Photo: VCG (Getty Images) A second player has officially entered the race to pack low Earth orbit with communications satellites. Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST) launched its first set of 18 satellites into space on Monday. The Chinese company aims to build out a 15,000-satellite network by 2030 to provide broadband internet globally, referred to … Read more
Yesterday, we reported on a gruesome Tesla Cybertruck crash that left one person dead after their truck burst into flames following the initial impact. Now, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is opening an investigation into the incident, according to Reuters. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived Not too much is … Read more
Tesla is facing an investigation into safety at its Texas Gigafactory after a worker died on site last week. The Tesla employee died on Thursday after a reported cardiac arrest and investigators are now looking into whether workplace hazards and safety violations could have contributed to the death. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In … Read more
Photo: Arno Wester/picture alliance (Getty Images) Twenty-two people were injured when a compressed air canister exploded in the paddock area of Germany’s Nurburgring racetrack. One person was severely injured, three seriously and the other 18 were only slightly hurt when the explosion happened on August 3. I Need To Impress My In-Laws By Getting Them … Read more
Photo: Mondadori Portfolio (Getty Images) Air Canada canceled a long-haul flight two weeks after an incident between one of its flight attendants and a passenger. The flight from Casablanca, Morocco to Montreal departed the gate but never reached the runway. The flight attendant seemingly had a meltdown and forced the plane to return to the … Read more
A Tesla Cybertruck driver is dead after their truck left the road, hit a concrete culvert at considerable speed and burst into flames near the Grand Parkway in the greater Houston area. Texas State troopers are now investigating what happened during the crash that took place in the early morning house of August 5. Tesla … Read more
Gif: Manila Bulletin Online / YouTube We learned in Baltimore earlier this year that bridges aren’t as resilient as assumed. A bridge in the Philippines withstood the impact of multiple barges last week as Typhoon Gaemi, a Category 4 storm, swept across East Asia. The dramatic video of the crash shows a river’s rushing muddy … Read more
Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons In these United States, we’ve got plenty of variety. Different states have different automotive maneuvers, different levels of driver aggression, different laws about what you can and can’t buy. Today, though, we need to settle something important about the difference between the states: Which one … Read more
Cargo ships are pretty enormous, so you’d have thought that they’d be easy things to miss when you’re sailing the seven seas. That didn’t stop the captain of one massive ship from clipping another huge vessel at anchor, however, as this dramatic footage shows. 2024 Mercedes-AMG GLC43 Is A Hot Compact SUV With A Fascinating … Read more
Photo: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (Getty Images) Turbulence in the skies is so consistently awful now that an airline will no longer hand out cups of scoldingly hot water to passengers. Korean Air announced earlier this week it will drop ramyeon instant noodles from its economy class in-flight menu starting August 15. However, the popular snack won’t … Read more
