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Tokyo, 20 February, /AJMEDIA/ acebook and Instagram owner Meta will launch a paid subscription service starting at $11.99 a month allowing users to verify their accounts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced… Read more

Tokyo, 19 February, /AJMEDIA/ Bridgestone Corp is using its expertise in rubber materials and tire technology to develop a soft robot hand with the dexterity and flexibility of a human,… Read more

Tokyo, 18 February, /AJMEDIA/ Microsoft’s newly revamped Bing search engine can write recipes and songs and quickly explain just about anything it can find on the internet. But if you… Read more

Tokyo, 17 February, /AJMEDIA/ Microsoft’s fledgling Bing chatbot can go off the rails at times, denying obvious facts and chiding users, according to exchanges being shared online by developers testing… Read more

Tokyo, 16 February, /AJMEDIA/ Originally designed as a solution for the absent-minded, the AirTag digital tracking sensor is also sometimes employed for a more sinister function, with manufacturer Apple now… Read more

Tokyo, 15 February, /AJMEDIA/ The Amazon subsidiary Zoox said its self-driving vehicles with no manual controls took to California public roads over the past weekend, calling it a major breakthrough… Read more

Tokyo, 14 February, /AJMEDIA/ In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, thousands of volunteer software developers have been using a crucial Twitter tool to comb the… Read more

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ As Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co prepares to launch production in the rural town of Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, a shortage of industrial land is threatening to… Read more

Tokyo, 12 February, /AJMEDIA/ With Tokyo’s startup ecosystem achieving high global rankings (#12 on Startup Genome, #15 on StartupBlink) and Japanese startups attracting significant investment capital, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government… Read more