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ON TECH

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2023
ChatGPT risks threaten to divide Biden administration over EU’s AI rules
U.S. national security officials say aggressively regulating this nascent technology will put the nation at a competitive disadvantage.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2023
U.S. unemployment insurance is stuck in 1935
America is relying on a unemployment system designed for the economy during the Great Depression.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 31, 2023
Chinese tech business owners seek residency abroad as U.S. tensions soar
Dismayed by U.S.-China trade spats and restrictions on a growing number of Chinese companies, ambitious Chinese technology entrepreneurs are taking more drastic steps to expand into the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 31, 2023
Why is Nvidia's market value soaring and what is its role in the AI boom?
The chipmaker produces around 80% of the chips used by generative AI systems to process data.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 31, 2023
Nvidia's market value touches $1 trillion amid AI gold rush
The chipmaker’s artificial intelligence prospects briefly vaulted it into an elite club of just five American companies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 30, 2023
Kishida's push to protect vital undersea cables
Undersea communications cables, a pillar of the global economy, are starting to get the attention they deserve in part due to Prime Minister Kishida's efforts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2023
When delivery costs more than the food you ordered
The big players are betting that we’re too addicted to the convenience of meals at our doors to walk away from their apps. They may be right.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 30, 2023
China rejects U.S. claims over ‘de-risking’ not ‘decoupling’
Chinese state media, officials and academics have all publicly rejected the distinction in recent weeks, in a seemingly concerted effort to undermine the rhetorical shift.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 30, 2023
Asus plans to sell first managed AI service hosted at client facilities
A major concern around existing AI services is that they’re operated through online data centers that can expose sensitive information.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 29, 2023
Chinese police urge deletion of encrypted messaging apps from children’s devices
Police in cities across China have issued warnings against kids using encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram and BatChat amid a growing crackdown.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 29, 2023
AI-generated misinformation likely to pose hazard in U.S. election campaigns
Technologists warn that bad actors could exploit the technology to sow chaos amid a highly polarized political climate.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 28, 2023
South Korea to avoid cashing in on China’s U.S. chipmaker ban
China’s Micron crackdown has drawn South Korea into the U.S.-China battle over technology access and national security.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 26, 2023
Winning without fighting? Why China is exploring 'cognitive warfare.'
The term refers to operations based on tech such as AI aimed at influencing the minds of adversaries, thereby creating a strategically favorable environment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2023
Artificial intelligence, democracy and the global order
The sudden arrival of groundbreaking AI tools has created an urgent need for a more holistic and global approach to tech governance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
May 25, 2023
Why the G7 has significance as a collective economic defense mechanism
As the G7 chair and as a country taking economic security policy measures ahead of others, Japan is in a position to take a leadership role and help work against economic coercion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 25, 2023
Sony eyes factory expansion in Kumamoto, aiming to grow image-sensor business
The Tokyo-based company has said it’s in talks to acquire 27 hectares of land for expansion in the city of Koshi in Kumamoto Prefecture, to the northwest of an existing factory.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 25, 2023
Russian hypersonic scientist accused of leaking secrets to China
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that his military is the world leader in hypersonic missile technology.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 25, 2023
Tech claiming to protect U.S. schools from mass shootings prompts growing unease
School administrators are increasingly targeted with sales pitches for everything from drones to AI-powered surveillance cameras and weapons detectors.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 25, 2023
Xi remade China's tech industry in his own image with crackdown
The 69-year-old leader has a complex relationship with his domestic tech sector, and has made science and technology pillars of his long-term vision for China's national well-being.

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