LGES and Honda will invest a total of $4.4 billion to establish this joint venture. The plant will produce pouch-type batteries that will be supplied exclusively to Honda facilities in North America. “Aligned with our longstanding commitment to build products close to the customer, Honda is committed to the local procurement of EV batteries which is a critical component of EVs,” Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe said in a statement. SEE: Honda plans to launch 30 EVs by 2030, including two sports cars The location for the plant is yet to be determined but construction will begin in early 2023, which will allow for the mass production of advanced lithium-ion battery cells by the end of 2025....

The unit is an “Apple Computer A” prototype — a circuit board rather than a fully assembled Apple-1 PC — but with suitable provenance and legend that should see it sold for at least $500,000 at Boston-based RR Auction. This prototype is the one that Steve Jobs in 1976 demoed to Paul Terrell, the owner of the Byte Shop in Mountain View, who convinced Jobs to sell his product as an assembled computer rather than as a circuitboard....

Now, I don’t like only having a single copy of important data. It makes me feel uncomfortable. While SD and microSD cards are incredibly robust, things can go wrong. And on top of that, they are easily lost. Or, you might pop it into a camera or drone and hit Format, before you remember you’ve not taken the data off of it. Also: Looking for a cheap digital camera? These are all priced under $450 The problem is, unless you have access to a computer, backing up storage cards when out and about can be tricky....

For instance, how do you ensure that an employee is doing what they are being paid to do during the hours they’re contracted to work? If your employee took on a new full-time job without telling you, how would you know that they were claiming two pay checks at the end of each month? While the idea of working two full-time jobs is many employees’ idea of hell, the reality is that it does happen, and appears to have become more prevalent – or at least, easier to get away with – since remote working became the standard for many....

The botnet – which Cloudflare calls Mantis and which is named after the small, razor-legged prawn – generated a short but record-breaking DDoS attack in June that peaked at 26 million HTTPS requests per second (rps). The Mantis botnet has hijacked virtual machines and servers hosted by cloud companies rather than relying on low-bandwidth Internet of Things (IoT) devices. SEE: Google: Half of zero-day exploits linked to poor software fixes Cloudflare argues Mantis is the next evolution of the Meris botnet, which relied on IoT devices like compromised MikroTik routers to attack popular websites....

Over the weekend, security researchers discovered a malicious Word document that was uploaded to Google-owned VirusTotal on 25 May from an IP address in Belarus. Security researcher Kevin Beaumont found that the malicious document – or ‘maldoc’ – was allowed to execute code via the legitimate Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (msdt.exe) even when macros are disabled. The malicious Word document calls up MSDT in Windows via the ‘ms-msdt’ URL protocol....

A recent conversation with Peters regarding the on-going and concurrent crisis layers that are deeply hurting our country and the globe – health, economic, racial, climate, and lack of leadership – revealed that Peters has incredibly well-informed opinions and recommendation, all based on extensive research and data, and yet he reminds us that more work needs to be done to execute better decisions and actions that can produce better and more equitable outcomes....

The research firm put together this list by identifying key insights from more than 2,000 technologies and applied frameworks that it profiles each year. Gartner grouped emerging technology trends around three themes: expansion of immersive experiences, acceleration of AI Automation and optimization of technologist delivery. Technology that evolves and expands immersive experiences is important because the future of digital experiences lies in immersive technology, the analyst said. It identified the metaverse, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), super apps and Web3, decentralized identity, digital humans and digital twin of the customer and internal talent marketplaces as the technologies to watch in this category....

This bundle has courses for all levels of experience, from beginning to advanced. Start with “Introduction to Python Training”, then follow it up with “The Python Mega Course: Build 10 Real-World Applications” and “Advanced Python Training”. You’ll be ready to apply for new jobs after the first course and then take the others to keep moving up. Data science is huge, and that’s not going to change any time soon....

Transport for NSW customer strategy and technology deputy secretary Joost de Kock said the plan would lay the foundation for future robotaxi services. “We’re excited to be working with Motional to start laying the foundation for a driverless future in NSW. Today’s studies may very well shape how our communities move around in years to come,” he said. Speaking at the virtual Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2021 on Tuesday, De Cock outlined that adopting connect autonomous vehicles would “improve the safety and efficiency of our road network and ultimately save lives”....

