Technology
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Drones Help Solve Forest Carbon Capture Riddle
CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AFP-Jiji) — On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern Thai...
December 27, 2023
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Satellite Data Finds Mexico Emitted ‘extreme’ Amounts of Potent Methane
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — Mexico emitted “extreme” amounts of methane from a natural gas pipeline runn...
December 27, 2023
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NRA OK’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Restart; Approval by Local Governments Still Needed (Update 1)
The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided Wednesday to effectively lift a ban on operations of Tokyo ...
December 27, 2023
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Govt to Subsidize Battery Production Equipment; Manufacturers to be Encouraged to Form Alliances
A new subsidy program to support makers producing equipment for the production of storage batteries ...
December 27, 2023
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JAXA Successfully Puts Lunar Probe into Orbit
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Monday that it has successfu...
December 26, 2023
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Geoffrey Hinton, ‘Godfather of AI,’ Warns of Combat Robots and Tailored Fake News
NEW YORK — Geoffrey Hinton, a leading researcher on artificial intelligence, has warned of the risks...
December 7, 2023
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Joby Shows Off Electric Air Taxis in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Electric air taxis could be transporting passengers from JFK Airport to downtow...
November 23, 2023
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Man Posts Fake Videos of Former PMs Abe, Suga, Using AI Techniques Learned from Creator of Bogus Kishida Video
Fake videos of former prime ministers Shinzo Abe and Yoshihide Suga using generative artificial int...
November 11, 2023
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Autonomous Driving Could Get ¥2.7 Billion Boost from Japanese Govt
The government is considering earmarking ¥2.7 billion in its fiscal 2023 supplementary budget to sup...
November 10, 2023
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Wastewater Beer Aims to Help Quench U.S. Drought
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP-Jiji) — With its golden hue and light fruity flavor, the beer being sipped by Aar...
October 26, 2023
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JAXA Begins New Rain Forecasting Satellite Development; Hopes for Enhanced Prediction of Typhoon Paths, Intensity
Courtesy of JAXAA graphical representation of the kind of data that the Precipitation Radar satellit...
October 24, 2023
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Oldest Human-made Wood Structure Found in Zambia
Along the banks of the Kalambo River in Zambia near Africa’s second-highest waterfall, archaeologist...
October 18, 2023
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‘Mona Lisa’ Shows Secret about How Masterpiece Was Painted
PARIS (AP) — The “Mona Lisa” has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical st...
October 18, 2023
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Sweden Puts Women in Driver’s Seat with Female Crash Test Dummy
LINKOPING, Sweden (AFP-Jiji) — Her name is SET 50F and she’s the world’s first female crash test dum...
October 14, 2023
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U.S. Slaps TV Provider with 1st-ever Space Debris Fine
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — U.S. authorities said they have issued a “breakthrough” first-ever fine over...
October 13, 2023
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