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Before 9/11, airport security was far more relaxed than it is today.Friends and family could accompany travelers through security without a boarding pass. Knives and blades were allowed in carry-on bags as long as they were smaller than 4 inches. Private companies, not the government-run Transportation Security Administration, handled screenings.Airport…
On New Year’s Day 1959, Cuba woke up to a new reality.By then, the island had established itself as a tourism hot spot and cosmopolitan travel destination, thanks to its entertainment, hospitality, and proximity to the US.Before dictator Fulgencio Batista fled Havana and revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro transformed the…
Burning Man is transforming Nevada’s Black Rock Desert into a temporary metropolis once again.Thousands of participants began entering the gates at midnight on August 30, hauling the food, water, shelter, and supplies needed to survive a week in the remote playa about 80 miles north of Reno.Roughly 70,000 people are…
On any given week, the halls of New York City’s Javits Center might belong to comic-book devotees dressed as superheroes, carmakers unveiling their newest models, or dog lovers sizing up dozens of breeds.Then the booths come down, the floors are cleaned, and the sprawling, 3.4 million-square-foot Manhattan convention center starts…
Burger King has grown from a small-time burger joint to a major American corporation.When Burger King first opened in 1954, it served 18-cent flame-broiled burgers, milkshakes, and fries. Three years later, the chain introduced its signature Whopper — now, that same burger is fueling growth for the burger chain.In February,…
The hustle never stops for Tesla and Waymo.As both companies race to roll out new vehicles for their respective robotaxi services, a bystander caught a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes scaling operations of Tesla and Waymo.David Moss, a Tesla fan who recently pivoted to content creation focused on autonomous vehicles, posted…
Russia has expanded its use of anti-drone nets to protect submarines at a major naval base on the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from Ukraine and the country’s arsenal of attack drones, according to new satellite imagery analyzed by Business Insider.The new images, collected on Tuesday by the US spatial…
The US Army is developing new warfighting software to change the way it fights a large-scale, high-speed, high-tech war. A major exercise recently held in the California desert showed both why the service is moving so quickly and what challenges will need to be overcome to have it work as…
