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ON TECH

Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 3, 2022
U.S. funds software for Russians to slip past censors
While some, like Ukraine's leadership, have called for Russia to be cut off from the internet, others have noted access is key for opposition groups.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2022
China’s tech giants lost their swagger and may never get it back
Insiders describe an ongoing sense of paranoia and paralysis, along with an unsettling realization that the sky-high growth rates of the past two decades are likely never coming back.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2022
AI’s next big thing is ‘fake’ data
Strange as it may sound, the growth of fake data is a step in the right direction, and not just because it avoids using people's personal data.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 28, 2022
Politics trumps business in Truth Social’s war on Big Tech
The Trump venture's pugnacious political approach has hobbled the company's development from its inception.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2022
‘An invisible cage’: How China is policing the future
The latest generation of technology digs through vast amounts of data to find patterns and aberrations, promising to predict crimes or protests before they happen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2022
SoftBank’s Son faces shareholders shaken by ¥4.6 trillion loss
With SoftBank's own financial health on the line, shareholder confidence is near a breaking point, some analysts have said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2022
Amazon has a plan to make Alexa mimic anyone's voice
The goal is to 'make the memories last' after 'so many of us have lost someone we love' during the pandemic, said Rohit Prasad, an Amazon senior vice president.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 20, 2022
Ukraine’s highly mobile tech workforce hits the road
Until late February, Inha Kushnir worked in Odesa. Then Russia invaded and she and her husband decided that it would be safer for her and the couple's young daughter to leave.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2022
Sony and Honda agree to joint venture to sell electric cars by 2025
Honda, like bigger rival Toyota Motor, has been slower to shift to electric vehicles than global automakers and is under pressure from investors to make cars that are carbon-free.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2022
NTT Data and Toyota to tap overseas startups for joint effort on connected cars
Japanese carmakers have been ramping up efforts to develop electric vehicles and connected cars, which can communicate with each other and outside networks to improve features.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 15, 2022
SoftBank plans additional London listing for Arm IPO
The company is adjusting plans for an initial public offering of its chip technology division and will likely still list the majority of what it offers for trading on U.S. exchanges.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2022
If AI ever becomes sentient, it will let us know
What we humans say or think isn't necessarily the last word on artificial intelligence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 14, 2022
U.S. bill to rein in Big Tech backed by dozens of small and big companies
The tech giants have said the bill would imperil popular consumer products and make it harder for the companies to protect their users' security and privacy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 13, 2022
Crypto lender Celsius stops withdrawals, fueling market slump
The meltdown is the latest blow to decentralized finance, or DeFi, crypto's answer to traditional finance, with more control and less costs for users but also less oversight and more risk.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 13, 2022
Amid geopolitical tensions, Japan firms put focus on economic security
Mitsubishi Electric, NEC and Hitachi are just some of the companies that have set up divisions to internally coordinate on supply chain resilience and the assessment of geopolitical risks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2022
For Tesla, Facebook and others, AI’s flaws are getting harder to ignore
Investors are pouring money into artificial intelligence, despite clear setbacks in self-driving cars, social media and even health care.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 7, 2022
Senior economist urges China to seize top chip firm TSMC if U.S. strengthens sanctions
Chen Wenling, who made the comments in a speech, is chief economist at a research group overseen by China's top economic planning agency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2022
Banking could go the way of news publishing
Tech giants pose a far bigger challenge to brick-and-mortar lenders than fintech startups that don't have the scale of platform businesses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 5, 2022
‘No longer sure bets’: Tech giants are dropping bad news daily
A grim new reality is setting in across the tech landscape: A heady, decadeslong era of rapid sales gains, boundless jobs growth and ever-soaring stock prices is coming to an end.

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