Japan, India Startups To Study Laser-equipped Satellites To Tackle Space Debris

Space Startups In Japan And India Have Agreed To Jointly Study Using Laser-equipped Satellites To Remove Debris From Orbit, An Experimental Approach To The Increasingly Imminent Problem Of Orbital Congestion.

China Economy Logs A Lackluster Performance In November As Retail Sales Slow

China’s Economy Logged A Mixed Performance In November, The Monthly Government Update Said Monday, With Retail Sales Slowing As Consumers Held Back On Spending On Non-essentials Like Cosmetics, Alcohol And Clothing.

Schools Targeted With AI Learning Apps Despite Experts Doubts

Apps Infused With AI Are Being Marketed To Schools Across The World And Governments Are Rushing To Embrace The Technology, Despite Experts Raising Serious Doubts.

Google Forges Ahead With Its Next Generation Of AI Technology While Fending Off A Breakup Threat

Google On Wednesday Unleashed Another Wave Of Artificial Intelligence Designed To Tackle More Of The Work And Thinking Done By Humans As It Tries To Stay On The Technology's Cutting Edge While Also Trying To Fend Off Regulatory Threats To Its Empire.

U.S. Firms Up $6.2 Bil Micron Funding To Boost Chipmaking

U.S. President Joe Biden's Administration Finalized Nearly $6.2 Billion In Funding For Micron Technology On Tuesday, Firming Up A Deal To Boost Domestic Semiconductor Production Before Donald Trump Returns To The White House.

Bluesky Isnt The New Twitter But Its Resemblance To The Old One Is Drawing Millions Of New Users

That’s The Question My Collaborators And I Asked Over 1,000 People On Social Media As Part Of A Broader Research Project On Twitter Migration. Responses Ranged From The Profane To The Poetic, But One Common Theme Was That Despite Its Significant Flaws, Twitter At Its Best Was Truly Great … Until It Wasn’t.

Chinas Ban On Key High Tech Materials Could Have Broad Impact On Industries, Economy

China Has Banned Exports Of Key Materials Used To Make A Wide Range Of Products, Including Smartphones, Electric Vehicles, Radar Systems And CT Scanners, Swiping Back At Washington After It Expanded Export Controls To Include Dozens Of Chinese Companies That Make Equipment Used To Produce Advanced Computer Chips.

European Satellites Launched To Create Artificial Solar Eclipses In Tech Demo

A Pair Of European Satellites Rocketed Into Orbit Thursday On The First Mission To Create Artificial Solar Eclipses Through Fancy Formation Flying In Space.

Global Push For Cooperation As Space Traffic Crowds Earth Orbit

The Rapid Increase In Satellites And Space Junk Will Make Low Earth Orbit Unusable Unless Companies And Countries Cooperate And Share The Data Needed To Manage That Most Accessible Region Of Space, Experts And Industry Insiders Said.

Japan To Use AI To Tackle Online Manga And Anime Piracy

Japan Is Planning To Use AI To Police Anime And Manga Pirating Websites That The Pop-culture Powerhouse Accuses Of Costing It Billions Of Dollars In Lost Revenue Every Year.

An 83-year-old Short Story By Borges Portends A Bleak Future For The Internet

In His 2019 Novel “Fall,” Science Fiction Author Neal Stephenson Imagined A Near Future In Which The Internet Still Exists. But It Has Become So Polluted With Misinformation, Disinformation And Advertising That It Is Largely Unusable.

Father Of PlayStation Says Everyone Told Us We Would Fail

The PlayStation Has Been A Colossal Consumer Hit, But Three Decades Ago, Its Creator Ken Kutaragi Struggled To Convince Both Game-makers And His Bosses At Sony That His Console Would Be A Winner.

As AI Gets Real, Slow And Steady Wins The Race

In The Wake Of ChatGPT's Dramatic Arrival Two Years Ago, Companies Are Excited About Generative AI's Possibilities But Heading Into 2025 With Careful Deliberation Rather Than Rushing To Transform Their Operations.

