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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Boom - The Untold Story

Axe-throwing and escape room firm warns on profits amid consumer weakness

Bosses said the group’s Boom Battle Bar brand has been particularly impacted with market pressures.

Evening Standard

Boom Battle Bar slows down expansion plans over falling sales

The announcement sent group shares tumbling in early trading

The Independent UK

Supersonic airline outfit Boom unveils turbine for AI data centers — 42 MW Superpower turbine uses the same tech designed to power Concorde successor to Mach 1.7 at 60,000 ft

Superpower gas turbine will efficiently feed AI datacenters

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BOOM Esports disbands Dota 2 division in preparation for ‘next adventure’

This is the end of an era for SEA Dota 2.

Dot Esports

Don't tough it out: tradies' mental health in focus

For years, tradies were told to "toughen up and live with it" if they faced mental health challenges, but now the industry is tackling them head-on.

AAP

New York to Los Angeles in 3 hours? Executive order could make it possible by 2027, reopening the door for commercial supersonic flight

A new executive order repeals a 52-year-old ban on commercial supersonic flights, while new technology can make supersonic flight quieter than ever before.

Space

Supersonic flight: Will passengers ever break the sound barrier again?

Exclusive: Zoom may make life difficult for Boom, the most serious enterprise working on ‘son of Concorde’

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New York to Los Angeles in 3 hours? Executive order could make it possible by 2027, reopening the door for commercial supersonic flight

A new executive order repeals a 52-year-old ban on commercial supersonic flights, while new technology can make supersonic flight quieter than ever before.

LiveScience

Trump brings the BOOM! New order opens skies across US to supersonic flights

The U.S. has banned faster-than-sound air travel over the interior of the country for more than a half-century

The Independent UK

Boom boom culture: fashion’s flashy, sleazy and sudden vibe shift

Trump is back in office, shame is seemingly out and greed is in – with conspicuous consumerism on the catwalks and beyond. Look around and you could be back in 1987 ...

The Guardian - UK

Is Concorde back? Supersonic flight prepares for a second takeoff

Boom Supersonic, aka Concorde 2.0, is aiming to fly passengers from 2030. CEO Blake Scholl shares his plans with William Hosie

Evening Standard

Watch an Amazon Turbo Diesel Mini Bike Get a 400% Speed Increase

There are so many insane motorcycle and powersport builds on YouTube that it's hard to keep track of. But the ones that interest me the most are when a creator takes products that are easily available to everyone and relatively cheap and puts them together to create a monster—I'm not…

RideApart

The Killer – the hitman comic that inspired the Michael Fassbender movie of the same name – returns with Affairs of the State II

Series creators Matz and Luc Jacamon will also return

GamesRadar

Supersonic Commercial Air Travel Is On Its Way

And with (mostly) private dollars.

Reason

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Evening Standard

Why did Concorde stop flying? And could it make a comeback?

US aerospace firm wants to accept passengers by the end of 2029. But what was Concorde, its famous supersonic plane predecessor?

Space

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier 3 times on final test flight (video, photos)

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 pathfinder vehicle went out in style on Monday (Feb. 10), breaking the sound barrier three times on its 13th and final test flight.

The Independent UK

First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert

A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier

The Independent UK

Will Boom bring boom time back to supersonic travel? 'New Concorde' prompts revival talk

The aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic is the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier

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The Guardian - UK

Supersonic prototype jet breaks sound barrier on US test flight

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 hit Mach 1.1 over Mojave desert, bringing company closer to planned supersonic airliner

Evening Standard

Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier above Mojave Desert

The achievement marks a significant milestone in the revival of supersonic passenger travel

The Independent UK

Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier for the first time during historic test flight

Boom Supersonic made history when its XB-1 prototype jet broke the sound barrier for the first time.

Space

Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on historic test flight (video)

Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on a test flight over the American desert.

Space

Boom Supersonic to break sound barrier during historic test flight today: Watch live

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft will break the sound barrier for the first time during a Jan. 28 test flight, and you can watch the action live.

Space

Boom Supersonic's next-generation XB-1 passenger plane 1 step away from breaking the sound barrier

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde after acing its 11th test and reaching 0.95 Mach at low altitudes.

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