MHI tests automated valet parking system using robots at mall in Chiba

Tokyo, 15 June, /AJMEDIA/ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems Ltd have begun testing of an automated valet parking system at a large-scale commercial facility… Read more

Popular Japanese yakiniku chain introduces Vtuber meat delivery robots as staff

Tokyo, 14 June, /AJMEDIA/ While use of robots in the service industry is by no means a new topic in Japan, there has been an observable uptick in gravitation towards… Read more

Is AI the future of art?

Tokyo, 13 June, /AJMEDIA/ To many they are art’s next big thing — digital images of jellyfish pulsing and blurring in a dark pink sea, or dozens of butterflies fusing… Read more

Meta’s Quest VR gear to let people ‘hang out’ in fake worlds

Tokyo, 12 June, /AJMEDIA/ Meta says it is adding the ability to easily socialize in virtual reality with an update to its Quest 2 headsets in another step toward the… Read more

Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads

Tokyo, 11 June, /AJMEDIA/ The test couldn’t have been much easier — and Facebook still failed. Facebook and its parent company Meta flopped once again in a test of how… Read more

Xbox expands cloud gaming service to Samsung smart TVs

Tokyo, 10 June, /AJMEDIA/ Microsoft on Thursday announced that the ability to play Xbox games will be built into Samsung smart televisions in its latest cloud gaming move. Microsoft is… Read more

Twitter to provide Musk with raw daily tweet data

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ Twitter plans to offer Elon Musk access to its “firehose” of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets in an effort to push forward… Read more

Docomo, NTT to collaborate on 6G experimental trials with mobile technology vendors

Tokyo, 8 June, /AJMEDIA/ NTT Docomo and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) will collaborate with world-leading mobile technology vendors Fujitsu, NEC, and Nokia to conduct experimental trials of new… Read more

Musk threatens to walk away from Twitter deal

Tokyo, 7 June, /AJMEDIA/ Elon Musk is threatening to walk away from his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him information about its… Read more

With iOS 16, Apple Can Add a New Polish to the iPhone

Tokyo, 6 June, /AJMEDIA/ The most important part of Apple’s upcoming announcements on Monday may already be in your pocket. At the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC as… Read more