As Amazon Expands Use Of Warehouse Robots, What Will It Mean For Workers?

Amazon has Introduced A Handful Of Robots In Its Warehouses That The E-commerce Giant Says Will Improve Efficiency And Reduce employee Injuries.

Startup Transplants Pig Kidney Into Monkey For First Time In Japan

Japanese Startup PorMedTec Announced Monday That It Has Successfully Transplanted A Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney Into A Crab‐eating Macaque, A First In Japan That is Hoped Will Provide Insights Into The Future Use Of Animal Kidneys In Humans.

Bitcoin Ticks Closer To $100,000 In Extended Surge

Bitcoin Extended Its Streak Of Record Highs After Ticking Above $99,000 For The First Time. The Cryptocurrency Has Rocketed More Than 40% In Just Two Weeks.

Japan Ramps Up Tech Ambitions With ¥10 Tril For AI, Chips

Japan Is Readying A Big Push In Microchips And Artificial Intelligence Aimed At Reclaiming Its Status As A Global Tech Leader And Meeting The Urgent Challenges Of Its Aging, Shrinking Population.

U.S. To Call For Google To Sell Chrome Browser: Report

The U.S. Will Urge A Judge To Make Google-parent Company Alphabet Sell Its Widely Used Chrome Browser In A Major Antitrust Crackdown On The Internet Giant, According To A Media Report Monday.

EU Slaps Meta With A Nearly 800 Million Euro Fine For Engaging In Abusive Marketplace Practices

European Union Regulators Hit Facebook Parent Meta With A Fine Of Nearly 800 Million Euros On Thursday For What They Call “abusive Practices” Involving Its Marketplace Online Classified Ads Business.

Trump Victory Signals Golden Era For Crypto Industry

Donald Trump's Triumphant Return To The White House Signals A Potential Golden Era For Cryptocurrencies, Whose Influential Backers Heavily Supported His Presidential Bid.

China J-35A Stealth Fighter Is Black Box Despite Splashy Debut

China's Much-anticipated J-35A Stealth Aircraft, Centerpiece Of This Week's Zhuhai Air Show, Has Been More Than A Decade In The Making, But Experts Say Little Is Known About Its Capabilities.

Is AI Dominance Inevitable? A Technology Ethicist Says No, Actually

Anyone Following The Rhetoric Around Artificial Intelligence In Recent Years Has Heard One Version Or Another Of The Claim That AI Is Inevitable. Common Themes Are That AI Is Already Here, It Is Indispensable, And People Who Are Bearish On It Harm Themselves.

First Artwork By Humanoid Robot Sells For $1.3 Mil

A Portrait Of English Mathematician Alan Turing Became The First Artwork By A Humanoid Robot To Be Sold At Auction, Fetching $1,320,000 On Thursday.

South Korea Fines Meta For Illegal Collection Of User Data

U.S. Tech Giant Meta Illegally Harvested Sensitive Data Including On Sexual Orientation From Nearly A Million South Korean Facebook Users And Shared It With Advertisers, Seoul's Data Watchdog Said Tuesday.

Who Should Get Paid For Nature Sequenced Genes?

Much Of The Vanilla That Flavors Our Ice Cream Today Is Artificial, Derived From The Genetic Signature Of A Plant That Hundreds Of Years Ago Was Known Only To An Indigenous Mexican Tribe.

Your Next Favorite Story Won’t Be Written By AI – But It Could Be Some Day

Stories Define People – They Shape Our Relationships, Cultures And Societies. Unlike Other Skills Replaced By Technology, Storytelling Has Remained Uniquely Human, Setting People Apart From Machines. But Now, Even Storytelling Is Being Challenged. Artificial Intelligence, Powered By Vast Datasets, Can Generate Stories That Sometimes Rival, Or Even Surpass, Those Written By Humans.

