‘Gundam’-like robot developed by Japan startup

10/02/2023

YOKOHAMA, Japan—Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-meter-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like “Mobile Suit Gundam” from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be yours for $3 million. Called ARCHAX after the…

World’s first tooth-growth drug created in Japan 

Dale Arasa 09/29/2023

The first-ever tooth-growth drug was created by a Japanese pharmaceutical company. It will undergo clinical trials next year so that it can meet its 2030 market release. The tooth-growth drug could help people with specific conditions speak…

Meta unveils AI assistant, Facebook-streaming glasses

09/29/2023

MENLO PARK, California—Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday rolled out new AI products for consumers, including bots that create photo-realistic images and smart glasses that answer questions, as well as an updated virtual-reality headset. Zuckerberg described…

France taps nuclear know-how to recycle electric car batteries

09/27/2023

Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France —In the cradle of France’s atomic programme, researchers are using their nuclear know-how for a key project in the country’s energy transition: recycling the raw materials in old electric car batteries, solar panels and wind turbines. The…

AI: A risk and opportunity for journalism -study

09/21/2023

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) is both a threat and an opportunity for journalism, with more than half of those surveyed for a new report saying they had concerns about its ethical implications on their work. While 85 percent of respondents had experimented with…

Cancer cells can be automatically detected by AI-powered microscope

09/20/2023

An artificial intelligence (AI)-powered microscope created by the US Department of Defense and Google is said to be able to detect cancer cells automatically.  The AI microscope is called the Augmented Reality Microscope, or ARM. The ARM…

Google nears release of AI software Gemini 

09/15/2023

Alphabet’s Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of Gemini, its conversational artificial intelligence (AI) software, The Information reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Gemini is intended to…

Apple unveils iPhone 15 Pro with titanium case

09/13/2023

CUPERTINO, California —Apple launched a new series of iPhones that included a new titanium shell, a faster chip and improved video game playing abilities. The biggest surprise with the iPhone 15 that will come out Sept. 22: It did not…

AI photo editor turns Asian MIT student white to make her look ‘more professional’

Dale Arasa 08/07/2023

An AI photo editor shocked an Asian MIT student after turning her into a Caucasian.  Rona Wang has been experimenting with AI prompts and image generators, but she never expected Playground AI to turn her into a…

Chatbots sometimes make things up. Is AI’s hallucination problem fixable?

08/02/2023

Spend enough time with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots and it doesn’t take long for them to spout falsehoods. Described as hallucination, confabulation or just plain making things up, it’s now a problem for every business, organization…

Unregistered SIM cards to get 5-day grace period

Tyrone Jasper Piad 07/24/2023

MANILA  -All unregistered SIM (subscriber identity module) cards after the July 25 deadline for the mandatory listup will be unusable but a five-day grace period will be allotted should the holders want to reactivate them, the Department…

SIM registration: High percentage so far, says DICT-7

Wenilyn Sabalo 07/20/2023

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Five days before the deadline for SIM card registration, the Philippines has reached about 62-percent registration out of the total 168 million subscribed SIM cards. Engr. Royden Rusiana, Department of Information and…

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