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‘We’ve lost both engines,’ pilot says before private jet crashed onto Florida interstate, killing 2

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NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Moments before a private jet slammed into a Florida highway, the pilot calmly told an airport controller that the aircraft “was not going to make the runway” since it had lost both engines. The jet, with five people aboard, was bound for the airport in Naples when it tried to make … Read more

Private and Secure Web Search Engines: DuckDuckGo, Brave, Kagi, Startpage

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When it comes to looking something up on the web, most of us default to Googling it—the search engine has become so dominant that it’s now a verb, in the same way that Photoshop is. But using Google for your searches comes with a privacy trade-off. Google’s business is, of course, based on advertising, and … Read more

Alaska Airlines flight diverts after off duty pilot tried to interfere with engines

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Travelers wait to check-in at the Alaska Airlines counter at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images An Alaska Airlines flight operated by a subsidiary diverted to Portland International Airport in Oregon on Sunday after an off-duty Alaska pilot tried to interfere with the engines, … Read more

Epic is changing Unreal Engine’s pricing for non-game developers

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Fortnite developer Epic Games is changing the way it charges people who use its creation tool Unreal Engine sometime next year — but only for a subset of users, according to CEO Tim Sweeney (via Game From Scratch). Game developers using Unreal Engine won’t be affected and will continue to pay for a license based … Read more