An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us(prospect.org)

85 points by semiquaver 1 year ago | 58 comments

Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America's Taxpayers(prospect.org)

298 points by leotravis10 1 year ago | 157 comments

Sergey Brin Funds Misleading Ballot Measure to Negate Wealth Tax(prospect.org)

10 points by dlipovetsky 7 months ago | 0 comments

Amazon Still Has a Counterfeit Problem(prospect.org)

84 points by yedava 2 years ago | 70 comments

Wildfire Survivors Push Back Against Newsom-Led Utility Bailout(prospect.org)

11 points by hn_acker 1 month ago | 3 comments

SpaceX launches mission for 2 NASA astronauts who are stuck on the ISS(apnews.com)

339 points by JumpCrisscross 2 years ago | 314 comments

AP News article on SpaceX launching a rescue mission for two NASA astronauts stranded on the International Space Station until next year.

300k airplanes in five years(construction-physics.com)

339 points by juliangamble 2 years ago | 494 comments

Construction Physics essay by Brian Potter on how the US ramped up aircraft manufacturing to build about 300,000 airplanes during World War II.

Boeing missing key elements of safety culture: FAA report(ainonline.com)

327 points by elorant 2 years ago | 268 comments

AIN news article on an FAA expert panel report finding Boeing lacks key elements of a safety culture, including employee awareness of how to report safety concerns.

U.S. is said to open criminal inquiry into Boeing(nytimes.com)

426 points by carabiner 2 years ago | 389 comments

New York Times report that U.S. authorities have opened a criminal investigation into Boeing following the Alaska Airlines flight door plug blowout.

Why it's so hard to build a jet engine(construction-physics.com)

411 points by mhb 1 year ago | 198 comments

A Construction Physics essay by Brian Potter explaining why designing and manufacturing jet engines is so difficult.

Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming from 737 MAX crashes(cnbc.com)

469 points by dblitt 2 years ago | 483 comments

CNBC news article reporting that Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a conspiracy fraud charge tied to the 737 Max crashes, paying a $243.6 million fine and accepting a monitor.

The FAA’s Hiring Scandal(tracingwoodgrains.com)

574 points by firebaze 1 year ago | 498 comments

A Substack essay by Tracing Woodgrains recounting the decade-long story of the FAA's air traffic controller hiring scandal and efforts to expose it.