Technology
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Facial Recognition Gains Traction, Driven by Seamless Payments; Security Concerns Still Remain
Customers are increasingly able to conduct payment transactions simply by using their faces thank...
July 12, 2025
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Japan Firm Aims to Begin Commercial Operations of Flying Car Taxis by Early 2030s
Soracle Corp. announced Thursday that it aims to begin commercial operations of “flying cars” by ...
July 11, 2025
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Zurich Researchers Lead Rare Earth E-Waste Recycling
GENEVA (Reuters) — Researchers at ETH University in Zurich have developed a new method to efficie...
July 10, 2025
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Study: It’s Too Easy to Make AI Chatbots Lie about Health Information
Well-known AI chatbots can be configured to routinely answer health queries with false informatio...
July 10, 2025
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Forum Discussing Issues Facing Media Organizations Held in Taipei; Participants Discuss Use of Originator Profile Technology
TAIPEI — The Asian Journalism Forum, an event organized by a Taiwanese private organization that ...
July 7, 2025
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Japan’s SoftBank to Trial ‘Flying Base Stations’ From 2026; System to Initially be Used to Support Disaster Response, Areas with Weak Signal
SoftBank Corp. announced Thursday that it would begin trials of High Altitude Platform Station (H...
June 27, 2025
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Startup Sells Plastic-eating Fungi Diapers to Tackle Landfill Waste
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) — Could baby poop and fungi work together to tackle landfill waste? That’...
June 27, 2025
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JAXA Unveils New HTV-X Unmanned Vehicle; Will Make Five Trips to Deliver Supplies to Astronauts by Fiscal 2029
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently unveiled its new unmanned cargo transfer v...
June 12, 2025
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Spanish Firm Launches Lunar Navigation System
MADRID (Reuters) — Spanish technology company GMV has unveiled a GPS-like navigation system for t...
June 6, 2025
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Japanese Researchers Develop ‘Transparent Paper’ as Alternative to Plastics; New Material Is Biodegradable, Can Be Produced with Low Carbon Emissions
A team of researchers with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and...
June 5, 2025
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Japan to Introduce Automated Driving System for Official Govt Vehicles; Test Runs for Automated Govt Vehicles to Begin in Autumn
The government aims to introduce an automated driving system for vehicles used by national and lo...
May 29, 2025
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3 of Japan’s Nuclear Fusion Institutes to Receive ¥10 Billion in Funding, as Govt Aims to Speed Up Research
The government aims to significantly improve the ability of three core institutes to research nuc...
May 20, 2025
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Research Team Develops Auto Parts Made from Recycled Plastic; Wardrobes Turned into Glove Compartments
An industry-academia-government research team, comprising auto manufacturers, Tohoku University, ...
May 17, 2025
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Japan Unveils Urashima 8000 Underwater Drone Capable of Diving 8,000 Meters Under the Sea
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology on Monday showed the press its newest au...
May 14, 2025
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JAXA Developing Program to Estimate Earthquake Damage to Buildings from Satellite Images; Aims to Improve Disaster Response Capabilities
KUMAMOTO — The Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) is cooperating with the Kumamoto prefectural...
May 2, 2025
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