Business / Corporate Jun 22, 2018
Toshiba recalls 3.4 million AC adapters for computers over fire risk
Worldwide, there have been 11 cases of the power adapters emitting smoke and catching fire since May 2015.
Business / Tech Jun 20, 2018
Silicon Valley-style coding boot camp seeks to reset Japan Inc.
by Chang-ran Kim
Barely six months after inaugurating a tiny software-coding boot camp in a basement in Tokyo, Silicon Valley transplant Kani Munidasa stood before some of Japan's top business leaders in February with a warning: Software was threatening their future. A Sri Lankan native with a Japanese ...
World Jun 6, 2018
Hack of genealogy website MyHeritage exposes data from 92 million accounts
The consumer genealogy website MyHeritage says email addresses and password information linked to more than 92 million user accounts have been compromised in an apparent hacking incident. MyHeritage said its security officer had received a message from a researcher who unearthed a file named "myheritage" ...
World | FOCUS Jun 6, 2018
The Pentagon's secret AI programs to thwart nuclear missile strikes
The U.S. military is increasing spending on a secret research effort to use artificial intelligence to help anticipate the launch of a nuclear-capable missile, as well as track and target mobile launchers in North Korea and elsewhere. The effort has gone largely unreported, and the ...
Asia Pacific | FOCUS May 30, 2018
At Beijing security fair, an arms race for surveillance tech
It can crack your smartphone password in seconds, rip personal data from call and messaging apps, and peruse your contact book. The Chinese-made XDH-CF-5600 scanner — or "mobile phone sleuth," as sales staff described it when touting its claimed features — was one of hundreds ...
Business / Tech May 26, 2018
The FBI warned on Friday that Russian computer hackers had compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and could collect user information or shut down network traffic. The U.S. law enforcement agency urged the owners of many brands of routers to turn them ...
Business / Tech May 25, 2018
Smartphones now the preferred choice for internet access in Japan, surpassing PCs for first time
Japan passed a milestone as more people accessed the internet from smartphones than personal computers last year, a government survey showed Friday. According to a survey by the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry that allowed multiple responses, 54.2 percent of the respondents went online via ...
Business / Corporate May 17, 2018
IBM selects Keio to host first quantum computing hub in Asia
by Kazuaki Nagata
Keio University opened a research hub Thursday that can access IBM Corp.'s cutting-edge quantum computer system through the internet, with the aim of studying the possibilities of harnessing quantum computing. "Research in software development for quantum computers has barely taken place; there was no real ...
Business / Tech Apr 11, 2018
Zuckerberg deflects senators' efforts on regulating Facebook or changing how it does business
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday navigated through the first of two congressional hearings without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the social network does business. During nearly five hours of questioning by 44 senators, Zuckerberg repeated apologies ...
Business / Tech Apr 11, 2018
Facebook Inc.'s Mark Zuckerberg was prepared to cite competition with China if asked whether the social media giant should be broken up, according to internal notes the chief executive officer took to a congressional hearing on Tuesday. "Break Up FB? U.S. tech companies key asset ...
Business / Tech | ANALYSIS Apr 9, 2018
In shadow of looming China-U.S. trade war, rivals waging high-stakes quantum computing battle
As the U.S. and China threaten to impose tariffs on goods from aluminum to wine, the two nations are waging a separate economic battle that could determine who owns the next wave of computing. Chinese universities and U.S. technology companies such as International Business Machines ...
Business / Tech Apr 1, 2018
Confirmed or suspected cyberthefts of personal info in Japan exceeded 3 million cases in 2017: tally
Nationwide, there were 3.08 million cases of confirmed or suspected cyberthefts involving the loss of personal information in 2017, a tally shows. The tally, compiled by Kyodo News, is based on data covering security breaches at 82 entities last year comprising 76 companies, four administrative ...