Japanese Company Launches Robot Barista
Japan is facing a crisis. Its population is aging and birthrates are dropping. With a declining workforce, businesses are looking...
Amazon Pledges to Probe Claims of Worker Abuse at China Factory
Rong Shi in VOA’s Mandarin service contributed to this report.Amazon says it is investigating claims of worker abuse at a...
Huawei Unveils Phone System That Could Replace Android
Huawei on Friday unveiled a smartphone operating system that it said can replace Google’s Android, adding to the Chinese tech...
Apple Offers Record ‘Bounty’ to Researchers Who Find iPhone Security Flaws
LAS VEGAS – Apple Inc. is offering cybersecurity researchers up to $1 million to detect flaws in iPhones, the largest reward offered...
Microsoft Says It ‘Listens’ to Conversations Only With Permission
Microsoft said Wednesday its contractors listen to conversations to hone voice translation features offered by Skype and its digital assistant...
Jumping Like a Lemur, Flying Like a Dragonfly – Robots That Mimic Animal Movements May Be On Their Way
In a laboratory in California, engineers are working on pushing the boundaries of how robots move, imitating the ways some...
NBA, Twitch Announce Deal for Digital Rights to USA Basketball
The National Basketball Association on Tuesday said that Amazon.com’s Twitch would be its exclusive digital partner for streaming USA Basketball...
China Plans to Use New Tech Like AI To ‘Win Wars’ Amid US Concerns
China’s military says it is focused on harnessing new technologies to “fight and win wars” in the future and is...
Bitcoin as a Safe Haven? More a Speculative Bet, Market Players Say
Bitcoin’s recent gains as stocks plummeted on U.S.-China trade tensions reflect not so much its safe-haven credentials but its potential...
After Mass Shootings, Tech Industry Shuns 8chan
First, it lost its internet security provider. Then, another company cut off its new internet host. In less than 24 hours, 8chan,...
Video Games Not Contributors to Violence, Studies Show
Emily Seymour contributed to this report. Many young people reacting to the most recent mass shootings in the U.S. are rejecting...
AP Explains: What Is the Online Forum 8chan?
An anonymous online forum called 8chan has drawn attention in the wake of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio because...
Japan’s NEC Shows ‘Flying Car’ Hovering Steadily for a Minute
Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. on Monday showed a “flying car,” a large drone-like machine with four propellers that hovered...
Nigerian School Girls Learn Technology During Summer Break
Nigerian technologist Chinenye Udeh wants to ensure schoolgirls learn Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for summer. Udeh says she is...
Nigerian School Girls Learn Technology During Summer Break
Nigerian technologist Chinenye Udeh wants to ensure schoolgirls learn Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for summer. Udeh says she is...
Technology for Amputees, Quadriplegics Uses Power of the Mind
Technology that taps into the power of the mind is helping quadriplegics and amputees regain some of what they’ve lost....
Pentagon Puts $10 Billion Contract on Hold After Trump Suggests It Favored Amazon
The Pentagon has decided to put on hold its decision to award a $10 billion cloud computing contract after President...
Facebook Removes Accounts Linked to Saudi Arabia’s Government
Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts linked to Saudi Arabia’s government as part of an effort to end what it...
Huawei Remains No. 2 Smartphone Seller Despite US Sanctions
Huawei remained the No. 2 global smartphone vendor in the past quarter despite tough U.S. sanctions imposed on the Chinese...
Teens From Around the Globe Solve Problems at Google Competition
When Celestine Wenardy, a 16-year-old teenager from Indonesia, learned that diabetes was a “silent killer” in her country, she wondered...
Teens From Around the Globe Compete at Google
Teenagers from around the world were on Google’s campus this week to compete in a science competition. Their projects brought...
A Blockchain Remedy for Handwritten Prescriptions
Doctors’ scrawls and scribbles are notoriously hard to read. Electronic prescriptions remedy the problem but around the world and especially...
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