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Scientists confirm that a space rock hit the Moon during the lunar eclipse

On January 19, 2019, a lunar eclipse dazzled observers throughout the Americas (and a sliver of Africa and Europe). After the event, some...

Highly efficient thermoelectric generation, but only in the cold

This being Ars, I expect that many readers are familiar with Peltier coolers, which make use of something called the thermoelectric effect and...

How to brew ancient Wari beer

When the people of the Wari Empire (predecessors of the Inca) abandoned the southern Andes around 1100 CE, they made sure nobody else...

Apple sets sights on services as iPhone revenue continues to fall

Today, Apple shared its fiscal second-quarter results with shareholders. After a tumultuous first quarter that saw CEO Tim Cook revise the company's guidance...

Zero-day attackers deliver a double dose of ransomware—no clicking required

Attackers have been actively exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in the widely used Oracle WebLogic server to install ransomware, with no clicking or...

Ajit Pai-proposed upgrade to 25Mbps starts paying off in rural areas

More than 106,000 rural homes and small businesses in 43 US states will get access to 25Mbps broadband at some point in the...

Ajit Pai-proposed upgrade to 25Mbps starts paying off for rural ISPs

More than 106,000 rural homes and small businesses in 43 US states will get access to 25Mbps broadband at some point in the...

Bloomberg alleges Huawei routers and network gear are backdoored

Vodafone, the largest mobile network operator in Europe, found backdoors in Huawei equipment between 2009 and 2011, reports Bloomberg. With these backdoors, Huawei...

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