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    NTSB Board Discusses Cause Of Houston Atlas Air Crash

    On February 23rd, 2019, Atlas Air Flight 3591, heading to George Bush Intercontinental from Miami International, crashed near Anahuac, Texas, resulting in three fatalities....

    SpaceX’s Starlink asks potential service testers for addresses, says private beta starts this summer – TechCrunch

    Starlink, the high-bandwidth, low-latency broadband internet service that SpaceX is in the process of deploying, has sent out an email to those who’ve...

    Elon Musk rails against German court decision on Tesla Autopilot terminology – TechCrunch

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk disputed a German court ruling issued today that bans the company from using terms like Autopilot or “full potential...

    WhatsApp hit by outage, leaving users unable to send or receive messages – TechCrunch

    Facebook -owned WhatsApp is currently down, with users unable to send or receive messages on the end-to-end encrypted messaging app. Affected users might see...

    United Nations Sides With Qatar Over Airspace Blockade Case

    In June 2018, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) ruled it had jurisdiction to handle a dispute brought by the State of Qatar, which...

    BlueOcean uses automation to deliver affordable brand audits in seven days – TechCrunch

    BlueOcean is a new startup offering companies a relatively fast and affordable way to see how their brands are performing and what they can...

    Aeromexico Completes Its 200th COVID Cargo Flight

    Since March, Grupo Aeroméxico has operated over 200 cargo-only flights between Mexico and 15 countries worldwide. This strategy has kept the Boeing 787 Dreamliner...

    After colleges sue, ICE backs down from student visa rule change – TechCrunch

    The Trump administration has backed down from plans to revoke visas of international students studying in the U.S., whose schools planned to take their...

    Why COVID Won’t Set Back Aviation’s Sustainability Goals

    The results of a significant industry survey are set to be revealed tomorrow. Conducted as part of FlightPlan, an event by Inmarsat and the...

    Chrome competitor, The Browser Company, quietly raises $5M – TechCrunch

    A handful of Silicon Valley’s notable figures are backing a software startup looking to challenge Google Chrome’s dominance. The startup, called The Browser Company,...

    The New Normal Whilst Flying: Understanding Restrictions & Health Tools

    Flying in the new norm can feel like hard work. With the amount of research involved in planning a trip, health concerns, and the...

    Investors are browsing for Chromium startups – TechCrunch

    A few months ago, we declared that “browsers are interesting again,” thanks to increased competition among the major players. Now, as more startups are...

    Why Canada Might Not Have Followed Others In Banning PIA

    At the end of June, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) suspended 150 pilots after suspicions arose over the authenticity of their licenses. Since then, the...

    How to Fight Health ‘Cures’ Online

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Anne Borden King had already battled online...

    Emirates’ Airbus A380s Return To The Skies Tomorrow

    After spending almost a third of the year grounded, the Emirates fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft will return to the skies tomorrow. Emirates is...

    As tech giants rally against Hong Kong security law, Apple holds out – TechCrunch

    It’s not often Silicon Valley gets behind a single cause. Supporting net neutrality was one, reforming government surveillance another. Last week, Big Tech took...