AI monitors lonely elders , In South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea : In a cramped office in eastern Seoul, Hwang Seungwon points a remote control toward a huge NASA-like overhead screen stretching across one of the walls. With …
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SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with International Space Station
WASHINGTON : A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying two NASA astronauts docked Sunday with the International Space Station, the first time a crewed U.S. spacecraft has performed the feat in …
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Hello and welcome: Robot waiters to the rescue amid virus
RENESSE, Netherlands : You can always count on a robot for perfect timing. When Shaosong Hu saw robotic waiters serving food in China last fall, he knew exactly what he …
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Google rejects call for huge Australian media payout
SYDNEY : Google has rejected demands it pay hundreds of millions of dollars per year in compensation to Australian news media under a government-imposed revenue sharing deal. The company’s top …
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University students launch COVID-19 multilingual support project
UTSUNOMIYA : Current and former students of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies have launched a website in 13 languages to help foreigners in Japan stay abreast of information on …
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ByteDance owner of TikTok moves to shift power out of China
BEIJING/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON : TikTok’s poaching of Disney’s Kevin Mayer to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its …
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Japanese UX design firm Goodpatch files for IPO, pushing its valuation to $40M
Tokyo-based user experience and interface (UX/UI) design agency Goodpatch announced today it has applied to be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and was approved. The company will be listed on the …
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U.S. joins G7 artificial intelligence group to counter China
The U.S. has joined an international panel for setting ethical guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence. The Trump administration had earlier dismissed the idea. The White House’s chief technology …
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Tokyo gov’t to trial 5G antenna-equipped smart poles with Sumitomo Corp and NEC
TOKYO : Sumitomo Corp and NEC Corp have concluded an agreement with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on the preliminary/trial installation and verification of smart poles in the Shinjuku area of …
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Joint venture by Mapbox and SoftBank to provide mapping tech to Japanese developers
SoftBank Corp. and Mapbox, the mapping data company that competes with Google and Here, announced that they have established a joint venture called Mapbox Japan. The JV will provide Mapbox’s mapping platform, including APIs …
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