[ad_1] Microsoft’s latest Flight Simulator entry doesn’t do anything small. It’s a title that comes on 10 DVDs and allows you to explore the world in almost its entirety. It turns out that scale even extends to its accidental inclusions. Flight Simulator users recently found an unusual landmark: a 212-story monolith towering over an otherwise […]
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Boeing found another software bug on the 737 Max
[ad_1] But this is the third software flaw to be discovered and reported since the 737 Max crashes, which killed 346 people. Months after the fatal flaw was discovered, Boeing encountered another problem that prevented the flight control computers from starting and verifying that they were ready for flight. According to Bloomberg, Steve Dickson, the […]
The Morning After: PewDiePie is taking a break from YouTube in 2020
[ad_1] Well, from early 2020.PewDiePie is taking a break from YouTube Folded into a video critiquing YouTube’s new harassment policy, online phenomenon PewDiePie says he’ll be taking a rest from the service that made him a star. The streamer, with an audience of millions, has faced more scrutiny and criticism in the last few years, […]
Recommended Reading: The 15th anniversary of ‘Halo 2’
[ad_1] When ‘Halo 2’ invaded planet earthAnthony John Agnello,The Ringer In the latest installment of “things that will make you feel old,” Halo 2 was released on November 9, 2004 — which makes it 15 years old. The Ringer takes an in-depth look at the game’s legacy, including how it made video games a shared […]
All I want to do is chill and play 'Flight Simulator'
[ad_1] It's been a long day. You get home as the sun is setting and close the door behind you, throwing down your keys and sliding off your shoes. You grab a drink and sink into the chair in front of your PC. The screen boots up and — click, click — it's… [ad_2] Source […]
Researchers designed a shape-shifting airplane wing
[ad_1] In a paper in the journal Smart Materials and Structures, the research team explains how it has radically redesigned the airplane wing. Their new structure is a lightweight lattice framework, made of thousands of repeating, tiny triangles of matchstick-like struts, covered in a thin polymer layer. Because this “metamaterial” is mostly comprised of empty […]