Bitcoin’s Boom Comes With Corresponding Booming Environmental Costs
Large-scale mining operations have been blamed for increasing grid stress, driving up electricity prices, draining water ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation18d
Australia grants PNG $570 million loan amid push for stricter foreign investment scrutiny
As part of the deal, PNG has agreed to tighten foreign investment screening and block economically unviable or high-risk projects. Papua New Guinea's government has promised not to push ahead with ...
GitHub23d
Android comic book reader, image archive viewer. Simple yet comfy.
Open PDF, RAR, ZIP, 7Z, TAR files. Display BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, WebP and JP2/J2K images. Based on Bubble v1.6.0 by Nazar Kanaev. Upgraded dependencies, enhancements as ...
PC Magazine23d
Tested: The Best AI Image Generators for 2025
We torture-test a dozen of the most popular text-to-image AI tools with a series of prompts designed to highlight their strengths and weaknesses. Here's how they stack up. I've been writing about ...
Newsweek25d
What Is the Boom XB-1? Civil Jet Makes History by Breaking Sound Barrier
Boom Supersonic is an American startup company based in Colorado. Its XB-1 is a one-third-scale demonstrator of a 64-passenger supersonic airliner—dubbed "Overture"—that Boom wants to ...
The Aviationist25d
Boom’s XB-1 Demonstrator Achieves Supersonic Flight
XB-1’s flight path through the supersonic corridor over Mojave. (Image credit: Boom Supersonic) Two decades after Concorde’s retirement, the first supersonic flight of XB-1 marks the return of ...
New York Post25d
Supersonic jet dubbed ‘Son of Concorde’ breaks sound barrier for first time with 844 mph flight
It took off with a bang. Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Monday as the American company seeks to deliver the world’s faster airliner capable of ...
CNN25d
Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay. The return of ...
The Verge25d
Boom’s supersonic test plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time
On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype broke the sound barrier three times and achieved a top speed of Mach 1.1. On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype broke the sound barrier ...
Sky25d
Boom test flight: 'New Concorde' prototype jet breaks sound barrier
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is the first civilian aircraft to achieve the feat since the British-French supersonic airliner, which was retired in 2003. The XB-1 broke the sound barrier for the first ...
Yahoo Finance25d
Boom Supersonic Achieves Supersonic Flight
MOJAVE, Calif. and DENVER, Jan. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, today announced the successful first supersonic flight of its ...
Los Angeles Times25d
Boom Technology’s supersonic test jet breaks sound barrier for first time
A supersonic jet built by Boom Technology broke the sound barrier for the first time on Tuesday, advancing its bid to resurrect high-speed passenger flights two decades after the Concorde’s demise.