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Here’s how Columbus is getting more people to switch to electric cars

By admin 6 years ago

Part of the Smart Columbus initiative is increasing the rate of electric vehicle adoption in the area. [credit: Smart Columbus ]

In 2016, the city of Columbus, Ohio beat out nearly 80 other metropolises to win the Department of Transportation’s

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Initial findings put Boeing’s software at center of Ethiopian 737 crash

By admin 6 years ago

The Boeing 737 MAX's MCAS software was officially linked by FAA investigators to the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight earlier this month. The software was intended to compansate for the aerodynamic differences caused by the aircraft's larger engines.

Enlarge / The Boeing 737 MAX’s MCAS software was officially linked by FAA investigators to the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight earlier this month. The software was intended to compansate for the aerodynamic differences caused by the aircraft’s larger

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Serious Magento bug will likely be exploited in the wild by card skimmers

By admin 6 years ago

Serious Magento bug will likely be exploited in the wild by card skimmers

A critical vulnerability in the Magento e-commerce platform is putting as many as 300,000 commerce sites at risk of card-skimming infections until they install a recently released patch.

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UK cyber security officials report Huawei’s security practices are a mess

By admin 6 years ago

As Huawei makes its bid to roll out 5G, a UK government oversight board is not exactly thrilled with the company's security practices—or how it makes software.

Enlarge / As Huawei makes its bid to roll out 5G, a UK government oversight board is not exactly thrilled with the company’s security practices—or how it makes software.

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In 1959, Volvo gave us the seat belt—here’s what its safety team is building now

By admin 6 years ago

Although we make every effort to cover our own travel costs, in this case Volvo flew me to Gothenburg and provided two nights in a hotel.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden—Several years ago,

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A rogue’s gallery of bad actors is exploiting that critical WinRAR flaw

By admin 6 years ago

A rogue’s gallery of bad actors is exploiting that critical WinRAR flaw

A critical vulnerability in the WinRAR file-compression utility is under active attack by a wide range of bad actors who are exploiting the code-execution flaw to install password stealers and …

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Kintetsu Railway in Japan installs 42 Tesla Powerpacks as backup electricity

By admin 6 years ago

A view of the new Tesla Powerpack installation in Osaka. [credit: Tesla ]

On Wednesday, Tesla announced that it had installed a bank of 42 Powerpacks at a train station in Osaka to service the Kintetsu Railway during the summer

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Trump signs executive order to make America greater than EMPs

By admin 6 years ago

The aurora created by the Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test in 1962, as seen from Honolulu. The electromagnetic pulse from the blast has fed a host of worries about the potential for North Korea or some other state to destroy America with an EMP weapon.

Enlarge / The aurora created by the Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test in 1962, as seen from Honolulu. The electromagnetic pulse from the blast has fed a host of worries about the potential for North Korea or some other state

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