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More than eight years after Boeing organized the maiden flight of the 737 MAX 7, US authorities announced Monday that they certified the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced certification of the smallest version of the single-aisle MAX plane, a process that had been significantly prolonged by new requirements under federal legislation following two fatal MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019. The action, which Boeing and regulators had telegraphed in recent weeks, sent Boeing shares sharply higher. The MAX 7 is Boeing’s first new aircraft to be cleared since the crashes and other problems sent the company into a…

What is required is a dedicated European framework for situations of mass and instrumentalized migratory pressure, with clear and objective criteria for its activation. These criteria should combine quantitative elements — such as the scale and speed of arrivals relative to a country’s capacity — with qualitative indicators, including any evidence of coordination, facilitation or involvement by third countries or organized criminal networks. Once triggered under a specifically defined EU emergency regime, a mechanism like this could allow for temporary, proportionate and strictly controlled adjustments to standard procedures. Accelerated asylum processes must also continue to be part of the toolbox,…

Kerry Wan/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysApple raised prices across its entire MacBook lineup — including the Neo. New MacBook Air laptops can take a month or more to ship to consumers. The global memory shortage is making consumer laptops more expensive and in shorter supply.Apple recently raised prices on MacBooks, but that doesn’t appear to have slowed down sales. In fact, now it’s dealing with a significant product shortage, with “shipments of new units more constrained than they can ever recall,” as reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Thanks to the global memory shortage, consumer electronics are feeling the…

Security researchers have discovered three attacks that allow malware on already-compromised Windows devices to abuse Google Password Manager’s synced passkeys to take over accounts, bypass user verification, and extract passkey private keys. Passkeys are a passwordless authentication method that uses cryptographic keys stored on a user’s device to sign in to online accounts. They are considered safer than passwords because they cannot be guessed, reused, or easily stolen through phishing, while also allowing users to authenticate with a PIN or biometrics, such as a fingerprint or facial recognition. “Unlike passwords, passkeys can’t be shared, copied, written down, or accidentally given…

In brief UCLA researchers launched an OnlyFans account called OnlyMarms after traditional research funding became harder to secure. More than 10 OnlyMarms-inspired meme coins have appeared on Solana, though it’s unclear who created them or whether they’re connected to the research team. The project has become an unlikely example of how internet culture and crypto can converge around scientific research. Scientists behind one of the world’s longest-running wildlife studies have turned to one corner of internet culture for funding—and found another waiting for them.Researchers at UCLA launched an OnlyFans account called OnlyMarms to help support a project that has tracked…

Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia and currently affects more than seven million people in the United States. Some available treatments can slow the disease, but most primarily address symptoms, and none can cure it. “Alzheimer’s is a condition that remains recalcitrant to the scientific community’s attempts at developing a cure or preventative treatment,” said Daniel Schultz, a former postdoctoral fellow in the Vanderbilt University Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery. Gaps in Alzheimer’s Biology One major obstacle to developing better therapies is that researchers still do not fully understand the biology behind Alzheimer’s disease. The same problem…

Why this matters Wage theft far exceeds the combined financial losses of all traditional property crimes in the United States, including burglary, larceny and car theft. But victims rarely get justice. San Diego County officials have known for years about a fundamental breakdown in workers trying to recover stolen wages from their employers. According to the county’s own calculations, more than $30 million in unpaid wage theft judgments have accumulated across the region since 2017. That represents money that workers have been awarded but have not received. The recovery process can be challenging and lengthy for victims who receive little…

New Victorian premier launches major portfolio shake-upBenita KolovosI’m at government house where the new Victoria premier Ben Carroll’s cabinet is being sworn in. Unlike his predecessor Jacinta Allan’s reshuffle in April, this appears to be a major shake-up of portfolios.Gabrielle Williams, the deputy premier, takes on Carroll’s portfolio of education, amid a long-running pay dispute with the state’s public school teachers.Colin Brooks has been given the treasury portfolio, ending Jaclyn Symes’s time in the job. Symes was the state’s first female treasurer.Anthony Carbines, one of Carroll’s most loyal supporters, has lost his police portfolio but keeps racing and picks up…

Iran and Oman are closing in on an agreement to reopen shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian and American officials, but if the accord goes into effect it could come at a high price — ratifying Tehran’s control over what, before the war, was an open, international waterway.As described by officials familiar with the emerging accord, vessels heading into the Persian Gulf will transit a channel controlled by Iran, and close to its coast. Ships leaving the Gulf will travel on a channel near Oman.Iranian officials say that while there will be no tolls charged the…

A few hours after Dr. Anthony S. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right in refusing to answer questions from Senate Republicans last week, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took to social media to plug a book he published about Dr. Fauci in 2021, declaring it “the #1 non-fiction hardcover best-seller.”Later that day, Mr. Kennedy went on television to say much the same thing. “I wrote a book about Anthony Fauci in 2021,” he told the Fox News host Sean Hannity. “It was the biggest selling book of 2021. It sold 1.4 million copies.”Mr. Kennedy’s mini book tour came as…