I've flown on the world's only 2 all-business-class airlines. It's like flying on a private jet but less expensive.

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I think people with a little extra spending money should splurge on Beond and La Compagnie's unique business model.

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  • French airline La Compagnie and Maldives-based Beond fly Airbus planes with only business class.
  • The model is historically unsuccessful but the airlines are banking on high-demand niche markets.
  • I think both are splurge-worthy for people who want a bougie
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A Tale of 2 Marvel/Ultraman Crossovers

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Marvel Ultraman Crossover Comic Manga

The release of Ultraman: Along Came a Spider-Man and Ultraman x Avengers this week gives us a look at differing approaches to the superhero crossover.

Elon Musk's latest AI chatbot is happy to spit out the kinds of images its rivals refuse to. That could give it an edge — and go very wrong

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Elon Musk's AI company just released Grok-2 in beta for paid users with a new image generation feature.

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  • Elon Musk's AI company released a beta of Grok-2 with a new image generation feature on X.
  • The new model allows users to create AI images with fewer restrictions than rivals like OpenAI.
  • People are testing the limits of Grok-2 with controversial prompts, raising concerns about the

Underwater photos captured reconnaissance Marines diving next to a US missile submarine out in the open ocean

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US Marines from the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company assigned to Task Force 61/2 conducting dive operations with Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia while underway in the Mediterranean Sea.

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  • US Marines and the guided-missile submarine USS Georgia trained together in the Mediterranean recently.
  • The exercises included launching small boats, executing

I paid over $3,000 for a matchmaker. I met my husband on my second date.

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Lauren and Ryan Leon met through a matchmaker.

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  • Lauren Leon signed up for a matchmaker after growing frustrated with dating apps.
  • She used two services and met her husband, Ryan Leon, on her second date through Tawkify.
  • Lauren said she doesn't think she would have found Ryan without a matchmaker.

This as-told-to essay has been adapted from a conversation with Lauren Leon, a 35-year-old

CIA brainwashing experiments helped make Outlast an iconic horror series

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The Sleep Room in The Outlast Trials is named after a real-life space at McGill University’s Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal, where from 1957 to 1964, doctors conducted mind-control experiments on patients as part of the CIA’s MK-Ultra initiative. Led by Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron, these tests included electroshock therapy, sensory deprivation and heavy doses of psychedelic drugs. One patient, L

Apple is reportedly forging ahead with a rotating, iPad-like tabletop device

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Apple appears to be going full steam ahead on an iPad-like tabletop device from which you may be able to manage smart home products, oversee household security and take part in video calls. The device, which could debut as soon as 2026, is said to have a thin robotic arm that moves around a large display. Apple's riff on products like the Google Nest Hub and Amazon's Echo Show may be able to tilt

Alien: Romulus is a magnificent return to form

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Set between the original Alien and its more bombastic sequel, Aliens, Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus echoes the the greatest elements of those films, while also delivering his own spin on the 45-year-old franchise. There's the elegant interplay of light and shadow from Alien, along with nods to Ridley Scott's artful aesthetic. And there are finely crafted set pieces evoking the horror and sheer