Technology
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PayPay Launches Service for Cashless Offerings at Shrine, Temple; Services Aims to Simplify, Speed up Donating
PayPay Corp. has launched a service that allows users to make cashless offerings through its app ...
December 30, 2024
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AI Breathes Fresh Life into New Year’s Customs; Avoiding Car Congestion near Shrines, Adding New Ideas to Cuisine
Artificial intelligence continues to spread rapidly in society, and the technology is being utili...
December 30, 2024
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Govt Plans to Boost Facilities at H3 Rocket Launch Site in Effort to Increase Launch Numbers
In an effort to boost the country’s space business, the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and T...
December 22, 2024
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‘Primitive’ Beers Draw Crowds at Belgian Brewery
BRUSSELS (AFP-Jiji) — Winding between copper vats and oak barrels, a cluster of early-morning vi...
December 18, 2024
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Japan’s Space One Terminates Kairos Rocket Mid-flight; Investigation into Launch Failure to Be Conducted (UPDATE 1)
The No. 2 Kairos rocket’s Wednesday launch ended in failure mid-flight. Space One Co. said it mad...
December 18, 2024
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Nobel Prize Winner Warns Against Rapid Progress of AI; Geoffrey Hinton Calls for Caution during Award Banquet in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM — This year's Nobel Prizes were dominated by research related to AI. Professor Emeritus...
December 11, 2024
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‘Morphing’ Wheel May Transform Lives, Robots
DAEJEON, South Korea (Reuters) — Imagine a wheelchair equipped with wheels flexible enough to nav...
November 22, 2024
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Experimental Measures Against Bears Using Drones, AI; System Distinguishes Bear from Costume, Mistakes Bear Face for Cat
AKITA — A demonstration experiment was conducted in Akita Prefecture to test a system using artif...
November 21, 2024
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Fugaku Ranked 6th For Speed Among World Supercomputers; U.S. Systems Sweep Top 4 in Twice-Yearly Assessment
The Fugaku supercomputer placed sixth in the Top500 world rankings for computing speed, the Riken...
November 19, 2024
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JAXA Successfully Launches Observation Rocket from Kagoshima Prefecture; Mission Is Part of Efforts to Develop ‘Detonation Engine’ That Burns Fuel in Space
An observation rocket, S-520 No. 34, was successfully launched at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday from the...
November 14, 2024
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Chinese Rover Helps Find Sign of Martian Shoreline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — With the assistance of China’s Zhurong rover, scientists have gathered fre...
November 13, 2024
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Spanish Rocket Maker Sets Sights on Carrying Humans
ELCHE, Spain (Reuters) — Spanish start-up PLD Space, which carried out Europe’s first fully priva...
November 6, 2024
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Japan’s New H3 Rocket Successfully Launched, Carrying Kirameki 3 Defense Communication Satellite
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched Monday the new mainstay H3 rocket No. 4 fr...
November 4, 2024
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Osaka-Kansai Expo: Robot Avatars to be Operated by Online Visitors; Hopes to Show Barrier-free Future in Japan
If you’re unable to visit the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo you might be able to see it through the eyes...
November 2, 2024
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Tim Burton Talks about His Dread of AI
LONDON (AP) — The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters an...
October 31, 2024
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Japan Institute to Use Domestic Commercial Optical Lattice Clock to Set Japan Standard Time
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Record 700 Startups to Gather at SusHi Tech Tokyo in April; Event Will Center on Themes Like Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
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Record 700 Startups to Gather at SusHi Tech Tokyo in April; Event Will Center on Themes Like Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
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