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Private jet carbon emissions soar 46%: Study

The transport of choice for the rich and famous, private jets are the most energy-intense form of flying and the industry has long been a target of climate protesters. The carbon footprint from private jet travel grew 46 percent between 2019 and 2023 and will keep rising unless the ultra-luxury industry is regulated, according to […]

Science

Emissions from private jets are soaring

More private jets are taking to the skies now than there were four years ago.Credit: Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty A global analysis of private-jet use shows that the number of aircraft, trips and the distance planes covered have all soared over the past four years, exacerbating the sector’s carbon dioxide emissions. Between 2019 and 2023, […]

Technology

Take-Two is selling its indie games label Private Division

Take-Two did not disclose the buyer of Private Division or how much they paid. In an emailed statement to The VergeTake-Two spokesperson Alan Lewis wrote: We recently made the strategic decision to sell our Private Division label to focus our resources on growing our core and mobile businesses for the long-term. As part of this […]

Politics

Trump immigration crackdown: This one chart foreshadows how private prisons will benefit.

Donald Trump rode his way to a comeback with a quintessential law-and-order campaign: He exaggerated crime trends, talked about American cities as though they were war zones, and directed his ire at migrants, flooding the Republican National Convention with “Mass Deportation Now!” signs. It’s hard to know exactly how Trump’s harsh immigration policies will play […]

Business & Finance

AI-Powered Private Credit Will Shape The Future Of Lending

Creative engineering, vintage illustration of the head of a man with an electronic circuit board for … [+] a brain, 1949. Screen print. (Illustration by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images) Getty Images Good times are rolling in private credit: more flexible terms and fewer regulations have made it easier to access and underwrite businesses that have been left […]

Technology

How to use the new Private Space feature in Android 15

While there aren’t a lot of new features in Android 15, it does offer some useful additions for your phone — and one of the most interesting is called “Private Space.” Think of it as a separate app vault that locks away specified apps on your Android device. Of course, the main lockscreen already stops […]

Sports

SEC, Big Ten meet, show united front against private equity

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterOct 10, 2024, 06:12 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Following an “unprecedented” meeting between the SEC and Big Ten on Thursday, the commissioners of both conferences addressed multiple weighty issues facing college athletics and strongly pushed back on recent […]