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Boeing draws curtain on the jumbo-jet era with final Boeing 747 delivery. The first and final 747 jumbo jet models both started with a handshake deal. Back in the mid 1960s, the leaders of Boeing Co. and PanAm came to an agreement that if the US planemaker pushed ahead with the audacious new design, the airline would in turn go ahead and buy the giant jetliner. That gentleman's agreement would kick-start one of the most successful programs in civil aviation, singlehandedly transforming the way the world flies and…

Craft a potion on the Switch next year It’s Day 3 of Nintendo’s House of Indies, with four more games sharing news and dropping onto the Switch platform in some manner. Today we’ve got boats and tones, tin hearts and potion arts, and two more surprise drops. If you haven’t been following, Nintendo’s been holding an advent calendar-style indie spotlight event this week. Each day, a new batch of games is unveiled; historically, half have been announcements of forthcoming games, and half are shadow drops, adding new games…

Original “Love Boat” cast members Jill Whelan and Ted Lange aboard a Princess Cruise Ship docked in San Pedro. Whelan and Lange reunite on “The Real Love Boat,” CBS’ dating reality series inspired by the beloved vintage series.(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times) More than 35 years have passed since the final voyage of the TV classic “The Love Boat,” set aboard a luxurious cruise ship, aired in 1986. But time has not dulled the nostalgic glow around the series and its irresistible gimmick — an…

As the shipping industry moves to decarbonize, huge sails could be making a comeback. The China Merchant Energy Shipping company (CMES) has taken delivery of a new supertanker, whose four large sails will cut down average fuel consumption by nearly 10%. Sails, of course, were the primary source of power for large ships for thousands of years. Then German inventor Rudolf Diesel got his first engine up and running in 1897, and the first diesel-powered ships took to the water in 1903. Safer and more efficient than steam…

While many crypto projects have found support in the recent revival of the overall market, some are still waiting for a positive push. Crypto projects Dai (DAI) and Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) are going through a phase of sluggishness where the prices of their tokens are not increasing in line with the market trends. Crypto investors are concerned with the growth of their investments in these projects. Therefore, they are switching to a stable and profitable project, Chronoly.io (CRNO). Checking into the crypto arena with…

One Piece Odyssey, the JRPG based on the hit manga by Eiichiro Oda, will arrive on January 12, 2023, as confirmed during the Tokyo Game Show presentation. Anime have been getting video game adaptations ever since the 1980s, with the most popular franchises often seeing numerous entries across multiple genres. Series like Dragon Ball, Naruto, and even JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure typically get transformed into fighting games, however One Piece has, prior to One Piece Odyssey, mostly appeared as guest characters or in…

Rebrand leads new ambition for publisher Publisher Asmodee Digital has announced that it is rebranding to Twin Sails Interactive. The company, perhaps best known for its tabletop gaming adaptations, is hoping to increase its reputation within digital gaming, helping future indie and mid-tier gaming projects find their way onto the market. The company released the below trailer in order to spotlight its new identity and first incoming releases, which include Studio Nul Games’ management sim News Tower and Lumorama’s…

Via DC With children’s movies mostly absent from the studios’ Summer 2022 schedule, it might seem like a forgone conclusion that any family friendly films released in-season would be a huge hit. But of the slate of major kiddie flicks released thus far, including seeming sure bet Lightyear and WTF-inducing Trolls World Tour, thus far Despicable Me spin-off Minions: The Rise of Gru is the only one that’s stood out as a hit. But post-COVID Hollywood is seeing the season of superheroes, with The Batman, Spider-Man:…

Hubble Space Telescope provides astronomers with breathtaking images of the cosmos for deeper studies. Recently, the telescope shared yet another strikingly beautiful image. This time, it captured the NGC 3318 galaxy, which lies in the constellation Vela, located about 115 million light-years away from the Earth. The image was shared by the European Space Agency (ESA) on its official Instagram handle. Stating that the spiral arms of the galaxy were lazily draped across in the image, ESA added that “Vela was originally…

On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) completed its environmental assessment of SpaceX’s proposed site expansion in Boca Chica, Texas, after months of delay. The agency declared that SpaceX’s plans for its upcoming Super Heavy rocket would have “no significant impact” on people living in the area and thus could proceed without an in-depth Environmental Impact Statement—which would’ve otherwise have likely taken years to produce.“The FAA has determined the Proposed Action would not significantly affect the…