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Earlier this month, the Defense Department released a long-awaited report designed to address renewed public interest in unidentified flying objects. UFOs—or, UAP, as they’ve recently been rebranded—have been back in the news a lot lately, thanks largely to a few true believers who think the government has been hiding evidence of extraterrestrials.How Important Was it for Jason Reitman to be a Part of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire?The most influential of those true believers is a former high-ranking intelligence official,…

Photo: NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP (Getty Images)In the summer of 2022, 18-year-old Aditya Verma was boarding a flight to Spain at London’s Gatwick Airport when he sent a message to his friend on Snapchat: “On my way to blow up the plane (I’m a member of the Taliban).” As you might expect, the message was a joke. Unfortunately, the kid happened to be using the airport’s WiFi network when he sent it.Why Banning TikTok Won’t Protect Our Privacy Several hours later, when Verma deplaned at his destination, he was arrested and…

Most of the major updates to Microsoft Flight Simulator, which was reborn in 2020 with Xbox compatibility, have been made available for free. But next year, developer Asobo will release a new version of the game, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, that will tempt aspiring pilots with everything from risky aerial firefighting missions to leisurely adventures in a hot air balloon.Warning! Microsoft Wants ChatGPT to Control Robots NextThe last time we checked in with the popular flight simulator was back in November of 2022…

Believe it or not, the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, first released in November of 1982, is actually older than the company’s most iconic product: Windows. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, today the company released a free major update to the latest version of Flight Simulator that, among other aircraft, finally brings helicopters back to the game.Microsoft Flight Simulator has benefitted from a few major updates this past year, including the Top Gun: Maverick expansion that arrived back in May and let players…