Airlines continue to make flying miserable yet made almost $40b in fees alone last year

%name Airlines continue to make flying miserable yet made almost $40b in fees alone last year by Authcom, Nova Scotia\s Internet and Computing Solutions Provider in Kentville, Annapolis Valley

There are days when you wonder when airlines are conspiring to make flying more miserable. When you combine the ever-decreasing leg room we get with the added fees we get charged for everything from checking bags to food, it’s almost as if companies are trying to outdo one another in crafting the ultimate terrible flying experience. And as it turns out, airlines have a good reason for behaving as they do: It’s helping them make tens of billions of dollars in extra revenue.

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Apple hires another major talent for its top-secret car project

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With nearly $200 billion in the bank and an R&D budget that’s never been larger, Apple is reportedly making big moves to beef up its growing team of auto industry experts. While we’ve seen reports pointing to Apple’s desire to build an electric car, a recent report in The Wall Street Journal relays that Apple is seriously exploring autonomous vehicle technologies as well.

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Can the OnePlus Two hold its own against the world’s two best smartphone cameras?

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OnePlus will soon unveil its second-generation Android smartphone, which is going to be an affordable flagship device just like its predecessor. Unsurprisingly, the Chinese company has teased the OnePlus 2 by revealing bits and pieces about it before it becomes official. In a new revelation ahead of the big launch, OnePlus focused on the camera performance by posting the first official camera samples of the upcoming handset.

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Video: Solving a Rubik’s Cube in 5.6 seconds makes you feel like a total boss

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Rubik’s Cubes were the annoying puzzles that parents used to use to keep their children busy before video games became a thing. However, some young people still do play with Rubik’s Cubes and they’re actually astoundingly good at them. One such person is Australian teenager Feliks Zemdegs, who recently won the Rubik’s Cube World Championship by solving each puzzle in an average of 7.56 seconds. Yes, that’s an average of 7.56 seconds — his best overall time was a blazing 5.6 seconds.

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This tiny gadget gives your iPhone 6 MagSafe charging powers

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The magnetic power connector that MacBook users are more than familiar with is a brilliant idea that probably saved many unwanted accidents so far. The charger snaps out of the charging port when someone trips over the cable, leaving the MacBook resting safely on its desk. That same feature might not necessarily be needed on a smartphone such as the iPhone 6, but one company came up with a compelling reason for anyone to want a smartphone magnetic charger.

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Watch as comedian pulls hilarious prank on corrupt FIFA official on live TV

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When it comes to corruption in sports, you’d be hard pressed to find an organization with fewer scruples than FIFA, the governing body of international soccer. Speaking to this point, authorities this past May indicted 14 FIFA officials on charges of wire fraud, racketeering, and money laundering. Suffice it to say, FIFA’s corruption is so rampant and has endured for so long that it makes the NCAA seem angelic in comparison.

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Interactive website shows you why time flies by as you age

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“And then one day you find ten years have got behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.”

Pink Floyd, Time

There can be no doubt that our perception of time accelerates as we get older — things that used to feel like long periods of time suddenly fly by as we feel that we’re accelerating toward death. While we don’t know the precise causes of this phenomenon, a website created by Maximilian Kiener uses an interactive timeline to give us some understanding of why things just keep speeding up the more we age.

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You’ve never seen the Earth like this before

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Over the past few weeks, Pluto has dominated the headlines. It took nearly a decade, but the New Horizons probe finally reached Pluto on July 14th, giving us our closest look yet at what used to be the ninth planet in our solar system. It has been incredible to see the dwarf planet in detail for the first time in history, but today we’re taking a break from Pluto and returning to Earth.

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