Pilots fall asleep during Batik Air flight in Indonesia, veer off path

Two pilots of an aircraft carrying 157 other people fell asleep midflight, causing the plane to veer off its designated path, according to a preliminary report by Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee. The pilots were operating a Batik Air flight when they both fell asleep at the same time for around 28 minutes, the report … Read more

Man asleep in truck after fight with girlfriend fatally shoots accused thief: TX cops

A Texas man was shot to death after breaking into a truck while the owner was asleep inside, with a rifle in reach, officials say. Deputies responded to the scene of a shooting overnight at an apartment complex in north Houston, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a Feb. 13 post on X, formerly … Read more

Trouble sleeping? How I use this $19 wearable to fall asleep near instantly

Nina Raemont/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeaways At $40 (and regularly on sale for half that price), the LC-Dolida sleep mask headphones combo put me into an instant slumber, and distanced the noises of sirens, beeps, and honks outside my busy Brooklyn bedroom window. The sleep mask headphones offer an impressive battery life and sound quality that distract you from … Read more

Mods Are Asleep. Quick, Everyone Release AI Products

The turmoil at OpenAI over the past five days has captivated the tech industry and kept entrepreneurs, journalists, and anyone who still has an X account glued to their timelines for the latest emoji updates and lower-case missives. In the meantime, some of the most prominent AI companies—including OpenAI—continued to do what Silicon Valley is … Read more

How China’s EV Boom Caught Western Car Companies Asleep at the Wheel

David Tyfield, a professor of political economy at Lancaster University and author of the 2019 book Liberalism 2.0 and the Rise of China, tells me there is “no future for the EV which does not feature significant, if not disproportionate, Chinese presence. Chinese companies are just too far in the lead across the whole supply … Read more