Orchestra-conducting robot wows Seoul crowd

Agence France Presse 07/02/2023

SEOUL — A South Korean-made robot made its debut as an orchestra conductor before a sellout crowd in Seoul on Friday, wowing the audience with a flawless performance in place of a human maestro. Named “EveR 6,”…

Hurt felines: Japanese app aims to detect cat pain

Agence France Presse 06/30/2023

Tokyo, Japan — Cats are considered lucky in Japan, and owners of the popular pets spend big on their care. But how do you know when they’re feline down? A tech firm and university in Tokyo have teamed…

Elon Musk will train if Las Vegas martial arts cage match vs Mark Zuckerberg takes hold

Reuters 06/25/2023

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk said on Saturday he will start training if the mixed martial arts cage fight he has provoked with fellow billionaire media mogul Mark Zuckerberg takes shape. Twitter owner Musk tweeted on Tuesday he…

Google, one of AI’s biggest backers, warns own staff about chatbots

Reuters 06/15/2023

SAN FRANCISCO — Alphabet Inc is cautioning employees about how they use chatbots, including its own Bard, at the same time as it markets the program around the world, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters.…

PH internet in February: Broadband speed up, mobile speed down, says Ookla

Beatrice Pinlac 04/03/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ fixed broadband internet speed in the Philippines accelerated in February, while its mobile internet speed suffered a slight drop, according to US-based speed analytics firm Ookla. Based on Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index,…

How AI ‘revolution’ is shaking up journalism

Agence France Presse 03/19/2023

PARIS — Journalists had fun last year asking the shiny new AI chatbot ChatGPT to write their columns, most concluding that the bot was not good enough to take their jobs. Yet. But many commentators believe journalism…

Nokia changes iconic logo to signal strategy shift

Reuters 02/26/2023

BARCELONA — Nokia announced plans on Sunday to change its brand identity for the first time in nearly 60 years, complete with a new logo, as the telecom equipment maker focuses on aggressive growth. The new logo…

UN says AI poses ‘serious risk’ for human rights

Agence France Presse 02/18/2023

GENEVA, Switzerland — The United Nations rights chief on Saturday warned that recent advances in artificial intelligence or AI posed a grave threat to human rights and called for safeguards to prevent violations. This week, more than…

US unveils high-tech B-21 stealth bomber

Agence France Presse 12/03/2022

PALMDALE, United States — The United States on Friday unveiled the B-21 Raider, a high-tech stealth bomber that can carry nuclear and conventional weapons and is designed to be able to fly without a crew on board.…

NASA gears up to deflect asteroid, in key test of planetary defense

Agence France Presse 09/23/2022

WASHINGTON — Bet the dinosaurs wish they’d thought of this. NASA on Monday will attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly deflect its orbit, in a key test…

Tired of text scams? Here’s what to do

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 09/18/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Many Filipino phone users have complained about receiving text scams that contain fake job offers, sham lucky winners, and other money-making schemes — sometimes even with the user’s name on them. Despite the prevalence…

‘It felt like Star Wars’: hoverbike makes U.S. debut

Reuters 09/16/2022

  A hoverbike that the Japanese manufacturers plan to launch in the United States next year made its U.S. debut at the Detroit Auto Show on Thursday, drawing perhaps inevitable comparisons to the speeder bikes of “Star…

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