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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 10, 2017
Smart speakers powered by voice agents seen ushering in era of AI
Major tech firms have been keen to sell speakers equipped with voice-based artificial intelligence agents recently.
WORLD
Jun 19, 2017
Google toughens measures to remove and restrict visibility of extremist content on YouTube
Alphabet Inc.'s Google will implement more measures to identify and remove terrorist or violent extremist content from its video sharing platform YouTube, the company said in a blog post Sunday.
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2017
Google skeptic Reyes seen fading from race to lead FTC
The race to lead one of America's top competition watchdogs just lost a front-runner. That may be good news for Google.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 9, 2017
SoftBank gains cutting-edge robotics with Boston Dynamics acquisition
The SoftBank Group invests in a robotic future by purchasing Boston Dynamics from Google parent Alphabet along with Japanese robot maker Schaft.
EDITORIALS
Jun 3, 2017
AlphaGo AI stuns go community
Humans can learn a lot from how an artificial intelligence program has excelled at playing go.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
May 14, 2017
Today's modern home helpers
Robotic window wiping
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 7, 2017
China announces regulations to further tighten control over internet
China will further tighten its internet regulations with a pledge Sunday to strengthen controls over search engines and online news portals, the latest step in President Xi Jinping's push to maintain strict control over content by the Communist Party.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 6, 2017
Great expectations
'So I downloaded two apps as soon as I got off the plane today: Google Translate and Tinder.'
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 23, 2017
EU seeks uniform approach to taking down hate speech online
The European Union is considering legislative measures to harmonize how online platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Google take down hate speech and incitement to violence, a draft document seen by Reuters shows.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2017
Trust big data? Try googling the Holocaust
Big data was supposed to usher in a more precise and rational world. It might be leading us into the swamp of 'alternative facts.'
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 11, 2017
A new reason to avoid Google and Facebook
A Philadelphia court has ruled that U.S. authorities can legally access data from foreign servers as long as they do so using computers located in America.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 5, 2017
Google, unlike Microsoft, must turn over foreign emails: U.S. judge
A U.S. judge has ordered Google to comply with search warrants seeking customer emails stored outside the United States, diverging from a federal appeals court that reached the opposite conclusion in a similar case involving Microsoft Corp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 30, 2016
The top tech stories of 2016
The Japan Times newsroom selected these tech and digital stories as the most important of 2016.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 22, 2016
Honda in talks with Google's Waymo on self-drive tech
Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday it is talking to Waymo, the autonomous driving unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., to try to strike a deal that would put its self-driving technology into some of the Japanese automaker's cars.
EDITORIALS
Dec 13, 2016
Google's commitment to go green
Google's announcement that it will meet 100 percent of its corporate energy demand from carbon-free sources by next year is a critical step in responsible environmental stewardship.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 2, 2016
Russia-linked hackers exploiting Windows flaw, patch coming Nov. 8: Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday that a hacking group previously linked to the Russian government and U.S. political hacks is behind recent cyberattacks that exploit a newly discovered flaw in its Windows operating system.

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