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DEF CON focuses on vehicle security and beyond in wake of Jeep hack

Last month, security researchers Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller made headlines when they remotely hacked a Jeep Cherokee, killing the transmission as a Wired reporter drove at high-speed down the freeway. But with cars representing only a subset of the … Continue reading →

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Is the New Google More Like Berkshire Hathaway, General Electric or AT&T?

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The close: TSX bounces higher on banks, energy, mining gains

The best day for Canadian miners this year lifted the nation’s benchmark stock index after a two-day slide on Monday. Raw-materials producers surged the most since December as Canadian stocks snapped back from a 1.2-per-cent drop last week. Mining companies … Continue reading →

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The Blue Dream Bugatti plane designed 75 years ago to have maiden flight in weeks

Replica Bugatti 100P has completed engine tests and will fly in weeks  Plane has been created by Scottish and US engineers based on the original 1937 prototype by the Italian car designer, which was never completed Bugatti hid his plane … Continue reading →

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Model airplane group seeks to restore image tarnished by drone pilots

An industry group representing hobby model airplane enthusiasts since 1936 has asked federal agencies to stop characterizing their members as the irresponsible drone pilots who interfere with aircraft fighting wildfires. The Indiana-based Academy of Model Aeronautics said in December that … Continue reading →

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The harrowing story of the Nagasaki bombing mission

Editor’s note: Before he died in 2005, retired Navy man Frederick L. Ashworth revealed some little-known information about the dropping of the Nagasaki atomic bomb to his friend and neighbor, Ellen Bradbury, who subsequently wrote it down. Ashworth had been … Continue reading →

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WWII icon gets a birthday facelift

Sleek and silver, bright and shiny, this recently restored B-29 Superfortress is on exhibit at Heritage Park, the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History’s outdoor exhibit area. It was delivered to the Army Air Forces 70 years ago today. … Continue reading →

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