An airport will temporarily stop new members from joining a $618 VIP service that let people skip lines, due to a surge in popularity

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, pictured on October 18, was the scene of long lines and delays over the summer. NurPhoto / Contributor Amsterdam Schiphol Airport has stopped taking new registrations for its VIP service.  The airport said on its website that the temporary closure is due to the large volume of requests. The service allowed passengers…

Elon Musk says Apple’s battle with Spotify is ‘concerning’ and its new 30% charge on social-media ad revenue ‘is a lot’

Elon Musk replied to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s post about Apple, saying “concerning.” Patrick Pleul – Pool/Drew Angerer/Getty Images Elon Musk tweeted in response to a post by Spotify’s CEO about how Apple handles competitors. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO suggested Apple’s approach was “concerning.”  Apple and Spotify have long feuded over rules on the App…

South Africa will allow a Russian oligarch to moor his superyacht in Cape Town as it continues on epic global cruise avoiding Western sanctions

The $500 million superyacht anchored in Hong Kong in September. Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images A $500 million oligarch-owned superyacht has cruised between the Seychelles, Russia, and Hong Kong. The yacht, owned by sanctioned billionaire Alexei Mordashov, is now headed to Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town’s mayor and the South African president are at…

The Morning After: NASA reveals UFO investigation panel

NASA previously announced that it would create a panel to study “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAP), aka UFOs — while saying it doesn’t believe they’re “extraterrestrial in origin.” (Sure, NASA.) Now, the space agency has unveiled the 16-member panel that will focus on these unclassified sightings, chaired by David Spergel, former head of astrophysics at Princeton…