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Why America’s Air Traffic System Still Uses Floppy Disks and Auction-Site Spare Parts

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The Federal Aviation Administration has classified 51 of its 138 air traffic-control systems as unsustainable and another 54 as potentially unsustainable
FlightAware recorded more than 8,500 delays and nearly 8,000 cancellations on Friday. The delays alone were fewer than during the 2023 ground stop, but cancellations were roughly six times as high
File pic: A carnival float depicts caricatures of Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at Düsseldorf’s Rose in Germany on March 3, 2025
Travellers wait at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, during the FAA ground stop on 13 November. Washington Dulles, across the region, was among the airports that received diverted flights
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G7 Summit in France, June 16, 2026
In pic: winner of Armenia. Eurovision Asia is the first pan-continental edition of the Eurovision Song Contest since the original began in 1956
Ten Firsts That Broke the Old Boys’ Club
Ten Firsts That Broke the Old Boys’ Club
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The Lame Duck Who Won’t Act Like One
The Lame Duck Who Won’t Act Like One
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Author Tae Kim has named two executives he believes could succeed Jensen Huang in Nvidia.

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The Honey Trap and the Hard Drive

The Honey Trap and the Hard Drive

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US Senator Chris Van Hollen (left) with Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed (right)
Trump said he had long thought of Huang as “a fine man” and expected him to recover from the fallout
Pete Hegseth (in pic) and his wife Jennifer were at Arlington during the November 11 wreath-laying ceremony, before the encounter with the tomb guard