Somewhere between shadowy airline deals and AI pipe dreams, the future is being built — mostly on contradictions.
The case of the missing 777s. Somehow they slipped into Iran despite sanctions. The Professor isn’t shocked, just intrigued.
https://simpleflying.com/boeing-777s-transfered-iran-despite-sanctions/
Blockchain might finally find its use case — Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon think $7.1 trillion in money markets is worth tokenizing.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/goldman-bny-mellon-tokenize-71t-money-market-industry-marcel-van-oost-u6qhf/
Trump’s plan for AI is long on bravado, short on, well, everything else.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8nxrk207o
Hotel chains are finding out that Direct Booking may not be the magic bullet they hoped for. Fascinating detail here.
https://h2c.de/work/research/2024-hotel-direct-booking-acceleration-study/
KKR picks up a minority stake in eTraveli. One to keep an eye on, especially with Booking in the frame.
https://www.phocuswire.com/kkr-minority-stake-etraveli-booking-holdings
Quirky Pick:
Apparently, birds can “feel” magnetic fields — with their eyes. Yes, eyes. Makes the Professor’s built-in compass feel outdated.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-024-01678-w
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