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NYC to London in 1.5 hours: NASA’s officially working on commercial aircraft with speeds between Mach 2 and Mach 4, or from 1,535 to 3,045 miles per hour — twice the F/A-18’s Mach 1.8. That’s so fast your in-flight peanuts will catch up with you at the baggage claim.

⛳️ No ifs, ands or putts: A study found checking your phone for work-related tasks while playing golf hurts your game performance. Why? It’s called “attention residue,” or when you keep thinking about something long after putting your phone away. If you’re using your phone for distance measurements, pick up a rangefinder instead.

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Swan song: Here’s something to share: Spotify’s CEO earned $345 million in the last year. How does that compare to an artist on the service? They’d need 115 billion plays to earn the same amount in 12 months. Most earn $0.003 per stream. Btw, that’s 15 billion more streams than Drake has had so far.

Here VR, folks: Microsoft ordered a few hundred thousand micro-OLED displays for its next-gen VR headset. The plan is a device that makes watching movies and playing games more immersive. If Microsoft prices it under $500, they might have something. The $3,500 Apple Vision Pro was a complete bust.

🥩 7 million pounds of meat recalled: A third person has died after eating listeria-contaminated Boar’s Head meats (deli, bacon, hot dogs and sausage) made between May 10 and July 29, 2024. Here’s a full list of recalled products you need to throw out right now. This version has label photos.

🐻 Moo-ve away: A new Instagram filter, Selfie Control, warns when you’re too close when taking pics of wild animals. Right now, it’s exclusive to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and comes preloaded with distance requirements for bison, bears and moose. I mean, really, if you need an app for this, you’re just an idiot.

Oh, no, Sonos: Sonos isn’t releasing new products until they can fix their buggy app. Sounds like no big deal, but they say the repair could cost as much as $30 million. Yikes! The products in question? Rumors hint at a set-top TV streaming box and high-end Arc soundbar.

💸 This is funny: Microsoft wanted to give Apple their search site, Bing, for free. Apple said no thanks because Bing sucks and doesn’t generate enough ad revenue. Instead, Apple paid Google $22 billion so their search engine would be the default on iPhones. Microsoft should’ve called theirs Bang instead of Bing; all the guys would’ve been able to say, “Hey, I Banged Margot Robbie and a few other hotties last night.”