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Cancer-Related Mortality Among US Pilots and Flight Attendants (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: cancer, pilots, flight attendants

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Spirit Flight Attendants Fight Google’s Data Bid for AI (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-19 | tags: spirit airlines, google, flight attendants

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Flight attendants freaked out that Google is buying tons of Spirit employee data (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: google, spirit airlines, data acquisition

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Flight attendants freaked out that Google to buy tons of Spirit employee data (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: google, spirit airlines, association of flight attendants

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The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity (techspot.com)

2026-08-19 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: heart aerospace, x1 demonstrator, hybrid-electric aircraft

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The role of the astronaut is in flux (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-18 | by Becky Ferreira | tags: spacex, elon musk, human spaceflight

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Pilots and Flight Attendants Are Bombarded by Cosmic Radiation—And Getting Deadly Cancers From It (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: cosmic radiation, pilots, flight attendants

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Why curved TVs failed but curved gaming monitors thrived (engadget.com)

2026-08-17 | by Devindra Hardawar | tags: curved gaming monitors, alienware, samsung odyssey ark

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This Carrier Pidge app delivers texts at 110 mph, unless your virtual pigeon gets lost, distracted, or dies (techspot.com)

2026-08-16 | by Rob Thubron | tags: carrier pidge, noah iarrobino, ios app

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I tried 2 popular Flighty alternatives for Android, but there’s only one I’d pick (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: flighty, android, aviator

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Virgin Galactic wants your help naming its new Delta class spaceship (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: virgin galactic, delta-class, spacecraft

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World's Largest 106-Foot Electric Plane Takes Maiden Flight In New York (slashdot.org)

2026-08-13 | tags: heart aerospace, x1 aircraft, plattsburgh international airport

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Coin-sized device can hack a Boeing 737’s Flight Management Computer, mess with takeoff weights, or even divert an aircraft — gadget connects to an easily accessible port that overrides commands from the pilots, uses in-flight Wi-Fi (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-13 | by Jowi Morales | tags: boeing 737, flight management computer, avionics hacking

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Virgin Galactic postpones its new spaceship's first commercial flight to 2027 (engadget.com)

2026-08-13 | by Mariella Moon | tags: virgin galactic, delta class, space tourism

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FlightAware dropped its lawsuit against Kalshi after just one day (engadget.com)

2026-08-12 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: flightaware, kalshi, prediction market

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DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: def con, delta, fbi atlanta

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The Biggest Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight. Here’s How to Watch It Live (cnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Joe Hindy | tags: perseid, nasa, marshall space flight center

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NASA Is Hosting a Livestream for Perseids: How to Watch the Meteor Shower (cnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Joe Hindy | tags: nasa, perseids, automated lunar and meteor observatory

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FlightAware Is Suing Kalshi Over Flight Cancellation Bets (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: flightaware, kalshi, flight cancellation

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A flight tracking service is suing Kalshi for using its data without authorization (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: flightaware, kalshi, flight tracking

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FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation prediction markets (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: flightaware, kalshi, prediction markets

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Delta probes Wi-Fi deauth attack on flight carrying DEF CON attendees (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: delta air lines, wifi deauth attack, def con 34

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WhatsApp’s latest beta for iOS adds references to an in-chat search tool (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-10 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: whatsapp, ios, in-chat search

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Why Is SpaceX’s Starship Still Adrift in the Indian Ocean? (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: spacex, starship, indian ocean

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Time to Fly: Google Earth Opens Its Secret Flight Simulator to All Users (cnet.com)

2026-08-07 | by Joe Hindy | tags: earth, features, flight

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The three-and-beyond-body problem: juggling kids, travel and careers in academia (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-04 | by Carter | tags: two-body problem, academia, heathrow airport

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Do birds enjoy flying? Analysis of affect after flight in galah (E roseicapilla) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: affect, affect flight, analysis

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WhatsApp beta for Mac tests flexible update schedules (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-03 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: whatsapp, mac, wabetainfo

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Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is getting a rare full physical release on PC (techspot.com)

2026-08-03 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: tomb raider, amazon game studios, blu-ray

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Indie App Spotlight: ‘Overflight’ lets you glance at what planes are flying above you (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-01 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: overflight, apple tv, 9to5mac