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Plane hijackings are a serious threat to modern aircraft, but far less than they were half a century ago. Before one high profile incident in 1971, hijacking a plane would have been a lot easier. On November 24 that year, a man dressed in a business suit boarded a plane in Oregon. Later he would […]
The distress code of 7500, sent through an electronic device called a transponder, signals a hijacking or unlawful interference. This communication, called squawking, is done silently so that the hijacker remains unaware, thereby creating an advantage for pilots. It’s not the only distress code pilots hope they never have to use. Squawking 7700 indicates a […]
The founder of a nonprofit aimed at stopping tech companies from “hijacking our minds” says internet users must rise up and reclaim their humanity. https://media.wired.com/photos/59778ee1eafe3a7821f7b065/master/pass/tristanHarris-HP.jpg Feed: All Latest
Bakayoko looked destined to become a Chelsea player this summer after Antonio Conte identified him as his top target to replace Nemanja Matic. Bakayoko appeared all set to join Chelsea – with Matic going to Old Trafford – but the move was suspiciously slow in finalising. And Jose Mourinho has now swooped to beat Conte […]
This week brings another Beatles-related 50th anniversary, and arguably the grooviest of them all: The release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It landed, for reasons that remain mysterious to me, on June 1, 1967 in England, and June 3 in the United States. Maybe that’s just how trans-Atlantic shipping worked in those days, […]
Magnolia Pictures In Louis Theroux’s first feature film, “My Scientology Movie” (in theaters Friday), the acclaimed British documentarian travels to Hollywood in the hopes of better understanding the Church of Scientology by investigating its most infamous moments with former members. But, as it typically goes with a Theroux project, the unknown creates the most compelling […]
