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A new airplane silently broke the sound barrier. It looks nothing like NASA’s X-59

Fast Company Tech

From the moment Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947, zipping from New York to Paris in less than three hours became every travelers dream. Thats why NASA and Lockheed Martin created the X-59 Quesst , which was designed with an aerodynamic profile that would reduce the eardrum-breaking boom to a dull thump.

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New York becomes largest US city to ban new gas hookups

The Verge

The New York City skyline seen from the Summit One Vanderbilt observation deck on Thursday, Oct. The Big Apple just became the biggest city yet to say goodbye to gas hookups in new construction. Buildings are big problem for New York City’s efforts to tackle climate change. Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

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Bluesky is getting blue checkmarks and an official verification system

Engadget

Instead, individual Bluesky employees ended up publicly vouching that the account was legitimate Under Blueskys new system, the company will proactively verify certain accounts and add a prominent blue checkmark to their profile. Its not clear what criteria Bluesky will use for these badges or how it plans to verify users identities.

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StubHub’s IPO filing reveals 30% surge in profits in 2024

Fast Company Tech

initial public offering paperwork, as the online ticketing marketplace moves ahead with its long-sought New York flotation. Nvidia-backed startup CoreWeave and Swedish fintech Klarna are among the companies gearing up to go public in New York. New York-based StubHub swung to a loss of $2.8 trade policy.

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Food Bank For New York City: Working to End Hunger since 1983

DipJar

It’s always encouraging to hear how food banks, like Food Bank For New York City , provide support and sustenance for the populations they serve – and in the case of New York City, that population is large indeed, with an estimated 1.6 million New Yorkers currently facing food insecurity.

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Wordle has been bought by The New York Times, will ‘initially’ remain free for everyone to play

The Verge

The smash online word game Wordle has been bought by The New York Times , which will integrate the daily word puzzle into The New York Times Games suite of word games, creator Josh Wardle announced today. An update on Wordle pic.twitter.com/TmHd0AIRLX — Josh Wardle (@powerlanguish) January 31, 2022.

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Amazon won’t stream any New York Yankees games this season after all

The Verge

With Major League Baseball’s season shortened to just 60 games this year, Amazon won’t be broadcasting any New York Yankees games this season, Bloomberg reported. Amazon was slated to stream 21 Yankees games beginning April 17th with several high-profile games —including three against the Boston Red Sox— on the list.