Twitter execs out; hirings halt as Musk buy looms

Tokyo, 13 May, /AJMEDIA/ Twitter confirmed Thursday that two senior executives are heading for the exit and it has paused most hiring, as Elon Musk stands poised to become the… Read more

Final refrain for iPod as Apple stops production

Tokyo, 12 May, /AJMEDIA/ Apple has put out word it is no longer making iPods, the trend-setting MP3 players that transformed how people get music and gave rise to the… Read more

Nintendo’s profit dips slightly as Switch console sales slow

Tokyo, 11 May, /AJMEDIA/ Nintendo’s profit for the fiscal year ended in March was little changed from the previous year, edging down 0.6% to 477.7 billion yen ($3.7 billion), the… Read more

Companies envision taxis flying above jammed traffic

Tokyo, 10 May, /AJMEDIA/ As urban traffic gets more miserable, entrepreneurs are looking to a future in which commuters hop into “air taxis” that whisk them over clogged roads. Companies… Read more

National ‘dekotora’ association mints NFTs for charity and to support the art of decorating trucks

Tokyo, 9 May, /AJMEDIA/ Long gone is the heyday of the lavishly decorated Japanese big-rigs known as dekotora. Once a symbol of blue-collar ideals in the pre-bubble era, the art… Read more

Britain pushes tough tech rules under new digital watchdog

Tokyo, 8 May, /AJMEDIA/ Big tech companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta would have to comply with tough British rules under a new digital watchdog aimed at giving consumers… Read more

Xbox makes ‘Fortnite’ game free to play on iPhones

Tokyo, 7 May, /AJMEDIA/ Microsoft’s video game unit Xbox says it will tap into cloud computing to make “Fortnite” free to play on mobile devices powered by Apple or Android… Read more

Avantor announces investment in manufacturing and distribution hub in Singapore

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ Avantor Inc, a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences, advanced technologies and applied materials industries, has announced it… Read more

Toyota Material Handling partners with VR Vision to develop training resources using VR

Tokyo, 5 May, /AJMEDIA/ Toyota Material Handling (TMH) has partnered with a Toronto-based virtual reality (VR) company – VR Vision – to provide VR learning resources that will supplement existing… Read more

Activists urge ad boycott if Musk turns Twitter toxic

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ Activist groups called on Twitter advertisers Tuesday to boycott the service if it opens the gates to abusive and misinformative posts with billionaire Elon Musk as… Read more