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How safe is air travel really Amid high-profile flight scares, CBS Confirmed team separates air travel facts from fear 04:59 A majority of Americans believe flying is a mostly safe mode of transportation and rate the overall safety record of commercial airline travel positively. America’s more frequent flyers are especially likely to call flying safe. People who say they never fly in a typical year — about half the public — are comparatively less likely to feel it is safe. Overall, seven in 10 Americans feel flying is very or somewhat safe. Bigger majorities feel this way about trains, buses and driving,…

Don’t worry about the “mission-driven not-for-profit” College Board—it’s drowning in cash. The US group, which administers the SAT and AP tests to college-bound students, paid its CEO $2.38 million in total compensation in 2023 (the most recent year data is available). The senior VP in charge of AP programs made $694,662 in total compensation, while the senior VP for Technology Strategy made $765,267 in total compensation. Given such eye-popping numbers, one would have expected the College Board’s transition to digital exams to go smoothly, but it continues to have issues. Just last week, the group’s AP Psychology exam was disrupted…

Apple is rumored to be updating the entire AirPods lineup over the next few years. Here’s what the rumor mill believes is on the way for AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max. Apple’s iconic AirPods have been around for just over eight years, as the first iteration debuted back in 2016. They were announced alongside the iPhone 7, which notably lacked a headphone jack. While you still received a pair of wired EarPods with the iPhone 7, Apple’s AirPods made the same design wireless, bypassing the need for a connector of any kind. Wireless earbuds were hardly a new concept at the…

Detroit — When the National Guard has to be called out for an ice storm, as was the case in Northern Michigan at the end of March, the situation is dire. At the time, meteorologists couldn’t forecast just how much of the region would be encased in ice.”While it [the forecast] showed devastating ice, it ended up still being worse than expected,” said Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News Detroit’s chief meteorologist. Up to 1.5 inches of ice accumulated across large portions of Northern Michigan, knocking down power lines, blocking roads, and damaging homes and businesses. Last month, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer requested…

[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump’s plan for a nationwide missile defence system – dubbed “Golden Dome” – faces significant technical and political challenges, and it could cost far more than he has estimated to achieve its goals.Trump wants a system that can defend against a wide array of enemy weapons – from intercontinental ballistic missiles to hypersonic and cruise missiles to drones – and he wants it ready in about three years, or as he nears the end of his second term in office.Four months after Trump initially ordered the Pentagon to develop options for the system, however, little in…

Google on Tuesday unleashed another wave of artificial intelligence technology to accelerate a year-long makeover of its search engine that is changing the way people get information and curtailing the flow of internet traffic to websites.The next phase outlined at Google’s annual developers conference includes releasing a new “AI mode” option in the United States. The feature makes interacting with Google’s search engine more like having a conversation with an expert capable of answering questions on just about any topic imaginable.AI mode is being offered to all comers in the U.S. just two-and-half-months after the company began testing with a…

TOKYO : Advisory firm Glass Lewis has recommended shareholders re-elect Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda at this year’s annual general meeting in June. Glass Lewis had recommended that shareholders vote against his re-election the past two years. Toyoda’s position at the automaker has come under scrutiny over governance concerns.Toyoda, the grandson of the company’s founder and previously its chief executive, has seen shareholder support slip in recent years. He was re-elected to the board with backing from 72 per cent of the shareholders in 2024, down from 85 per cent and 96 per cent, respectively, in the prior two years.In…

[BALI] When 24-year-old Jakub Valek moved to Bali last year to grow his UK-based digital firm, he joined a growing wave of remote workers reshaping the island’s economy and redefining what it means to “live in paradise”. The Polish marketing consultant arrived in July 2024 on Indonesia’s remote work visa, drawn by Bali’s creative energy and the booming digital market of South-east Asia’s largest economy.“Bali is well-known across Europe – it’s a magnet for marketers. Being physically here allows me to understand the culture and connect with the community on a deeper level,” he told The Business Times, adding that it…

Scientists from Kew Gardens are using a new study to track which trees bees prefer to try to stem the decline in our vital pollinators.Bee populations are falling all over the world due to a mixture of habitat loss, climate change, and the use of pesticides, with a devastating impact on our biodiversity and food production. But it’s feared that not enough comprehensive, global research is being done to understand the issue or find solutions. Image: The study is building up heat maps of the most popular trees Image: Non-invasive monitors track the buzz created by bees’ wing beats UK…

[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump said that the tariffs he threatened against Apple earlier on Friday (May 23) would also be aimed at a wider range of device makers, including Samsung Electronics, to spur them into moving manufacturing of their products to the US. “It would be more,” Trump said when asked at the White House whether his tariff threat would only apply to Apple. “It would be also Samsung and anybody that makes that product, otherwise it wouldn’t be fair.” Trump indicated that the import levies would be “appropriately done” and ready for implementation by the end of June…