Commentary / Japan Nov 18, 2018
Computers may reshape jobs, but they won't eliminate them
by Takamitsu Sawa
Take predictions that artificial intelligence and robots will cause massive unemployment in the future with a grain of salt.
National / Politics Nov 15, 2018
'I don't use computers,' Japan's minister in charge of cybersecurity tells Diet
The minister in charge of cybersecurity said he doesn't use computers. Yoshitaka Sakurada, who just last week was criticized for stumbling over basic questions during Diet deliberations, found himself once again in hot water Wednesday after making it known that he doesn't use them even ...
Business | FOCUS Nov 3, 2018
The Google walkout is a new kind of worker activism
by Noah Feldman
The global walkout by Google workers, a response to Alphabet Inc.'s reported protection of executives accused of sexual misconduct, may be a harbinger of something new in employer-employee relations: empowered workers' moral-political protest directed as much against the general culture as against management. Although the ...
Business / Financial Markets Oct 21, 2018
TSE mulls pay cuts for president and other executives over system glitch
The Tokyo Stock Exchange is considering cutting the salaries of its president and other executives over last week's system glitch, which left dozens of brokerages temporarily unable to place orders, sources have said. The TSE is looking to assign executive responsibility for the trading disruption, ...
Business / Tech Oct 18, 2018
Boeing creates unit to focus on super-computing that mimics the brain, hack-proof communications
Boeing Co. is creating a new unit to focus on technology that's seemingly straight out of science fiction, including super-fast computing that mimics the synapses of the human brain and hack-proof communications links based on applied quantum physics. So-called neuromorphic processing and quantum communications, two ...
Business / Tech Oct 13, 2018
Facebook says 'view as' data breach affected 29 million users; Japan launches probe
Cyberattackers stole data from 29 million Facebook accounts using an automated program that moved from one friend to the next, Facebook announced on Friday, as the social media company said its largest-ever data theft hit fewer than the 50 million profiles it initially reported. The ...
Business / Tech Oct 5, 2018
D-Wave Systems Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of quantum computers, is making its powerful machines and software development tools available for free through a new internet-based platform. The move is likely to hasten the commercial use of quantum computers for tasks as diverse as finding the ...
Business Sep 8, 2018
Apple says Trump's proposed China tariffs will boost product prices
Apple Inc., the world's most valuable company, said proposed U.S. tariffs on $200 billion worth of products imported from China will raise prices for some of its popular consumer goods such as the Apple Watch and AirPods headphones. The Mac mini desktop computer, Apple Pencil ...
Business Sep 8, 2018
Association plans to introduce parents to apps and other tools that restrict the amount of time their child can play video games
Business / Tech Sep 7, 2018
In WeChat-dominated China, new app Bullet Messenger scores sudden success
The Chinese messaging app Bullet Messenger has racked up millions of downloads since its debut just a few weeks ago, using a stripped-down design to chip off a chunk of a sophisticated, billion-user market. The Beijing-based company launched its app on Aug. 20, and within ...
World / Science & Health | FOCUS Sep 2, 2018
The race is on to lead medical AI revolution
by Caroline Copley
Armed with a computer screen and mouse instead of a scalpel in an operating theater, cardiologist Benjamin Meder carefully places the electrodes of a pacemaker in a beating digital heart. Using this "digital twin," which mimics the electrical and physical properties of the cells in ...
Business / Tech Aug 11, 2018
Tokyo tops list of most innovate cities thanks to 3D technology, robotics
Tokyo has topped a list of the world's most innovative cities, leapfrogging London and New York after embracing the "globe-shaking trends of robotics and 3-D manufacturing." Tokyo has risen rapidly since entering the top 10 of the Innovation Cities Index three years ago behind Paris, ...