Researchers Say An AI-powered Transcription Tool Used In Hospitals Invents Things No One Ever Said

Tech Behemoth OpenAI Has Touted Its Artificial Intelligence-powered Transcription Tool Whisper As Having Near “human Level Robustness And Accuracy.”

Apple Launches IPhone Into AI Era With Free Software Update

Apple Is Releasing A Free Software Update That Will Inject Its First Dose Of Artificial Intelligence Into Its IPhone 16 Lineup As The Trendsetting Company Tries To Catch Up With Technology's Latest Craze.

An AI Chatbot Pushed A Teen To Kill Himself, Lawsuit Against Its Creator Alleges

In The Final Moments Before He Took His Own Life, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III Took Out His Phone And Messaged The Chatbot That Had Become His Closest Friend.

Google Urged To Step Up Efforts To Demonetize Climate Falsehoods

Civil Society Groups Have Urged Google In An Open Letter To Rigorously Enforce Its Policy To Demonetize Environmental Disinformation, Saying Ads Placed Alongside Climate Denial Content Persistently Popped Up Despite The Tech Titan's Pledge To Crack Down.

Taiwan TSMC Stops Shipments To Client After Chips Sent To Huawei

Taiwanese Chipmaking Giant TSMC Halted Shipments To A Customer This Month After Its Semiconductors Were Sent To China's Huawei, A Taipei Government Official Told AFP, Potentially Breaching U.S. Sanctions.

Big Tech Energy Needs Mean Nuclear Power Is Getting A Fresh Look From Electricity Providers

Nuclear Power Is Garnering Renewed Attention Amid Growing Demand For Power And Cleaner Energy.

Fake AI History Photos Cloud The Past

A Wave Of Touching Photos Showing Great Moments In Time Is Fascinating Amateur Historians Online. The Problem? They Are Not Real -- And May Be Clouding Our View Of The Past.

Microsoft Settles Video Gamers Lawsuit Over Activision Takeover

Microsoft Corp Has Settled A Lawsuit From A Group Of Gamers Who Sued To Try To Stop The Company From Buying Video Game Publisher Activision Blizzard For $69 Billion Last Year.

Google Signs Nuclear Power Deal With Startup Kairos

Google On Monday Signed A Deal To Get Electricity From Small Nuclear Reactors To Help Power Artificial Intelligence.

Super Bundling: Bangos Strategy For Transforming The Subscription Economy

Bango, A Major Player In Mobile Payments And Subscription Bundling, Helps Consumers To Charge Digital Content And Services Directly To Their Mobile Phone Bills Through Its Digital Vending Machine Technology.

AI Bubble Or Revolution? OpenAI S Big Payday Fuels Debate

Fear Of Missing Out Has Rocketed The Value Of Artificial Intelligence Companies, Despite Few Signs As To When The Technology Will Turn A Profit, Raising Talk Of AI Overenthusiasm.

What Next For OpenAI After $157 Billion Bonanza?

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI Has Become An AI Powerhouse After Securing Silicon Valley's Largest-ever Funding Round. The Company Now Faces The Challenge Of Delivering On Its Promise To Become The Next Apple Or Google.

Meta AI Turns Pictures Into Videos With Sound

Meta On Friday Provided A Look At A Generative Artificial Intelligence Model It Is Working On That Lets People Create Short Videos, Complete With Audio, From Text Prompts And Photos.

EU Queries Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube Over Harmful Content Risks

The EU Voiced Concerns About "harmful" Content Posted On Snapchat, TikTok And YouTube As It Told The Digital Platforms On Wednesday To Hand Over More Information On How Their Platforms Recommend Content To Users.

Epic Games Sues Google And Samsung Over App Store

"Fortnite"-maker Epic Games Is Suing Tech Giants Google And Samsung, It Announced Monday, Accusing Them Of Illegally Colluding To Block Competition On Samsung Devices.

