder of a family of four, the first execution of a foreigner in 10 years.The man, Wei Wei, carried out the murders in 2003 with two accomplices.They…
On the first day of Christmas — Ars chats with physicist Greg Gbur about his book, Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics Jennifer Ouellette - Dec 25, 2019 1:30 pm UTC Enlarge / A cat being dropped upside down to demonstrate a cat's movements while falling Ralph Crane/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images Scientists are…
(Reuters) - Police in High Point, North Carolina, searched for clues and suspects on Wednesday in a spate of shootings that have left two people dead and seven others wounded over two days, including a Christmas Eve drive-by attack outside a strip mall. Tuesday afternoon’s burst of gunfire from a passing car on a group…
Typhoon Phanfone, also known as Ursula, has battered the central Philippines.Thousands of people have been left stranded, as ferries and flights were cancelled. Thousands more spent the night in temporary shelters. More than 100 families' homes have been destroyed by the storm.
Apollo 8 is a Christmas story — From the archives: A handy reference to each station in the Apollo Mission Control room. Lee Hutchinson - Dec 24, 2019 5:15 pm UTC Update: It's winter break this week for many businesses, including Ars. So while staff are off enjoying some downtime (whether with family or their…
(Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow industrials slipped in a shortened, pre-Christmas session on Tuesday, as investors paused after a record-setting rally fueled by improving U.S.-China trade relations that has put the market on course for its best year since 2013. The Nasdaq eked out a gain, helped by a rise in Advanced…
Image copyright Dumas Rescue Image caption According to the Dumas rescue group, the horses appear to have been hunted Police in Kentucky are hunting whoever is responsible for killing 20 horses in an "inhumane and cruel" act that created a "battlefield for horses".The Dumas Rescue group said some of the horses were pregnant mares, others…
sprintmobile — 13 states are suing to block the deal; the DOJ and FCC want it to go through. Kate Cox - Dec 23, 2019 9:25 pm UTC Enlarge / T-Mobile CEO John Legere (left) and then-Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure during an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 30,…
