Last year, Delta Air Lines canceled fewer flights than any other airline, scratching just 0.3 percent of its flights. That’s more than five times better than the industry average. It’s an obsession for Delta, an airline that once ranked near rock-bottom for cancellations, and as The Wall Street Journal explains , the company strives for zero-cancellation days in some very unorthodox ways. Read more…
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The Crazy Things Delta Does to Cancel Fewer Flights Than Any Airline
When George Laurer goes to the grocery store, he doesn’t tell the check-out people that he invented the barcode, but his wife used to point it out. “My husband here’s the one who invented that barcode, ” she’d occasionally say. And the check-out people would look at him like, “you mean there was a time when we didn’t have barcodes?” Read more…
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cartechboy (2660665) writes “Did you watch the Tesla 60 Minutes segment the other night? If you did, you might have ended up on the floor rolling around laughing like I did. Since when does the Tesla Model S electric car make audible engine noises? Or downshift? Turns out, 60 Minutes dubbed engine noises and a downshift over the Model S running footage. The show claims it was an editing error. Call it what you want, it was absolutely hilarious. A little note to TV producers assigned to cover Tesla Motors in the future: Electric cars don’t upshift or downshift.” At least they didn’t fraudulently blow it up! Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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60 Minutes Dubbed Engines Noise Over Tesla Model S
As it stands now, Apple’s Find My iPhone feature is pretty much your only hope when it comes to tracking down a stolen device. But thanks to a recently uncovered bug in iOS 7 , even that little layer of protection can be rendered totally useless . Read more…
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iOS 7 Bug Lets Thieves Disable Find My iPhone, Delete iCloud Account
An anonymous reader writes “In an unprecedented total disruption of a fully operational GNSS constellation, all satellites in the Russian GLONASS broadcast corrupt information for 11 hours, from just past midnight until noon Russian time (UTC+4), on April 2 (or 5 p.m. on April 1 to 4 a.m. April 2, U.S. Eastern time). This rendered the system completely unusable to all worldwide GLONASS receivers.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Russian GLONASS Down For 12 Hours
This is an induction heater, an electromagnetic thingamajig that can make metal to levitate and—with enough power—melt it. In this case, the metal is a 2.6-gram piece of aluminum that reaches a temperature of 2192 F (1200 C) before the machine is turned off. Read more…
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Watch a piece of aluminum levitate and melt at the same time
After touring the canals of Venice and braving the Polar Bear capital of the world, you can now visit the ancient temple complex of Angkor Wat in Cambodia… virtually, that is. The armchair adventurer’s best friend, Google Street View, now touts around 90, 000 panoramic images of the vast 12th century Khmer wonder. Google took photos of Angkor Wat’s glorious temples, sculptures and wall carvings, using both its Street View cars and its 40-pound backpacks called Trekkers , which Hawaii’s local government recently used to capture its beaches on film. To make the experience even fuller, Google’s also adding 300 exhibits of various Angkor Wat-related artworks to its virtual museum . Obviously, there’s nothing quite like admiring the complex’s architecture in person, but hey, this could be good enough for folks who can’t pack up and travel the world. Filed under: Internet , Google Comments Source: Google Maps , Street View
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At IDF Shenzhen today, Intel briefly announced the 14nm successor to its budget 22nm Bay Trail processors. Dubbed Braswell, this new SoC architecture is mainly aimed at the likes of affordable Chrome and Android devices. It will also complement the higher-end Broadwell announced last September (and pictured after the break), though there’s no word on availability for these two 14nm, 64-bit lines — last we heard was that Broadwell’s production had been delayed , with shipment still on track for the second half of this year. That said, SVP Hermann Eul did show off a tiny cube system that was powered by a Broadwell Core i7, to remind us that this awesome chip can enable a full-fledged fanless system. Comments
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Intel’s efficient 14nm processors to arrive on both enthusiast and entry systems
Blizzard hasn’t really had a presence in mobile gaming… not unless you think the Battle.net Authenticator is rip-roaring entertainment, anyway. However, the developer is giving the category an honest try today by releasing Hearthstone for the iPad . Much like on the desktop, the free-to-play card game lets you fight both real and virtual opponents as you build up a collection of Warcraft -themed minions and spells. Decks sync between devices, so you won’t have to start from scratch. The title is currently available on the App Store in Australia, Canada and New Zealand; more countries are coming soon, and those using Android, iPhones and Windows tablets can also expect to play in the near future. The iPad app isn’t likely to replicate the off-the-charts success of Blizzard’s PC titles, but the company has to start somewhere. And besides, we’ve seen the problems that some major game producers have faced after downplaying the importance of phones and tablets — Blizzard may be wise to cover its bases. Filed under: Gaming , Tablets Comments Via: AppAdvice Source: App Store , Blizzard
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Blizzard takes a stab at mobile gaming, brings its free card game to the iPad
cartechboy (2660665) writes “Just the other day we read about how the Department of Transportation will require all manufacturers to include rearview cameras on all new cars produced after May 1, 2018. But there’s something else auto manufacturers are pushing for, the ability to replace sideview mirrors with cameras in 2018. Tesla in particular is pushing for this to happen as traditional mirrors are bulky, and not very aerodynamic. That lump of plastic can cause surprising amounts of drag on an otherwise smooth car body. Camera units are much smaller and can be made streamlined, or even mounted nearly flush with the body, thus reducing aerodynamic drag. The idea has been around since the 1990s, and many concept cars have used cameras instead of sideview mirrors for years. But how will NHTSA respond? Is it finally time to ditch the sideview mirror?” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018?