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Jet Skis Are Basically Water Cars Now
Jet Skis used to be the motorcycle of the water, right? They were small and relatively light and nimble, at least compared to boats, and they could rip away all day, doing high speed water manoeuvres. And if you dug too hard into a turn or carried way too much speed, it’d high side your…
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LAX Jet Pack Man Mystery Finally Has New Clue
This truly bizarre mystery in the skies surrounding Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) may finally be on a flight path to some concrete answers. Starting in August 2020, airline flight crews reported seeing a person with a jetpack thousands of feet above the ground on three separate occasions in the airspace around LAX. The Los…
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Peloton Tread Owners No Longer Need a Subscription to ‘Just Run’
In June, Peloton pushed out its Tread Lock feature, which automatically shut down inactive treadmills and required a 4-digit passcode. The update was part of Peloton’s promised safety measures following a voluntary recall of its treadmills (one due to injury reports, the other due to display issues). There was just one problem: Tread Lock disabled…
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Peloton Tread Could Relaunch This Winter, but the More Dangerous Tread+ Is a Bigger Problem
After recalling both of its treadmills, Tread and Tread+, Peloton is working on fixes to get the machines back on the market. One, a software update that will require a pin passcode to unlock the treadmills, will roll out in the coming days. But hardware fixes will also be necessary for both machines, and Peloton…