Monthly Archives: November 2022

A Frontier Airlines flight made an emergency landing after a man with a box cutter threatened to stab other passengers

Box cutters have been banned onboard aircraft since a post 9/11 security overhaul. Scott Olson/Getty Images A Frontier Airlines flight made an emergency landing after a passenger was seen with a box cutter.  He threatened to stab other passengers, an Atlanta airport spokesperson told The New York Times. Box cutters have been banned on aircraft…

FTX’s bankruptcy caps off a brutal period for the tech industry, which laid off more than 20,000 people in the last 2 weeks alone

Elon Musk disses Mark Zuckerberg Associated Press The tech industry is in a period of intense turbulence amid mass firings and FTX’s downfall.  More than 20,000 tech workers have been fired in just the last two weeks, according to calculations by Insider.  In a recent letter to Mark Zuckerberg, one investor called for layoffs, saying…

The collapse of crypto firm FTX and its superstar founder explained: Here’s what happened and what it all means

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of crypto exchange FTX. Tom Williams/Getty Images Crypto tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried and his exchange platform, FTX, imploded this week.  It’s a confusing saga that involves massive financial losses, a bankruptcy filing, and potential federal investigations. But FTX’s downfall has also stoked fears that there’s a bigger crypto reckoning on the horizon. If…

I drove a $2 million electric car with 1,900 horsepower and saw the unimaginably fast future of supercars

The Pininfarina Battista. TangentVector I drove the Pininfarina Battista, a new electric supercar that costs $2.2 million and up.  The Italian EV cranks out 1,900 horsepower from four electric motors and hits 62 mph in under two seconds.  It accelerates faster than I thought was even possible.  You know that scene in “Top Gun: Maverick”…