South Australia is fueling energy storage investment
Enlarge / An employee working for the manufacturer of solar batteries, Sonnen GmbH, in the Bavarian village of Wildpoldsried in southern Germany is pictured on July 5, 2016.
In September, …
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I’ve got a bridge to sell you. Why AutoCAD malware keeps chugging on
Criminal hackers continue to exploit a feature in Autodesk’s widely used AutoCAD program in an attempt to steal valuable computer-assisted designs for bridges, factory buildings, and other projects, researchers said …
Owner of failed nuclear plant might use golden parachute fund in settlement
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Today, South Carolina energy company SCANA and its potential purchaser Dominion Energy reached a settlement with class-action litigants to offer a …
Widely used open source software contained bitcoin-stealing backdoor
A hacker or hackers sneaked a backdoor into a widely used open source code library with the aim of surreptitiously stealing funds stored in bitcoin wallets, software developers said Monday.…
GM axes Volt, Cruze, and Impala for North America in cost-cutting move
Enlarge / Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, in Washington, DC, in 2015. (credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc)
GM is laying off thousands of workers and closing five plants, the company announced on Monday. The company is
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 …
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