A solar-powered airplane finished crossing the United States on Saturday, landing in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty during its historic bid to circle the globe, the project team said. The spindly, single-seat experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse 2, arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4 a.m. local time after it took off about five hours beforehand at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, the team reported on the airplane's website. Such a pleasure to land in New York! For the 14th time we celebrate sustainability," said the project's co-founder Andre Borschberg on Twitter after flying over the city and the Statue of Liberty during the 14th leg of the trip around the globe. The Swiss team flying the aircraft in a campaign to build support for clean energy technologies hopes eventually to complete its circumnavigation in Abu Dhabi, where the journey began in March 2015. The solar cr...
The US online retail monster has recorded a claim in Seattle, Washington. It says its image notoriety is being harmed by "false, deceptive and inauthentic" audits paid for by venders looking to enhance the request of their items. It comes after Amazon sued various sites in April for offering fake surveys. Amazon says the 1,114 respondents, termed "John Does" as the organization does not yet know their genuine names, offer a false survey administration for as meager as $5 (£3.24) on the site Fiverr.com, with most encouraging five-star audits for a vender's items. While little in number, these audits can fundamentally undermine the trust that customers and by far most of venders and producers place in Amazon, which thus stains Amazon's image," the innovation goliath said in its protestation, which was recorded on Friday. Amazon said it had directed an examination, which included buying fake client audits on Fiverr from individuals who gua...