5 things passengers don’t know about business class upgrades

Securing an upgrade can be convoluted, and the process can be difficult to grasp.

This CEO Is Creating a New Elite College Degree With Google and Microsoft — And Offering It for Only $10,000

Khan Academy founder and CEO Sal Khan is teaming up with Google, Microsoft and McKinsey to offer students a new option for ...
The Stanford Daily

500 and counting: The CS class students are lining up to take

CS 153: Frontier Systems may have a 500-student capacity, but it still has a waitlist. The course will feature a star-studded ...
Nextgov

OPM cuts degree requirements for government tech jobs in new standards

The changes have been years in the making and represent a federal hiring apparatus more focused on applicable skills than ...
CNBC

Basic business class is here with new, stripped-down United Polaris fares

United is segmenting its top-tier Polaris and premium economy cabins. The new "Base" Polaris fare will charge customers to pick a seat. It doesn't allow changes or entry to the Polaris lounge, though ...
AOL

United is rolling out 'basic business class' to make premium flying cheaper. Here's how it will work.

United wants more people to book its premium seats, so it found a way to make them cheaper — though less flexible.Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images United Airlines is changing how people fly ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Gardening with kids, basics of pruning and more at these upcoming gardening classes in Sonoma County

Basics of pruning: UC Master Gardeners of Sonoma County present a workshop on the basics of pruning from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 29 at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, in the fireside room, 282 ...
Newsweek

How Much It Takes To Be Middle Class in Every State: Full List

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. According to Visual Capitalist, which analyzed data from SmartAsset, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Pew Research Center, ...
KPLC

Epps Library offering free Computer Basics 101 class for adults

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - These days, many of us have grown up using computers, but for a lot of adults and older generations, that simply wasn’t the case. If you don’t know your way around a mouse ...
The Washington Post

Most Americans say they can only afford the basics, poll finds

Health care, new cars and new homes feel unaffordable to most Americans, a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll shows. Most Americans say that they can afford basic necessities like their current ...
New Atlas

Liberty Class autonomous naval ships can be cranked out like sausages

Where the Liberty Class diverges most significantly from its conventional predecessor is below decks, where it has been effectively “de-manned.” The internal layout eliminates the need for heating, ...
The New York Times

Training for New ICE Agents Is ‘Deficient’ and ‘Broken,’ Whistle-Blower Says

The former official appeared with congressional Democrats, who also released documents indicating significant reductions in instructional hours for recruits. By Nicholas Nehamas and Hamed Aleaziz ...