Honda Prologue, Acura ZDX qualify for full $7,500 EV tax credit
The 2024 Honda Prologue and 2024 Acura ZDX will both qualify for the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit, Honda and its Acura luxury brand have confirmed. For the Prologue, which is scheduled to start arriving at dealerships in the coming weeks, the $7,500 credit applies to the purchase of vehicles built after February 26, […]
Caltech Uses AM to Create Biohybrid Robotic Jellyfish
Caltech researchers have devised biohybrid robotic jellyfish, equipped with electronic enhancements and prosthetic attachments. These additions, including streamlined 3D printed forebodies and swimming pacemakers, propel the robots to swim up to 4.5 times faster than natural jellyfish, even while carrying payloads, at a mere $20 production cost. Artist impression of the jellyfish (left) and the […]
Japan Blames North Korea for PyPI Supply Chain Cyberattack
Japanese cybersecurity officials warned that North Korea’s infamous Lazarus Group hacking team recently waged a supply chain attack targeting the PyPI software repository for Python apps. Threat actors uploaded tainted packages with names such as “pycryptoenv” and “pycryptoconf” — similar in name to the legitimate “pycrypto” encryption toolkit for Python. Developers who get tricked into […]
Ethereum Foundation Grants Program Wave 5
The Ethereum Foundation Grants Program is an ongoing and continually improving experiment into how the EF can best invest the Ethereum community’s resources for the highest long-term impact on the Ethereum ecosystem. When the Grants Program began in early 2018, the core focus was on supporting scalability efforts. This focus later expanded to include security, […]
Beyond human intelligence: Claude 3.0 and the quest for AGI
Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Last week, Anthropic unveiled the 3.0 version of their Claude family of chatbots. This model follows Claude 2.0 (released only eight months ago), showing how fast this industry is evolving. With this latest release, Anthropic […]
RM257 million required to maintain KTMB assets; Phase 1 train track upgrading to be complete Q2 2024
A sum of RM257 million is required for the annual maintenance of railway assets managed by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB), New Straits Times has reported. According to transport minister Anthony Loke, the sum is aimed at supporting a reliable rail system, and that KTMB is currently upgrading its electrification system for the Klang Valley […]
California’s first innovative fire-resistant 3D printed ADU unveiled in Walnut
Build Construction Group has partnered with the City of Walnut and the Los Angeles County Fire Department to construct the U.S.’s first fire-resistant, onsite-built concrete accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in Walnut. Led by Builtech Construction Group, the project is progressing smoothly, with the installation of plumbing and sewage systems currently underway. Following this phase, RIC […]