Twitter machine learning engineer Kyra Yee and user researcher Irene Font Peradejordi noted that the bias bounty challenge that took place in August was partially spurred by complaints from Twitter users in October 2020 about an image cropping feature that was found to have cut out Black faces in favor of white faces. Users even illustrated the problem using photos of former US President Barack Obama, showing that his face, and any others with darker skin, were cropped out of images that instead focused on white faces in the same photo....

For the past couple of weeks, I have been carrying an early prototype of the Unihertz Titan Pocket, a significantly smaller version of the Titan that still has a physical QWERTY keyboard and rugged design. It’s available on Kickstarter for another couple of weeks for $221 or $399 for two of them, with plans to ship the phone in September 2021. Also: Unihertz Jelly 2.0 review: Tiny Android 10 smartphone packs a punch The Titan Pocket is the sixth phone launched on Kickstarter by Unihertz and I’ve had the opportunity to test out the last five....

(A screenshot from a United Airlines video.) I know you don’t want the job, but it’s only for a day, and I think you could do it well. So what are your first priorities? Try and cancel fewer flights, perhaps? Hire and train a few more pilots? Please, passengers, with a few unexpected touches? You’ll surely want to motivate your hard-working employees to keep doing their jobs in often extremely trying conditions....

The work out of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET) said that “growing” electronic components directly onto a semiconductor block avoids messy, noisy oxidation scattering that slows and impedes electronic operation. UNSW Professor Alex Hamilton said the home-grown, all single-crystal design would be ideal for making ultra-small electronic devices, quantum dots, and for quantum bit (qubit) applications. “Making computers faster requires ever-smaller transistors, with these electronic components now only a handful of nanometres in size – there are around 12 billion transistors in the postage-stamp sized central chip of modern smartphones,” the researchers said....

“MuddyWater is an Iranian threat group; previously, industry has reported that MuddyWater has primarily targeted Middle Eastern nations, and has also targeted European and North American nations,” Cyber Command said in a notice. “MuddyWater is a subordinate element within the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).” On Twitter, Cyber Command said MuddyWater was using a suite of malware for espionage and malicious activity, with attribution provided by the FBI National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force....

The California-based company, which provides high-speed satellite broadband services, told ZDNet the outages were caused by a cyberattack. “Our investigation into the outage continues, but so far we believe it was caused by a cyber event. We are investigating and analyzing our European network and systems to identify the root cause and are taking additional network precautions to prevent further impacts while we attempt to recover service to affected customers,” said Christina Phillips, vice president of public relations at Viasat....

Full disclosure: This doorbell will require the wires and chime connections from your old doorbell, so don’t get rid of those to make way for this smart one. You also may want to opt for professional installation, but these upfront quirks shouldn’t scare you away from the perks of this amazing doorbell. Featured in our picks for best doorbells, the Eufy Security Wi-Fi video doorbell offers a 2K HD resolution with a 2560 x 1920 quality....

As part of its foray into the Australian BNPL market, the payment giant has partnered with ANZ and Quest Payment Systems. This will allow Australian consumers with existing ANZ credit cards to access Visa Installments when they’re making payments in-store or online, without taking any extra steps. Customers can view their installment purchases, balances, and repayment information using their existing ANZ banking app. Best buy now, pay later app 2021...

For example, I could watch this robot excavator dig all day. The truth is, you’re going to be watching a lot of robots at work soon. That’s because the construction industry is facing an unprecedented transformation as workers retire and competition heats up for more efficient building processes. While you may not be a construction worker, you should pay close attention, as this sector is a bellwether for the quickening march of automation....

The reason for the investor enthusiasm is readily apparent. This year saw e-commerce sales penetration more than double to 35%, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic’s acceleration of existing online shopping trends. The same-day delivery market in the US is poised to grow by $9.82 billion over the next four years. Meanwhile, supply chain catastrophes and strained fulfillment capacity has created a bottleneck. Fabric thinks it can solve the problem with a fully integrated micro-fulfillment process powered by AI and robots....