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The Boeing VC-25 is arguably the most famous jetliner in the world, even though most people have never heard of it by that name.Most do know it, though, by the call sign it’s assigned when the president of the United States is on board: Air Force One. Air Force One is…
AI’s reputation is in hot water. Can influencers save it?OpenAI has been ramping up its creator marketing efforts as AI safety concerns take center stage.The company isn’t asking influencers to assuage fears that a rogue AI could destroy humanity. Instead, it’s prompting them to showcase why ChatGPT is “cool,” per…
AI might kill me, but first it’s going to get me a hell of a deal on a new insurance policy.That’s been the vibe in the tech world over the past few weeks. Two very different opinions about the future of AI.In one corner are the doomers. Earlier this month,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rhiannon Wood, a 26-year-old travel micro influencer who runs a social media business and leads group tours around the world. It has been edited for length and clarity.After graduating from the University of Birmingham in the UK in 2022, I knew…
And the Oscar for best airline goes to…The aviation rating company Skytrax announced the winners of its annual 2026 World Airline Awards, known as “the Oscars of the aviation industry,” on Friday.To determine the winners, Skytrax conducted the world’s largest airline passenger satisfaction survey. From September 2025 to August 2026,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Carylyne Chan, cofounder of Good Instincts. It has been edited for length and clarity.When I joined the crypto company CoinMarketCap in 2018, I was part of a very small executive team. Although we all worked remotely, I immediately built a great…
An hour ago, Colt was leaning over the side of a Zodiac boat in Icy Bay, Alaska, lowering a Niskin bottle into glacier-fed water.”The things we’re gonna be looking for are salinity, clarity, temperature, depth,” he told me as he collected a sample. “We’re also going to be looking at…
I grew up in New York during the era when high schoolers had green Student Metrocards and St. Marks was a grimy strip of dollar-pizza spots, underage tongue piercings, and cheap alcohol.I loved coming of age in New York City, but when I entered my early 20s, I started itching…
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, features over 200 aircraft and spacecraft on display, but Enola Gay remains one of the most prominent — and controversial — objects in its collection.The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II, is…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he doesn’t believe people would want an AI to replace his job.”I think for my job, for example, I think the world wants to know about the person that’s going to be responsible for the decisions of a company, and who they’re going to hold…
