The Tokyo Motor Show opens this week with plenty of futuristic technologies but absent one of the auto industry’s hugest influencers: Nissan’s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn.
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Hyundai Motor evolves AI-based autonomous driving technology
Seoul Oct 21 (Xinhua/UNB) — Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s automotive giant, said Monday that it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based, driver-customized autonomous driving technology.
World Internet Confce unveils Internet sci-tech achievements
Fifteen of the world’s leading scientific and technological achievements in the Internet sector were unveiled Sunday at the 6th World Internet Conference held in the river town of Wuzhen in east China’s Zhejiang Province.
Former Boeing test pilot’s messages reveal Max concerns
Dallas OCT 19 (AP/UNB) — A former senior Boeing test pilot told a co-worker that he unknowingly misled safety regulators about problems with a flight-control system that would later be implicated in two deadly crashes of the company’s 737 Max.
Sanitation robot family unveiled in C China
Changsha, Oct. 16 (Xinhua/UNB) — A Chinese company unveiled a series of sanitation robots Tuesday in the city of Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province.
NASA unveils new spacesuits for human lunar landing
The U.S. space agency NASA unveiled on Tuesday the next-generation spacesuits to be used in its Artemis program that will send the first woman and next man to the Lunar South Pole by 2024.
Baidu granted road test licenses for self-driving cars
Shijiazhuang, Oct. 12 (Xinhua/UNB) — Licenses to allow road rests for self-driving cars that carry passengers were granted to Chinese artificial intelligence giant Baidu Friday by the government of Cangzhou city in northern China’s Hebei Province.
Rosatom Chief for maximizing nuclear technology for SDGs
Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation-ROSATOM emphasized on maximum harnessing the potential of nuclear technologies in order to implement the decisions of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and achieve sustainable development goals. He was addressing…
Indian telecom industry leader lauds Huawei’s technology
New Delhi, Oct. 4 (Xinhua/UNB) — Chinese telecom company Huawei’s products have a “leading edge” over its competitors, an Indian telecom industry leader said here Thursday.
Infrastructure + Technology = Resilience
John Kjorstad, September 18, 2019 No one understands the financial risks of climate change better than insurance companies. As I sit down to write this blog on what we need to accelerate and fund the convergence of infrastructure and technology,…
Huawei denies US allegations of technology theft
Beleaguered Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Tuesday denied accusations reported in the Wall Street Journal that it stole technology from a Portuguese inventor, accusing him of “taking advantage of the current geopolitical situation.” The US Department of Justice is looking…
Olympic robots offer ‘virtual’ attendance, help out on field
Tokyo (AP/UNB) — A cart-like robot scuttles across the field to bring back javelins and discuses. A towering screen-on-wheels is designed for “virtual” attendance. The cute ones are, naturally, the likeness of the Olympic and Paralympic mascots. Japanese automaker Toyota…
15 inspiring women leading in the AgTech Sector
From Danielle Nierenberg Women in the food system and technology sectors face a lot of obstacles. The agriculture sector is rapidly incorporating new technologies and innovations, but the sector often falls flat in incorporating women into AgTech. Women in the…
When your AI assistant misbehaves: Mozilla Foundation
Whether it’s turning off the lights, looking up a fact online, or asking for directions, more and more of us are incorporating digital assistants into our lives. A recent Amazon Alexa commercial depicts a heartwarming story with a family’s interactions…
Spectrum and NY Queens-based SAFEST launch computer lab
Jamaica, N.Y. – Spectrum and the South East Asian Fund for Education, Scholarship and Training (SAFEST), a Queens-based nonprofit, announced and unveiled the opening of a Spectrum Learning Lab with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the school in Jamaica. SAFEST is…
The trilemma of Big Tech
by Karin Pettersson Karin Pettersson says we can have Big Tech’s market domination, business models and democracy—just not all at the same time. Last week Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage in San Jose, California, and presented his vision…
Problems noted at some centres where EVMs were used: CEC
Dhaka, Jan 30 – Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday said there were problems in some of the places where electronic voting machines (EVM) were used in the 11th parliamentary election on December 30 last year. He said, form…
Huawei announces 5G smartphone based on own technology
Beijing, Jan 24 (AP/UNB) — Chinese tech giant Huawei announced plans Wednesday for a next-generation smartphone that will use its own technology instead of U.S. components, maneuvering to gain a competitive edge and sidestep complaints it is a security risk.…
EVM to be used on limited scale: CEC
Khulna, Oct 27 – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Saturday said Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) will be used on a limited scale in the next national election to check vote rigging as well as protect the interest…
Apple iPhone 7 catches fire, explodes in transit
It’s a season of exploding devices. Apple Inc. shipped one iPhone 7 Plus that exploded even before it could reach the owner. This incident reminds all of us of the problem that Samsung’s new Note 7 has been facing. The…
Alphabet joins drone tests as US considers new rules
Google parent Alphabet is joining tests for drone deliveries, US officials announced Tuesday, as the White House unveiled accelerated rulemaking for commercial unmanned aircraft operations. The announcement at a White House event said the US tech giant would participate in…
Robot dance in east China sets world record
A total of 1,007 robots danced for a minute in east China’s Shandong Province, setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous robot dance. At around 3 p.m. on Saturday, 1,040 robots, each 43.8 centimeters high, started their…
C-Zentrix with Digicon to evolve state-of-art product
C-Zentrix, one of the leader for global software products for contact center on Friday announced its growth plans for Bangladesh in partnership with local company Digicon Technologies Ltd. C-Zentrix aims to leverage its Bangladesh expansion plans. The esteemed partnership is…
Robotic, open surgery on prostate cancer have similar results after 3 months: Australian study
Australian doctors behind the first trial of the robotic versus non-robotic surgery for prostate cancer have found that both methods produce similar results at three months after the operation, a study published in the Lancet medical journal said on Wednesday.…
Hyundai Motor Q2 profit hit by slow emerging market sales
Currency swings and slumping sales in emerging markets took a further toll on South Korea’s Hyundai Motor, which reported Tuesday a drop in net profit for the 10th consecutive quarter. Hyundai—along with its smaller affiliate Kia—forms the world’s fifth-largest automaking…
NASA’s Kepler discovers more than 104 new exoplanets
An international team of researchers announced Monday the discovery of 104 new planets outside our solar system, including four that could have Earth-like, rocky surfaces. Scientists discovered the exoplanets using the Kepler space telescope as well as ground observations by…
The Dolly legacy: Are you eating cloned meat?
Two decades after Scotland’s Dolly the sheep became the first cloned mammal consumers may well wonder whether they are drinking milk or eating meat from cookie-cutter cows or their offspring. The simple answer: “probably”. The fact is, there is no…
Personal projects are key to dream job, says Facebook’s creative ‘rebel’
IT Desk Standing out from the crowd in today’s digital economy isn’t easy, but the key might be pursuing personal projects more than polishing CVs, according to a senior member of Facebook’s creative team. Diving into a passion and making…
Media firms lose control of news as tech platforms rise
When allegations emerged that Facebook was skewing its trending news stories, many learned about it… on Facebook. That underscored the rapid shift in media—not only is news moving from print to digital, but Facebook, Google and other tech platforms are…
Micro-camera can be injected with a syringe
German engineers have created a camera no bigger than a grain of salt that could change the future of health imaging—and clandestine surveillance. Using 3-D printing, researchers from the University of Stuttgart built a three-lens camera, and fit it onto…