AI At Tokyo Game Show 2024: Revolution Or Replacement?

As The Tokyo Game Show 2024, Which Ended Sunday, The Gaming Industry Was Buzzing With Questions About The Future Of Generative AI. Developers Are Increasingly Integrating AI Into Game Creation, Utilizing It For Procedural Content Generation, Enhancing NPC Behavior And Automating Backend Processes Like Quality Assurance And Server Optimization.

Nuking A Huge Asteroid Could Save Earth, Lab Experiment Suggests

Humanity Could Use A Nuclear Bomb To Deflect A Massive, Life-threatening Asteroid Hurtling Towards Earth In The Future, According To Scientists Who Tested The Theory In The Laboratory By Blasting X-rays At A Marble-sized "mock Asteroid".

Japan Launches H2A Rocket With Reconnaissance Satellite After Delays

An H2A Liquid-fuel Rocket Carrying An Information-gathering Satellite Was Launched On Thursday From A Southwestern Japan Island, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd Said.

Hospital Shortcomings Forced 509 Patients To Abandon Organ Transplants

A Total Of 509 Patients In Japan Had To Give Up On Organ Transplant Operations Last Year Because Hospitals Were Unable To Carry Out Such Procedures, A Health Ministry Survey Showed Tuesday.

Daiichi Wants To Go It Alone In Search For Targeted Cancer Drugs

The Japanese Cancer Drug Powerhouse Daiichi Sankyo Has Its Sights On The Next Generation Of Targeted Oncology Drugs, And This Time It Might Not Need A Partner To Get It Over The Line.

Japans Arctic Research Vessel Mirai Reaches Sea Ice Area

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The Japanese Oceanographic Research Vessel Mirai Conducted Observations In An Arctic Ocean Area With Sea Ice For The First Time This Voyage On Monday Local Time.

Dementia Advocates Worry Public Attitudes Preventing Diagnosis

Eighty Percent Of The Public Thinks Dementia Is A Normal Part Of Aging, Meaning The Need For A Correct Diagnosis And Care For People With The Condition Is Possibly Being Neglected,

New Mouse Models Can Boost Japan S Drug Development: National Cancer Center

The National Cancer Center Japan (NCC) Has Announced The Start Of A New Clinical Trial For An Anticancer Drug Prescreened With Tumor-bearing Mice, Saying The Use Of Such Mouse Models Could Significantly Accelerate The Nation’s Drug Development.

Scientists Win Ig Nobel For Discovering Anal Breathing In Mammals

A Research Team Of Japanese And American Scientists Won The Ig Nobel Prize In Physiology Thursday For Discovering That Mammals Are Capable Of Breathing Through Their Anuses, Which They Hope Will Help Treat People With COVID-19 And Other Respiratory Diseases.

The Terrifying Way That Eels Escape A Hungry Fish S Stomach

For Most Animals, Ending Up In A Predator’s Stomach Means All Is Lost. But Not For Japanese Eels.

Out-of-pocket Costs For Off-patent Drugs To Rise In October

A System Revision In Japan In October Will Increase Out-of-pocket Expenses For Patients Who Choose The Original Version Of Drugs With Expired Patents Over Their Generic Counterparts.A System Revision In Japan In October Will Increase Out-of-pocket Expenses For Patients Who Choose The Original Version Of Drugs With Expired Patents Over Their Generic Counterparts.

One Small Step For Women: Microsatellite Built By Japanese Amateurs Put Into Orbit

A Microsatellite Built By Women In Japan Who Had No Experience In Space Development Was Launched Into Space Last Month And Began Operating In Orbit Around Earth.

Students Clothing At School Health Checkups Comes Into Focus

Health Checkups At Elementary And Junior High Schools Are Facing Scrutiny Following A Number Of Complaints From Children And Their Guardians Over Students Being Made To Undergo Examinations Half Naked.