A federal judge in Boston has ruled that the nearly 50 migrants who were transported from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in 2022 in flights arranged by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can move forward with a lawsuit against the company that dropped them off. The destination of the flights was a surprise to both the migrants … Read more
Ember’s first Indiegogo campaign drew sideways glances when it launched in 2015. Would anyone actually buy a $129 heated coffee mug? Nearly a decade later, however, it’s clear that the initial pitch was merely the tip of the startup’s heating/cooling iceberg. TechCrunch recently sat down with Clay Alexander, the firm’s founder and chairman, to take … Read more
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the global supply chain and US coastal infrastructure collided in the worst possible way. An enormous container ship, the Dali, slammed into a support of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, crumpling its central span into the Patapsco River and cutting off the city’s port from the … Read more
VEENDAM, Netherlands — A 420-meter (quarter-mile) white steel tube running alongside a railway line in the windswept northern Netherlands could usher in a new era in the transportation of people and freight. The tube is the heart of the new European Hyperloop Center that opens Tuesday and will be a proving ground in coming years … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A corruption case involving a former high-ranking Singaporean official expanded Monday with new charges alleging that the ex-transport minister received bottles of whisky and wine, golf clubs and a luxury Brompton bike from a contractor who had dealings with the government. S. Iswaran, a former senior politician in the long-ruling People’s … Read more
A model of a Wisk Aero LLC electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi during the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Among displays of defense jets, passenger airliners and high-tech aviation equipment at the Singapore Airshow were electric air transport vehicles — … Read more
Singapore’s Transport Minister S. Iswaran resigned after being charged with corruption in the biggest political scandal in almost four decades, which has cast a pall on the city-state known for clean governance. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong accepted Iswaran’s resignation as a cabinet minister and lawmaker, according to a statement from Lee’s office. Iswaran, who’s … Read more
S. Iswaran, Singapore’s transport minister, leaves the Singapore State Courts in Singapore, on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Iswaran was charged with corruption, the latest development in the biggest political scandal to hit the city state in close to four decades. Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore’s transport … Read more
After I first noticed a trike stroller, I used to be instantly intrigued. A stroller that offers my energetic 1-year-old the feeling of using on a trike? It appeared like his new glad place. My son loves taking walks in a wide range of strollers—he’s been within the entrance row of my testing for the … Read more
Don’t neglect to thank your mailman, come rain, snow, warmth, or hail. After years of placing up with sweltering temperatures inside their automobiles, UPS has reached a take care of the Worldwide Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union that represents practically 340,000 drivers, so as to add air-con to UPS vehicles each new and outdated. Cops … Read more