New satellite images show the damage after Ukraine struck a bomber base deep inside Russia
An overview of Engels airbase and ammunition bunkers after a Ukrainian attack on March 21. New satellite imagery obtained by B-17 shows damage at a key airbase deep inside Russia after a Ukrainian attack earlier in the week. Ukraine’s military said on Thursday that its forces struck the Engels-2 airfield in Russia’s Saratov region overnight.…
DOGE cuts are screwing up summer travel plans already
Businesses near Yosemite National Park have seen a decrease in bookings for the summer. The DOGE days of summer are on the way. In its quest for government efficiency, the Elon Musk-linked office appears to be screwing up Americans’ summer plans. Now it looks like it could be the first summer in a long time…
China is testing experimental ‘dogfighting’ satellites in space, US general says
A Chinese rocket carrying three satellites blasts off near Haiyang, China, in 2024 China is testing experimental satellites capable of performing complex coordinated space maneuvers, a US Space Force general said this week. “With our commercial assets, we have observed five different objects in space maneuvering in and out and around each other in synchronicity…
Flights to nowhere for thousands of passengers after fire closes Heathrow Airport
Planes stand idle at Terminal 5 after the closure of Heathrow Airport. More than 20 flights turned back to their departure point after London Heathrow Airport closed on Friday due to a power outage. Cirium, an aviation analytics firm, tracked 36 flights heading to Heathrow that had to divert, with 22 becoming flights to nowhere.…
I gave up working in education to become a fitness instructor, and I have zero regrets
Huggins left her full-time job to focus on being a fitness instructor and her stationery business. Tiombe Huggins, 29, is a former teacher who became a fitness instructor in New York. She lost over 30 pounds after she began exercising and discovered barre, a type of exercise that combines ballet, yoga, and pilates. I started…
‘We’re all working for Google’: Media outlets are purging freelancers to try to fend off search declines
Google’s crackdown on spam has cut some publishers’ traffic. Freelance writers who worked with digital media companies like IAC-owned Dotdash Meredith and Forbes are feeling the pain as outlets take extreme measures to prevent Google from squeezing their traffic. Google began cracking down last year on third-party material provided to publishers that it considered spammy…
Temu is building an army of US sellers, hiring employees from Amazon and Walmart
Temu has hired a number of managers from Amazon and Walmart. Temu has been hiring employees from e-commerce incumbents like Amazon and Walmart as it looks to recruit US sellers. The Chinese e-commerce company has said it’s been making a big push to hire business development managers. At Temu, working in business development involves bringing…
Howard Lutnick says Elon Musk vowed onstage that DOGE would cut $2 trillion in spending when he was supposed to say $1 trillion
“When I say to him: ‘How much are you going to cut?’ The deal was he’s going to cut $1 trillion,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on the “All-In Podcast.” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Elon Musk’s pledge in October to cut $2 trillion from federal spending came from a flub of a scripted moment…
Elon Musk calls Jimmy Kimmel an ‘unfunny jerk’ after his jokes about Tesla and DOGE
Jimmy Kimmel took aim at Elon Musk on his show this week. Talkshow host Jimmy Kimmel criticized Elon Musk over two nights as the backlash against the Tesla CEO continued. The comedian’s jokes came after Musk responded to the way people protested against his EV maker. Tesla showrooms and charging stations have been targeted by…
