Amazon’s Alexa could soon mimic voice of dead relatives

Tokyo, 24 June, /AJMEDIA/ Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members – even if they’re dead. The capability, unveiled at Amazon’s Re:Mars conference in Las Vegas, is… Read more

Fujitsu and Salesforce Japan start collaboration on healthcare solutions

Tokyo, 23 June, /AJMEDIA/ Fujitsu and Salesforce Japan Co Ltd have announced the start of a collaboration to create new digital solutions for the healthcare sector in the Japan market.… Read more

MHI to establish new ‘Digital Innovation Headquarters’

Tokyo, 22 June, /AJMEDIA/ Effective July 1, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) will add a new “Digital Innovation Headquarters” to its corporate organization. Until now, MHI said it has sought… Read more

Foreign IT giants not registered in Japan will be punished: minister

Tokyo, 22 June, /AJMEDIA/ Foreign technology giants that do not comply with requests to register their local units in Japan as required by law will be subject to penalties, Justice… Read more

Japanese company develops trash can that freezes garbage to prevent bad smells

Tokyo, 21 June, /AJMEDIA/ As the sweltering summer hits Japan, a lot of unpleasant things come with it, from blisteringly dangerous heat to everyone’s least favorite houseguests, cockroaches. But one… Read more

How iOS 16 and Android 13 Could Change the Future of Smartphones

Tokyo, 20 June, /AJMEDIA/ Your smartphone will soon become even more closely tied to the nondigital aspects of your life. That’s one of the main takeaways from iOS 16 and… Read more

Kagome, NEC to establish joint venture in Portugal to provide farming support for processed tomatoes using AI

Tokyo, 19 June, /AJMEDIA/ Kagome Co Ltd and NEC Corp will establish in July DXAS Agricultural Technology, a joint venture in Portugal to provide farming support for processed tomatoes using… Read more

Gov’t to allocate up to ¥476 bil to TSMC chip plant

Tokyo, 18 June, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese government will allocate up to 476 billion yen for a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co subsidiary to use in funding the ongoing construction of a… Read more

UPS tests tiny battery-powered cycles in congested cities

Tokyo, 17 June, /AJMEDIA/ The sleek four-wheeled carts look familiar enough, but not even UPS knows precisely how to describe what could be the delivery giant’s latest way to get… Read more

It’s (not) alive! Google row exposes AI troubles

Tokyo, 16 June, /AJMEDIA/ An internal fight over whether Google built technology with human-like consciousness has spilled into the open, exposing the ambitions and risks inherent in artificial intelligence that… Read more