Hybrid theory: Lockheed Martin, Boeing pitch upgraded F-22, F-15
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Almost since the day the last F-22 Raptor fighter jet rolled out of Lockheed Martin’s assembly plant, the US Air …
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EPA reconsidering biofuel targets after production goals are missed
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This week, two anonymous sources told Reuters that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering revising biofuel quotas downward after years of underperformance from the biofuel industry.
Biofuel, which is predominantly
Bloodhound SSC: How do you build a car capable of 1,000mph?
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Update: It’s Thanksgiving weekend in the US, so many Ars staffers are working through leftovers instead of to-do lists. And with the recent news that one of the most interesting land-speed engineering projects around is experiencing
From efficiency to airflow, it’s a golden age for racing tech in our driveways
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Update: It’s Thanksgiving week in the US, and many Ars staffers are currently sleeping off all yesterday’s tryptophan (or Soylent, we guess). So with a new racing season soon upon us, we’re resurfacing a piece
Potentially disastrous Rowhammer bitflips can bypass ECC protections
Enlarge / A DDR3 DIMM with error-correcting code from Samsung. ECC is no longer an absolute defense against Rowhammer attacks.
In early 2015, researchers unveiled Rowhammer, a cutting-edge hack …
Amazon customers’ names and email addresses disclosed by website error
Some Amazon customers woke up on Wednesday to an email saying a technical error caused the site to disclose their names and email addresses. While Amazon officials have said the …
The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really?
Enlarge / Remember this guy?
Digital privacy has come a long way since June 2013. In the five years since documents provided by Edward Snowden became the …
E-commerce site is infected not by one, but two card skimmers
Payment card skimming that steals consumers’ personal information from e-commerce sites has become a booming industry over the past six months, with high-profile attacks against Ticketmaster, British Airways, Newegg…
Ajit Pai wants to raise rural broadband speeds from 10Mbps to 25Mbps
The Federal Communications Commission is planning to raise the rural broadband standard from 10Mbps to 25Mbps in a move that would require faster Internet speeds in certain government-subsidized networks.
The …